Eligibility

This program is designed for arts, heritage, and creative industries professionals working in organizations of any size and across all art forms, including visual arts, galleries, museums, theatre, dance, opera, film, music, and literature. It is well suited to: administrators, managers, and directors in arts and heritage organizations and creative industries creative producers and consultants working with arts organizations education and engagement specialists in these sectors artists (Indigenous, Canadian, and international) community-based arts and heritage workers in urban and rural settings

Number of Participants

up to 30

Deadline

September 08, 2026 06:00 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

October 07, 2026 06:00 UTC

Duration

December 06, 2026 - December 11, 2026

Costs

• CA$65.00 application fee
• CA$3,683.00 program fee (one-time)

Facilities

Library

Housing

Hotel

Meals

Breakfast, Coffee, Dinner, Lunch, Snacks, Tea

Public Programs

Professional Development

Disciplines

Acting, Administrators, Arts Administrator, Book Arts, Dance, Digital Media, Fiber Arts, Fiction, Illustration, Installation, Interdiscplinary Arts, Literature, Moving Image, Multimedia, Museum Technology, Music, Pedagogy, Photography, Playwriting, Printmaking, Screenwriting, Sculpture, Theatre, Theatre Directors, Visual Arts

Languages

English

Program Description

This program invites participants to critically examine how policy shapes access, equity, and influence—and how it can be reshaped to respectfully enact diverse worldviews and lived experiences. Participants will gain tools to dissect cultural policy across local, provincial, federal, and Indigenous governance systems, engage with government cycles, and advocate for community-rooted priorities. The course supports leaders in reimagining cultural policy as a living, responsive framework for systemic change. Program highlights Unpacking the colonial foundations and lived realities of cultural policy Navigating multi-level governance structures Understanding funding cycles and identifying systemic inequities Applying human-centered and regenerative design to policy development Growing a toolbox/bundle rooted in responsibility, equity, and right relations Collaborating across organizations and sectors to drive systemic change