Each year a variety of individuals from the arts and culture sector are contracted to sit on assessment panels and evaluate funding applications. These individuals come from a range of experiences and backgrounds, with a variety of geographic and culturally diverse representation within each group. Panels may be discipline specific or multi-disciplinary.

As an Assessor you would:

• Register in the online system, sign a contract, and submit an expense claim at the end of the process
• Attend an online orientation meeting (approx. 90 minutes)
• Receive and be required to read and score grant applications in advance of meeting
• Attend virtual assessment meetings with up to four other assessors (online through Teams)
• Be paid a fee for your time in the meetings and per application reviewed
• Treat all materials, discussions, and results as strictly confidential

Assessment meetings are typically 4 hours per day, and range from two to five days in a row, depending on the program and the number of applications. The number of applications to read also depends on the number received, and typically ranges from 25 – 65 applications, depending on the program.

Other expenses, such as child care, as well as accessibility supports can be provided to enable your participation.

You will be listed as a BC Arts Council Assessor in our Annual Report. Your comments and scores will not be attributed to you as an individual, once the Assessment meeting is concluded.

Declaration of Interest

Direct conflict of interest may arise in any situation where a Peer Assessor, Peer Assessor's family member, or Peer Assessor's organization could obtain material or personal gain from an application or applicants under review.

Indirect conflict of interest is where a member would be perceived to lack impartiality about an applicant or application, even though no direct conflict of interest exits. This is also known as the perception of conflict of interest.

Which languages do you speak/read? Please select all that apply.

I have expertise in and am able to assess the following arts and cultural disciplines and practices

I have previously sat on peer review panels for the following organizations (please select all that apply)

**Updated April 2023**

Information collected here will be used to administer supports for designated priority groups. Supports for designated priority groups may include funding prioritization, dedicated programs, partnerships, outreach, statistics, and reporting on progress.

The BC Arts Council's designated priority groups include applicants and arts and cultural practitioners who are:

• Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit) Peoples;
• Deaf or experience disability;
• Black or people of colour;
• Located in regional areas (outside greater Vancouver or the capital region).

Identifying as a Designated Priority Group
Applicants who want to identify as belonging to a designated priority group must complete the Designated Priority Groups Information section below.

Not Identifying as a Designated Priority Group
Applicants who do not want to identify as belonging to a designated priority group should indicate this in the Designated Priority Groups Information section below.

Providing Identity Data
All applicants are encouraged to fill out the Voluntary Self-Identification questions in the next section for statistical purposes.

When to Update
Once you have completed these sections, the answers are stored in your Personal Profile. You do not need to provide the information again unless there are changes to it.

Statistics and Reporting
BC Arts Council will also use the information provided in your Personal Profile to track statistics and report on progress. These reports will allow us to see if our programs are serving a diverse range of people. This will help us improve services. We will only report on summary data. We will not share any personal information that can identify you publicly. For more information, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions.

For the purposes of my Personal Profile, applications and reports:

Please select one or more of the following groups with which you identify; you are encouraged to identify your Nation or home community:

More Information
For more information, please review the Designated Priority Groups policy on our website.

Questions about Collection of Information
You can ask questions about the collection, use or disclosure of information, by contacting:
Senior Director, BC Arts Council Secretariat and Strategic Engagement
800 Johnson Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 9W3
Phone: 250 356-1718
BCArtsCouncil@gov.bc.ca

The BC Arts Council is committed to providing programs that are equitable, fair and accessible to all people of British Columbia, including intersectional consideration of region, culture, generation, gender, language, and ability. Having a better understanding of its clients will help the BC Arts Council identify whether its programs and services are reaching a diverse and wide range of artists as intended.

We encourage all individual practitioners to fill out the following Voluntary Self-Identification to help us understand whether BC Arts Council programs and services are reaching a diverse and wide range of artists as intended.

All questions below are voluntary and optional. Responses will not be included in the assessment process. The BC Arts Council will use the information collected to measure the impact of and identify gaps in funding, conduct internal research and evaluation, improve programs, conduct outreach activities, and develop equity policies. The information may also be used to determine eligibility for equity-based programs and funding, as well as assessment panel composition. The data will be reported as aggregate figures in which your responses will be combined with the responses of others so that you cannot be identified.

Questions about Collection of Information
You can ask questions about the collection, use or disclosure of personal information, by contacting:
Senior Director, BC Arts Council Secretariat and Strategic Engagement
800 Johnson Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 9W3
Phone: 250 356-1718

* Verification

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With which gender(s) do you identify? Please select all that apply.

Do you identify as a person who is LGBTQ2S+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Two-Spirit, and other)?

* Terms and Conditions

Review the Terms and Conditions here.