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Join BCF Board or Committees
Banff Canmore Foundation is recruiting for new members of our Board of Directors and Committees.
Learn if you’d be a good fit at the descriptions below.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion. If you anticipate any barriers to your full participation, please connect with us.
“The Bow Valley is very a dynamic community and it has its share of challenges,” says BCF Board Chair Fiona Jones. “Being a BCF Board member allows me to support flowing resources from those that are able to help to those community organizations with energy and ideas on moving forward.”
Read MoreVital Signs: Housing in the Bow Valley
Bow Valley Vital Signs is the BCF program that raises awareness about the priorities and aspirations, challenges and opportunities that define community vitality in this unique place. Through an iterative cycle of discovery, analysis, and reporting, Bow Valley Vital Signs sheds light on the factors and system-level dynamics that shape quality of life for local people. Our goal is to share knowledge and stories to inform and activate high-impact philanthropy and creative action for community.
BCF’s Erin Woods is the project lead for Bow Valley Vital Signs. She gave us a sneek-peak at the program’s first report which will focus on Housing in the Bow Valley.
Read MoreSystems Change: What is it and why does it matter?
Systems are complex – all of us live among them, whether we see it or not. Just as the world is a web of connections, our lives touch one another’s in many ways. A big problem can have many different, interconnected causes. One move that’s seemingly far away can have repercussions very close to home. A policy decision in one sector can have ripple effects across society.
Banff Canmore Foundation takes a ‘systems lens’ approach to community-building. That means we map complex problems by understanding the dynamics of relationships, we aim to focus on the root causes of problems and we value collaboration as essential to this work. It’s holistic, it’s broad, it’s all connected.
Read MoreLamphouse Legacy: Supporting Emerging Artists
A community that values arts and artists is one of engagement, uniqueness and reflection. A place that supports emerging artists fosters accessibility, affordability and social cohesion – among many benefits.
Canmore has long had a reputation for being ‘artsy’. Here, you’re as likely to cross paths with singer-songwriters or ceramicists as you are climbers, hikers and skiers. Canmore’s history of supporting and growing the arts goes back many decades.
Held at the Banff Canmore Foundation (BCF), the Lamphouse Endowment for the Arts supports performing and visual arts in the Bow Valley. It currently has two key programs. The first is the Lamphouse’s Emerging Artist Bursary is given annually to a Canmore resident who identifies as an emerging artist and plans to use the funds to further pursue their artistic practice.
Read MoreNew BCF Grant Application Portal
New BCF Grant Application Portal About BCF / Community Grants / Funding Opportunities In January 2024, Banff Canmore Foundation (BCF) launched a new portal to make it easier for organizations to apply for grants and other programs. This new tool will also support the work of the people who serve on BCF’s Grant Review Committee,…
Read More5 Questions with: Canmore Community Housing
5 Questions with: Canmore Community Housing Bow Valley Insights / Community Organizations Our Series on Affordability and Housing in the Bow Valley It’s no secret that the Bow Valley is in a affordable housing crisis. It’s complicated, systemic, a local manifestation of broader forces and frustrating for many. Banff Canmore Community Foundation (BCCF) is…
Read MoreRecognizing Relations: Taking Museum Archives Home
Recognizing Relations: Taking Museum Archives Home Community Grants / Community Organizations / Indigenous Bow Valley Tom Simeon is now properly identified in this photo. [Tom Simeon, Stoney Nakoda], Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds (V683/III/B/NS-371-2), Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies There are projects that, by nature, expect to see their process change with time. Throw…
Read MoreFamily and Legacy: Loretta M Chaplin Memorial Fund
Family and Legacy: Loretta M Chaplin Memorial Fund Donor Stories / Philanthropy Loretta Chaplin was a teacher, a mother, a sister and an important member of her community. She had a calling and, in many ways, she was just getting started when leukemia took her life. Loretta had work to do and an impact to…
Read MoreBanff Adventures: Spreading Gratitude for Community
Banff Adventures: Spreading Gratitude for Community Donor Stories / Philanthropy Surveying the beautiful view that stretches west across the Bow Valley from their third-floor office, Daryn and Kristen McCutcheon are clearly grateful Banffites. Like so many who have made their life’s work here, the owners of Banff Adventures are continually inspired by where they live…
Read MoreThis Iconic Place: Pursuit Community Fund
This Iconic Place: Pursuit Community Fund Donor Stories / Events / Philanthropy We live in a community with a constant presence of visitors from around the world. It’s not uncommon for residents, focused on the day-to-day realities of life, to feel disconnected with the joys and pleasures that drew these tourists here in the first…
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