26600 Board Members

Opportunity

ArtsPond is seeking volunteers to join our Board of Directors and help guide our next chapter. There are six (6) vacancies available. Terms are one or two years (renewable). As a volunteer, you will help shape our future by nurturing a more caring and just ecosystem through arts and culture.

Qualifications

We are looking for creative individuals who are:

• Passionate or curious about the power of arts, culture, and technology to strengthen justice with diverse communities
• Experienced in relevant areas like arts, culture, technology, education, human-centered design, finance, law, marketing, fundraising, accessibility, human resources, governance, social innovation, urban or strategic planning
• Self-identify as Deaf, Disabled, Francophone, Indigenous, Newcomer, New Generation (18 to 35 years), Outside the Core, Racialized, Women/Trans/Non-binary, 2SLGBTQIA+, Low-income gig worker, or other justice-deserving groups
• 18+ years old and reside in Canada

Responsibilities

Board Members help:

• Guide the organization and make sure it is well-run, financially responsible, and true to its mission. They meet six times a year for an annual general meeting, a visioning retreat, and four quarterly governance meetings. Additional meetings occur on an as-needed, flexible basis.
• Develop and review organizational policies, approve budgets and long-term plans, and monitor the organization’s progress. They also play an important role in nurturing community trust by acting as ambassadors, listening to community needs, and supporting strong relationships and partnerships.
• Contribute in other ways according to their personal and professional interests, such as joining a committee or contributing to a special project.

Fit

This opportunity might be a good fit if you:

• Enjoy shaping big systems in real and virtual life, including creative approaches to social innovation and community-engaged arts
• Can help us mind the rules without losing the heart, especially around shared ownership, governance, and licensing of open-source tools and technologies
• Are curious about growing cooperative ways of holding resources, including cultural land trusts, platform cooperatives, mutual aid networks, and impact investing
• Believe access is not an add-on, valuing disability justice, multilingual communication, and lived experience as vital to good leadership
• Cultivate the intersectionality of justice thoughtfully, stewarding complexity with sensitivity, courage, and long‑term vision.

Compensation

This is a volunteer, unpaid position only. Cost reimbursements are available for out of pocket expenses that are pre-approved.

Apply

The desired deadline to apply is May 8, 2026. The posting will remain open after this deadline until it is filled.

Please send a cover letter and curriculum vitae (or a 2.5 to 5-minute video) outlining your skills and interests related to the opportunity to:

Jessa Agilo, Founder, CEO
ArtsPond / Étang d’Arts
jobs@artspond.com

Please reference “26600 Board Members” in the subject line.

About Us

ArtsPond is a changemaker of a different kind. Our mission is to nurture thriving ecosystems of care in all realms of life via the wisdom and creativity of arts and culture. Join our team and help deepen the power and promise of arts and culture-led social change and care in Canada. For more information, visit https://artspond.com/volunteer/

Our Impact

• Sharing stories | Shaping wisdoms
  Through collaborative storytelling, we shape and share wisdoms rooted in the lived experience of justice-deserving groups from the edge. Examples include Access Art, aHa!, Caring Cultures, Gentrification Survey, I Love My Gig Ontario, Groundstory, and Together There.
• Sustaining ecosystems | Seeding platforms
  With collective impact, we sustain mutual aid ecosystems and seed open-source tools and technologies that help people, communities, and systems to thrive. Examples include DigitalASO, Hatch Open, and Groundtrust.
  
• Settling crises
  In moments of uncertainty and urgency, we support creative solutions to complex challenges, from personal emergencies to global crises. Examples include I Lost My Gig Canada and ThisSpace.

Why Now?

We are entering a new chapter and inviting people to help shape our future.

For the first time, we are eligible to apply for core funding from the Canada Council for the Arts. If successful, this support would allow us to deepen our work through a shared leadership model and strengthened access and accountability with Deaf and Disabled communities.

We are seeking to renew our governance now to ensure our leadership reflects our values and the communities we serve ahead of our application later this spring. This represents a first-step in building a stronger foundation for our governance.

Access

We are committed to make this opportunity accessible to all regardless of circumstances. If you have access needs in order to apply for this opportunity, please let us know what you require at jobs@artspond.com.

ArtsPond is an equal opportunity organization. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for engagement without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, creed (religion), colour, disability, ethnic origin, family status, gender identity or expression, place of origin, or race, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial, or local laws. We particularly encourage equity and justice-deserving groups including 2SLGBTQIA+, Deaf, Disabled, Indigenous, Newcomer, New Generation, Outside the Core, Racialized, Women/Trans/Nonbinary, and other diverse identities, cultures, and origins to apply.

While we thank all who take the time to apply, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.