Policies

Privacy Policy

Calgary Arts Development’s Privacy Policy is intended to ensure we make every reasonable effort to ensure personal information is handled with respect and consideration.Read more

Operating Grant Fair Notice Policy

This policy has been updated as of August 11, 2025 Calgary Arts Development is committed to working with organizations that demonstrate significant, severe or sudden risk to public investment or concerns about organizational viability. The…Read more

Open Grant Policy

The Open Grant Policy states that grantees may not have more than two open grants with Calgary Arts Development, including grants for which a deadline extension has been approved. This policy applies to organizations, collectives…Read more

Our Commitment to Equity

Our commitment to Indigenous reconciliation, racial equity, disability justice, and gender and sexual diversity.

We acknowledge that the land we gather on, Mohkinsstsis, is the ancestral territory of the Siksikaitsitapi — the Blackfoot people — comprising the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations, as well as Treaty 7 signatories, the Tsuut’ina Nation and the Îyârhe Nakoda Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations. Today this land is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government Districts 5 and 6 as well as many First Nations and Inuit from across Turtle Island.

We acknowledge that there has been art, music, dance, storytelling and ceremony on this land since time immemorial and it is in the spirit of this land and its people that we do our work.

Please see our full Commitment to Equity, including the sections on our aspirations, accountability, current initiatives and EDIA history.