Swimming Canada Board of Directors Call for Nominations

The Swimming Canada Nominations Committee is seeking nominations for the Board of Directors. The election of Directors will take place at the Annual General Meeting (the AGM) on Saturday, September 17, 2025. There are three (3) Director Positions for election at the AGM, each for a term of three (3) years. The Rules that govern Nominations and Elections are available on the Swimming Canada website: https://www.swimming.ca/annual-general-meeting/.

Swimming Canada is committed to attracting, developing and celebrating a diverse Board of Directors that reflects the community we serve. As a result, Swimming Canada promotes equity and diversity and encourages candidates to indicate, voluntarily in their application, if they are a member of an under-represented group.

Experience in the field of competitive swimming (athletes with or without a disability) is considered an asset.

The Board of Directors is composed of nine (9) persons that, together, have skills in one or more of the following areas:

Finance

Governance

Legal knowledge and expertise

Policy development and implementation

Risk management

Strategic/business planning

The Board meets 4 to 5 times per year either in person or by conference call. Board members will be assigned to one or more of the following Board Committees:

Audit, Finance and Risk

External Relations

Governance

High Performance

Human Resources

Marketing and Communications

Nominations

Sport Development

APPLICATION

Persons seeking to be nominated for election as a Director at the AGM must submit each portion of the application (listed below) in the link below, no later than 9pm ET on Friday, July 4, 2025. As the Nominations Committee will review each nomination in detail and intend to conduct interviews with selected applicants, you are encouraged to submit the application as soon as possible.

• A current biography (not to exceed 500 words); and
• A statement of interest providing rationale as to why the candidate is interested in serving on the Swimming Canada Board of Directors (not to exceed 250 words). Candidates should highlight how their skills and experiences align with and support SNCs needs; and
• A resume, and/or links to professional profiles (e.g. LinkedIn, Corporate Websites, etc.); and
• The signed nominations form.

All profiles will be translated, posted publicly on the Swimming Canada website and circulated to the Swimming Canada AGM delegates. Swimming Canada may alter the documents for consistency and to remove any person and confidential information. All candidates are expected to submit information they feel comfortable being posted externally.

Applicants are advised that interviews for selected candidates will be conducted virtually on Monday, August 11, or Tuesday, August 12, between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM ET.

Any questions regarding the Nominations process, or the application, can be directed to [email protected].

Swimming Canada is committed to providing accommodations. If you require accommodation for a disability as a part of the selection process, please [email protected].

Link: https://swimmingcanada.bamboohr.com/careers.

Sincerely,

Swimming Canada Nominations Committee

Avis de nominations pour le conseil d'administration de Natation Canada

Le comit des nominations de Natation Canada est la recherche de candidatures pour sonconseil d'administration. L'lection des administrateurs aura lieu lors de l'assemble gnrale annuelle (AGA) le mercredi 17 septembre 2025. Trois (3) siges d'administrateurs sont pourvoir lors de l'AGA, chacun pour un mandat de trois (3) ans. Les rglements qui rgissent les nominations et les lections sont disponibles sur le site web de Natation Canada: https://www.swimming.ca/fr/annual-general-meeting/.

Natation Canada s'engage attirer, dvelopper et clbrer un personnel diversifi qui reflte la communaut que nous servons. Par consquent, Natation Canada fait la promotion de l'quit et de la diversit et encourage les candidats indiquer, sur une base volontaire dans leur demande, s'ils sont membres d'un groupe sous-reprsent.

Une exprience dans le domaine de la natation de comptition (athltes avec ou sans handicap) est considre comme un atout.

Le conseil d'administration est compos de neuf (9) personnes qui, ensemble, ont des comptences dans un ou plusieurs des domaines suivants:

Finances

Gouvernance

Connaissances et expertise juridiques

laboration et mise en uvre de politiques

Gestion du risque

Planification stratgique et des affaires

Le conseil se rencontre en personne ou par confrence tlphonique 4 5 fois par anne. Les membres du conseil d'administration sont affects un ou plusieurs comits du conseil d'administration:

Audit, finances et gestion du risque

Relations externes

Gouvernance

Haute performance

Ressources humaines

Marketing et communications

Nominations

Dveloppement du sport

CANDIDATURE

Toute personne souhaitant tre nomme un poste d'administrateur lors de l'AGA doit soumettre chaque partie de la candidature, ainsi qu'un maximum de deux documents via BambooHR au moyen du lien ci-dessous, au plus tard le vendredi 4 juillet 2025 21 h (heure de l'Est).

• Une biographie rcente (pas plus de 500 mots); et
• Une dclaration d'intrt expliquant pourquoi le candidat souhaite siger au conseil d'administration de la SNC (250 mots maximum). Les candidats doivent souligner la manire dont leurs comptences et leur exprience correspondent aux besoins de SNC et y rpondent; et
  
• Un CV ou liens vers des profils professionnels (par exemple LinkedIn, sites web d'entreprises, etc.), et
• Le formulaire de nomination, dclaration avec signature.

Le comit des nominations examinera chaque candidature en dtail et prvoit de mener des entretiens avec les candidats slectionns. Nous vous encourageons donc soumettre la candidature ds que possible.

Toute question concernant le poste peut tre envoye [email protected].

Natation Canada s'engage fournir des accommodements. Si vous avez besoin d'accommodements en raison d'un handicap dans le cadre du processus de slection, veuillez [email protected].

Lien:
https://swimmingcanada.bamboohr.com/careers

Cordialement,

Le comit de nomination de Natation Canada