Dietitians of Canada Board Leadership Recruitment Application

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Section 1: Contact Information * This field is required.
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Section 2: Candidacy Comments * This field is required.Please tell us what motivates you to serve as a Director on the Dietitians of Canada (DC) Board of Directors. Suggestions for inclusion: your vision for DC and the profession; a brief summary of your key governance, leadership, or strategic planning skills and experience; how you bring diversity and/or a unique perspective to the Board ; and your ability to balance Board work with other responsibilities. (Max. 200 words; Please use narrative or bullet form)
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Section 3: Education * This field is required.Please provide a brief summary of your education. This may include practice education/practicum/internship, post-secondary, graduate, course work, etc. Non-institutional learning and culturally traditional learning are also welcomed in this section. (Please use bullet form in this section)
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Section 4: Work Experience* This field is required.Please indicate past and current work experiences that demonstrate your skills relevant to Board service. If applicable, highlight work experience in financial management, risk assessment, policy development, governance, leadership, strategic planning, and collaborator engagement. (Please use bullet form in this section)
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Section 5: Board Work and Offices Held* This field is required.If you have served on Boards, committees, or advisory groups, please describe your role and contributions. Highlight any experience in governance best practices, decision-making, or strategic oversight you feel would contribute to the DC Board of Directors. (Please use bullet form in this section)
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Section 6: Professional Activities * This field is required.Please indicate any relevant past or current professional activities that you feel highlight your skills, interests and leadership that would contribute to the DC Board of Directors. This may include volunteer roles, speaking engagements, event organizing, professional writing, publications, etc. (Please use bullet form in this section)
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Section 7: Scholarships, Awards, Bursaries * This field is required.Please share any scholarships, awards and bursaries that you have received and how this accomplishment can contribute to the work of the Board. (Please use bullet form in this section)
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Section 8: Experiences with Corporate Finance * This field is required.Please share any experience with financial management, budget oversight, or risk assessment in an organizational, Board, or leadership capacity. This could include serving on finance committees, reviewing financial statements, or contributing to financial decision-making processes. (Please use bullet form in this section)
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Section 9: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion This section is optional. You may share lived or learned experience in your own words if you choose. Information shared in this section is contextual only and will not be scored, ranked validated, debated or compared. Please share any lived or learned experience in equity, diversity and inclusion advocacy and indicate how this could help the Board ensure that DC continues to work towards becoming a representative, inclusive and safe community for all. Suggestions for inclusion: lived experience as member of an underrepresented and/or marginalized group, past equity, diversity and inclusion training, past examples of advocacy and/or allyship that have advanced EDI in professional, community or institutional settings, etc. (Please use narrative or bullet form)
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Section 10: Language* This field is required.Please share any ability to speak, read or write in any other language besides English.
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Section 11: Consent to Act as a Director* This field is required.All nominees for the Board of Directors must be qualified under Canadian Law (see Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act/Qualifications of Directors) to become Directors. All Director candidates must consent to becoming a Director as follows: TO: Dietitians of Canada (the “Corporation”) and TO: the members thereof I hereby certify as follows: 1. I am not less than eighteen (18) years of age; 2. I have not been found to be incapable; 3. I do not have the status of a bankrupt; and 4. I ordinarily reside in Canada. I hereby acknowledge that the Corporation is relying upon this certificate for the purpose of ensuring compliance by the Corporation with the provisions of the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, and agree to advise the Corporation by instrument in writing delivered to the Corporation of any change in my status as hereinbefore declared; I hereby consent to act as a Director of the Corporation for the years 2026-2029 and am aware of the responsibilities that this entails. This consent shall continue in effect from year to year so long as I am re-elected to the Board of Directors by the members of the Corporation but, if I resign from the Board of Directors, this consent shall cease to have effect from the effective date of such resignation; and I further consent to participate at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee of Directors of the Corporation in a manner that permits all persons participating in the meeting to communicate adequately with each other (e.g., telephonic, electronic or other communications facilities). Such consent will continue to be in effect unless revoked in writing and delivered to the Corporation.
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Signature* This field is required.
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Section 12: Remarques finales Please share any final comments or questions for the the Board Leadership Recruitment Committee (optional).
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Thank you for your application and commitment to the future of DC. The Board Leadership Recruitment Committee will review all applications carefully and reach out to selected candidates. If you have any questions, please contact boardleadershiprecruitment@dietitians.ca

Together we can build a strong, inclusive, and future-focused association for dietitians across Canada.
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