Board of Directors Volunteer

Tipi of Hope Foundation is an Indigenous-founded and led Registered Charity based in Calgary. With the support of volunteer Board Members, we provide a path for Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities to create a joint vision of reconciliation. We work collaboratively with all Indigenous peoples, communities, organizations, and groups to ensure meaningful action.

Tipi of Hope seeks to develop a board whose members possess and demonstrate a strategic combination of personal attributes, expertise, emotional intelligence, competencies, and occupational backgrounds. The board strives to be diverse in cultures and communities, experiences, perspectives, knowledge, connections, and skills to carry out its governance, planning, stewardship, and advocacy functions. As an Indigenous-founded and led Charity, we strive for 80% Indigenous representation on our Board, and we are currently represented by 83% participation.

Based on our most recent skills matrix review, candidates demonstrating expertise in one or more of the following areas will be preferred for the upcoming board appointments: policing/justice, accounting/finance, legal/corporate secretary, fundraising, website design, social media, or programs.

Candidates should bring a record of strategic leadership in organizationally complex environments, experience serving on a non-profit, charitable, public sector or corporate Board, and a strong reputation for integrity and effective decision-making.

Familiarity with cloud-based file-sharing services for easy document distribution (e.g., Google Drive) is preferred but can be easily taught.