Guiding Principles

OBJECTIVES

To advance professional arts consulting and, by extension, arts development in Canada by:

  • Encouraging networking and shared learning among consultants;
  • Providing a platform for discussion and resolution of issues with shared concern;
  • Cultivating a space that is brave, safe and welcoming of diverse truths and ways of knowing, being and doing in the arts;
  • Recommending qualifications, lived experiences, ethics, and practices for arts consultants;
  • Representing and advocating for the arts consulting profession;
  • Promoting the use of experienced and qualified professionals in the field; and
  • Demonstrating leadership within the field.