Committees​

Our members can contribute to a healthy Canadian dance community and connect with dancers, educators, health professionals and researchers by joining one of our committees or working groups. Not a member? Click here to join.
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Committees and working groups include:
​1.  Black, Indigenous, Peoples of Colour Advocacy Working Group
2.  Conference Committee
3.  Dancer Screening Committee
4.  Financial Development Committee
5.  Long-Term Development Framework for Dance Working Group
6.  Membership Committee
7.  Newsletter Committee
8.  Outreach & Communications Committee
9.  Resources Committee

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Black, Indigenous, Peoples of Colour Advocacy
​Working Group

Chair: Rhonda Roberts Smid

BIPOC Advocacy Working Group members will:

• Foster a greater understanding and awareness of equity, diversity and inclusion within the organization;
• Engage with our board, committees and membership to determine ways HDC can better represent the needs of dancers in the BIPOC dance community;
• Oversee the BIPOC Emerging Artist Scholarship program.

​Conference Committee

Chair: Karen Sudds
Conference Coordinator 2023: Jamie Hawke
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​Conference Committee members will:

• Help select the theme, venue, caterer, accommodations and sponsorship for our Annual Conference;
• Solicit and coordinate the blind peer-review of lecture, workshop, performance and poster presentation proposals;
• Promote the Annual Conference;
• Assist with online registration;
• Assist on Conference day.

Dancer Screening Committee

​Co-Chairs: Sarah Kenny (dance educator rep), Erika Mayall (healthcare professional rep)

Screening Committee members will:​

• Develop Healthy Dancer Screening tools for use in clinics, dance schools and studios;
• Assist dancers, dance educators and health professionals to implement screening in their communities;
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the Healthy Dancer Screening tools: Health Professional and Dance Educator versions.​

Financial Development Committee

​Chair: Marlene Stirrett-Matson

Financial Development Committee members will:

• Seek relevant funding opportunities at provincial and national levels that will financially support dancer health-related projects;
• Complete and submit applications for funds.

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Long-Term Development Framework for Dance Working Group

Chair: Sarah Kenny

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​Membership Committee

​Membership Coordinator: Meghan Critchley
​Membership Administrator: Alissa Lee

Membership Committee members will:

• ​Promote membership with the organization
• Receive and process memberships;
• Update the Member Directory;
• Communicate with members about membership renewal.

​Newsletter Committee

​Newsletter Coordinator: Louis Laberge-Côté

Newsletter Committee Members will:

• Identify themes for each Newsletter;
• Contribute original articles;
• Solicit and peer-review submitted articles;
• Design and edit our Newsletter;
• Distribute our quarterly Newsletter by email and social media;
• Manage the News page on the website.

Outreach & Communications Committee

​Co-Chairs: Nicole Inica Hamilton, Sandro Rajic
Social Media Administrator: Alli George
Website Coordinator: Andrea Downie

Outreach & Communications Committee members will:

• Present and communicate HDC initiatives and those of our partners;
• Promote the growth and membership of HDC by facilitating and bringing awareness to HDC initiatives and dance health information to our nationwide audience via social media sharing;  
• Create a strong presence at nationwide events via outreach initiatives.

​​Resources Committee

​Co-Chairs: Andrea Downie (dance educator rep), Jo-Anne La Flèche (healthcare professional rep)

Resource Committee members will:

• Develop, peer review, edit and/or translate our Dance Resources;
• Review, update and evaluate the effectiveness of existing Dance Resources;
• Help disseminate Dance Resources;
• Develop and standardize Healthy Dancer Canada workshops.

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