Amir Ali Alibhai
Chair of the Education Committee (Ontario) 2011 — 2014 In January 2012, Amir Ali Alibhai moved to Toronto as consultant for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s project to establish the Aga Khan Museum, scheduled to open in October 2013. For three years prior to this move, Amir served as executive director of the Greater Vancouver Alliance for Arts and Culture. Amir is well known to most artists throughout the Lower Mainland in BC, and across the province and the country through his work as an artist, curator, educator, volunteer and passionate contributor to the arts for the past twenty years. Amir was one of the founders and past president of the Rungh Cultural Society, which published Rungh, a magazine of contemporary diasporic South Asian culture (1992–1997), and was part of the initial staff team that established and developed the innovative Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre . He was a cultural planner for the City and District of North Vancouver’s joint North Vancouver Office of Cultural Affairs. He has also worked as a gallery educator and curator at the Richmond Art Gallery (1989–1996), assistant and guest curator at the Surrey Art Gallery (1995–1997) and as an independent curator/cultural writer since[.....]
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Erika Beatty
Governor (Nova Scotia) Erika Beatty is CEO of Symphony Nova Scotia, one of the most broadcast and recorded orchestras in the country. Erika has worked in the arts for more than 20 years and for the past 15 years, has held leadership positions with orchestras in New Brunswick, Mississauga, Niagara and Winnipeg before making Nova Scotia her home in 2007. She is also a volunteer board member for Orchestras Canada, served on the Cultural Policy Advisory Committee for the City of St. Catharines and the Regional Municipality of Niagara and has served on juries for the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of Nova Scotia’s Culture Division and FACTOR. To view Erika Beatty’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, click on the icons below.
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Luc Fortin
Vice President & Chair of the Governance Committee (Quebec) Since 2006, Luc Fortin has been president of the Quebec Musicians’ Guild, a professional association of more than 3200 freelance musicians. A partner of the American Federation of Musicians and member of the International Federation of Musicians, the Guild defends and promotes the economic, social, moral and professional interests of its members. Fortin is also a board member for the Canadian Conference of Musicians, which unites Canadian musicians’ associations who are members of the American Federation of Musicians, and vice-president of the board of the Fonds d’investissement de la culture et des communications (FICC), a venture capital fund that acts as a financial partner for companies that create, produce, distribute and promote cultural products and services. He acts as trustee of the Canadian Musicians’ Pension Fund and has been appointed to the Standing Committee of the Socio-economic status of artists by the Quebec Minister of Culture. With a masters degree in music from the University of Montréal, Fortin is also a professional musician and manager of his own record label and publishing company. He is currently a municipal councillor for Verchères, Quebec. To view Luc Fortin’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, click[.....]
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André Leclerc
Secretary (Quebec) André Leclerc is co-founder and partner at Gagné Leclerc Groupe Conseil. He has more than 25 years of experience in the cultural sector. As a consultant, he specializes in strategic management and planning for a number of public administration and cultural organizations at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. He has a vast knowledge of the arts sector, having been managing director of programs at the Conseil des Arts et des letters du Québec (CALQ) and later, a member of the board of directors of the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC). André has had extensive experience managing and leading major cultural institutions. Previously, he was the administrative director at the Théâtre du Trident in Quebec City and the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montreal. As the administrative director at Le Devoir, he helped the newspaper reestablish its financial footing and reposition itself within the media environment. He is an active member of his community and contributes to the development of arts and culture through his involvement as a board member at Culture Montréal, Les Arts et la Ville and the Canadian Conference of the Arts. Additionally, he is a member of the Forum partners Conférence des[.....]
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Tom McFall
Chair of the Membership Committee (Alberta) Tom McFall is the executive director of the Alberta Craft Council, Alberta’s largest provincial arts service organization. The Council operates the second largest public gallery in Edmonton and the only gallery in Alberta dedicated to craft culture. The Craft Council organizes 15 to 20 exhibitions annually for Edmonton, Calgary, provincial and occasionally national or international audiences. The Council also provides a wide range of career and marketing services for emerging and professional craft artists. Tom’s background is in industrial design and design history and he has taught both subjects at the University of Alberta. He also has extensive experience in curating, writing, lecturing and developing exhibitions, particularly on topics of material culture, regional character and folk as well as fine craft. Tom is involved in arts advocacy, locally, nationally and internationally. He has been president of the Alberta Cultural Action Network and chair of the Craft Working Group for Trade Team Canada — Cultural Goods and Services. He currently volunteers on the Edmonton Artists Urban Village (PAL affiliate) board, Edmonton Arts Habitat board, the US Craft Organization Development Association board and several projects teams of the Canadian Crafts Federation. To view Tom McFall’s Facebook[.....]
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George Murray
Governor (Newfoundland) George Murray is an accomplished writer and arts administrator living in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Artistically, he is recognized worldwide as a a poet with five acclaimed books and a publishing record spanning all continents. He also writes arts journalism for magazines and news papers such as Maisonneuve, the Globe and Mail, The Guardian, the Toronto Star, etc. In 2009, George was a judge for the Governor General’s Literary Award and has himself been nominated for several prestigious prizes in Canada and the US. He has spoken and lectured around Canada and the US, notably as a keynote for organizations such as the Ontario Public Library Association and at Princeton University. As an arts administrator, George has been the executive director of the Association of Cultural Industries of Newfoundland and Labrador, an arts advocacy and policy research organization, since February 2007. He has sat on numerous national, provincial and municipal advisory panels, boards and committees, and has appeared before all levels of government to give testimony about the impact of government policy on the arts and culture sector in Newfoundland and Labrador. Previous professional positions include: international communications coordinator for the University of Toronto; communications coordinator for the President’s[.....]
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Arden Ryshpan
Treasurer & Chair of the Finance Committee (Ontario)
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Kathleen Sharpe
President & Chair of the Audit Committee (Ontario) Kathleen Sharpe is a senior manager and administrator in government and the cultural sector. She has been executive director of the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund since its inception in 1999. The Fund, a unique program established to support cultural tourism attractions through a combination of grants and loans, has committed over $40 million to almost 400 organizations around the province. Prior to OCAF, Kathleen was director of the Culture Division of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, a post she held from 1991 until amalgamation of the municipality into the City of Toronto in 1998. Kathleen’s leadership led to the adoption by Metro Council of its first comprehensive cultural policy, Metro’s Culture Plan, in 1994. She managed the transition of cultural programs and staff of 150 during the changeover from Metro to the new amalgamated City of Toronto. Kathleen has also held management positions at the Ontario College of Art and Design and The Banff Centre. Kathleen is past chair of Toronto Artscape, president of the Canadian Conference of the Arts and president of SharpeCulture.
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Jason van Eyk
Governor (Ontario) In May 2011, Jason van Eyk was named Executive Director of ArtsSmarts — an innovative model of arts-centred, in-school partnerships that push the boundaries of learning, redefine the environment of schooling, and re-imagine student success. Jason may be new to ArtsSmarts, but he is no stranger to the transformational power of the arts, personally and professionally. While his first love is music – Jason holds an M.Mus from the Eastman School of Music – his practice has been aligned with arts education and administration activities for many years. Merging these worlds into one, Jason completed an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University, specializing in art and media administration in 2000. Since then, Jason has demonstrated his passion for an expanded role for the arts in Canadian life, a flare for teaching, and an appetite for launching new ventures wherever he works. You only have to look at the Canadian Music Centre, where he was the Ontario Regional Director 2003–2011, or the University of Toronto, where he was Founding Director of the U of T ArtsZone, to find examples of his impact. Add in his classroom experience and it becomes clear why Jason can connect[.....]
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Ivan Habel
Governor (British Columbia) 2011–2013 Since April 2011, Ivan Habel is general manager for The Belfry Theatre, dedicated to producing contemporary plays, with an emphasis on Canadian works. Previously, Ivan was director of Green Thumb Theatre, a company specializing in touring new productions for youth across the country. Ivan has held various arts administration posts including director of planning and education at the Stratford Festival, director of production at the Shaw Festival and various positions with Live Entertainment including production manager, technical director and concerts production supervisor. He has also worked with and for Opera Atelier, Canadian Stage and the National Arts Centre among others. He has worked in or toured into most provinces and internationally in a variety of art forms. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Ivan’s work has included experience in design and production as well as management positions. He has served on several juries for the British Columbia Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts and the City of Vancouver, including several multi-disciplinary assessment committees. Ivan is currently active in advocacy efforts for increased and stable funding for artists in BC and participates on several committees for PACT including the Labour Relations Committee, the[.....]
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