Contract opportunity: Indigenous Art and Culture Liaison / Offre de contrat : Agent de liaison de la culture et des arts autochtones

Contract opportunity: Indigenous Art and Culture Liaison

The City of Ottawa’s Arts and Heritage Development Branch is hiring an Indigenous Art and Culture Liaison to address unique civic challenges and reframe traditional City approaches and solutions by connecting artists with municipal government staff and community. The Liaison will undertake research and community engagement that will inform the development of an Indigenous Culture Funding Program and Public Art Program processes for a period of 12-16 months.

The selected candidate(s) will apply their own creative and cultural perspectives to address operations and procedures in new ways. The feedback obtained from the work of the Indigenous Art and Culture Liaison will impact the processes and opportunities offered by the Public Art Program, as well as will inform a funding program that will support Anishinabe Algonquin and urban Indigenous cultural initiatives, programming and services.

Successful candidates must be members of a recognized First Nation, Inuit or Métis nation. Priority will be given to Anishinabe Algonquin applicants.

More about the opportunity: http://bit.ly/491m1I5
Deadline: Friday, May 22, 2026
Please send your application to infoculture@ottawa.ca