Reimagining Cultural Policy: Leading Change Across Governance Systems
Reimagining Cultural Policy: Leading Change Across Governance Systems supports arts-sector participants in cultural leadership training to advance equitable, community-rooted policy and institutional change.
Funder: Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Due Dates: Application deadline passed | December 6, 2026 (Arrival) | December 11, 2026 (Departure)
Funding Amounts: Partial financial assistance for up to 18 arts-sector participants; program fee $3,683 + GST; minimum participant contribution 25%
Summary: A six-day cultural leadership program supporting equitable, community-rooted cultural policy and institutional change.
Key Information: International participants and applicants outside the arts sector are not eligible for financial assistance.
Description
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity offers this six-day program for professionals examining how cultural policy shapes access, equity, and influence. It explores Canada’s colonial policy foundations and ongoing systemic inequities alongside international trends and policy shifts. Participants develop tools to navigate local, provincial, federal, and Indigenous governance systems, understand government cycles, and advocate for community-rooted priorities.
Through dialogue, case studies, and international comparisons, Indigenous and non-Indigenous decision-makers exchange worldviews, forecast funding futures, and develop advocacy strategies for policy and institutional transformation. Human-centered and regenerative design, public engagement, and cross-sector collaboration inform practical approaches grounded in responsibility, equity, accountability, stewardship, and right relations. Financial assistance supports participation in the program rather than a separate research project.
