MAiDHouse Board Member

Recruitment Package

MAiDHouse

Assisted-Dying Resource Centres Canada (ARCC)

MAiDHouse provides guidance, education, and support for individuals eligible for Medical Assistance in Dying and the people who walk alongside them — filling the gap between healthcare and death care with knowledge, coordination, community, and dignity. Our services are offered at no charge, because dignity in dying must be accessible to everyone.

TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT

MAiDHouse acknowledges that we operate on the traditional and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples across Canada. Our Toronto site sits on the Dish With One Spoon territory, shared among the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, and many other nations. Our Victoria site sits on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples, including the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.

We recognize that Indigenous peoples across Canada have experienced — and continue to experience — significant inequities within healthcare. As an organization committed to dignity and equitable access at end of life, we hold this reality as part of our ongoing work, and we welcome Indigenous voices into our governance and our services.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Join our Board of Directors

Serving on the MAiDHouse Board of Directors is unlike most board work you will encounter. We work in a space most people haven't encountered, at the intersection of dignity, death, and community care. It asks something of the people who show up for it and it gives something back. Board members often describe this work as humbling, grounding, and quietly transformative.

We are at a meaningful moment in our growth: expanding geographically, deepening our model, and ensuring that our governance reflects the communities we serve across Canada. This year, several long-standing directors are completing their terms. That is simply what happens in any healthy organization after five years: people move on, and new voices carry the work forward. We are recruiting with intention.

We are seeking up to four new Directors to join our Board, with strength in four areas:

• Legal (nonprofit and charity law)
• Financial management and accounting
• Fundraising and major gifts
• Lived experience of MAiD (as a family member, friend, or member of a support network)

We are also open to candidates with experience in the death care sector and welcome all areas of expertise relevant to our mission. These are gaps, not gates.

This is a working board.

Directors bring expertise, open doors, ask hard questions, and stay present to the mission. The time commitment is approximately 8 to 15 hours per month, based on current board member experience, this includes monthly board and committee meetings, an annual retreat, and active participation in the work between meetings. We are committed to making board participation as accessible as possible and welcome a conversation about how we can support directors who may need to engage differently.

Positions are unpaid. Directors are encouraged to contribute to MAiDHouse in ways that are meaningful to their circumstances: whether through their time, networks, or personal giving and to support the organization's fundraising efforts where they are able.

PRIORITY AREAS

What we are looking for

Our board conducts a skills and succession analysis before each recruitment cycle. This year, that analysis pointed us clearly to five areas. The table below explains each one.

Priority skill area

What we are looking for

Legal - Nonprofit and Charity Law

Someone with depth in nonprofit governance, contracts, and charity law. Our board currently carries limited legal bench strength in this area, and it is essential for the next chapter.

Financial Management and Accounting

A finance leader who can support oversight, audit readiness, and sustainable growth. Strong financial governance underpins everything we do.

Fundraising and Major Gifts

Someone who understands relationship-based fundraising and can help open doors and deepen our donor community. This is a priority for organizational sustainability.

MAiD-Related Lived Experience

Someone who has personally navigated MAiD, as a family member, friend, or member of a support network.

Not a clinical perspective, but a human one.

Death Care

Someone with experience in the death care sector including, for example, funeral directors or other death care professionals who understands the practical realities of what follows a provision.

Characteristics we value

• A genuine commitment to MAiDHouse's mission, vision, and values.
• Honesty and integrity in all dealings.
• The ability to listen, ask questions, and hold multiple perspectives.
• Willingness to contribute personally and to invite others into the work.
• Openness to feedback and a team orientation.
• Strategic thinking alongside practical follow-through.
• A comfort with the subject matter — not necessarily clinical experience, but an ability to sit with the realities of death and dying without flinching.
• A commitment to anti-racism, anti-oppression, and equity in practice — not only in principle.

GEOGRAPHY

Canada-wide

Board participation is a combination of virtual and in-person. We welcome applications from across Canada and are particularly interested in building representation from British Columbia and western Canada, in keeping with our 2025 expansion.

ELIGIBILITY

To serve as a Director, you must

• Be a minimum of 18 years of age.
• Not be an undischarged bankrupt.
• Not be an "ineligible individual" as defined under the Income Tax Act (Canada).
• Be at arm's length from all other Directors — not related by blood, marriage, or business relationship.
• Not have served as a director of a registered charity that had its charitable status revoked.
• Not be aware of any conflict of interest with MAiDHouse.
• Be willing and able to comply with the requirements for Directors set out in MAiDHouse's Articles, Bylaws, and policies.
• Consent to being nominated and to standing for election.

APPLICATION PROCESS

How to apply

Please submit the following to Zohar Levy, Vice-Chair and incoming Chair of the Governance Committee, at zlevy@lleb.ca with the subject line: MAiDHouse Board Application.

• A current CV or profile of skills and experience.
• A brief statement of interest (no more than one page).
• The completed application form included in this package.

We will acknowledge receipt of all applications and contact those we invite to interview. We thank all who apply for their interest in MAiDHouse.

Persons who require accommodations at any stage of the application process may contact Tamara MacIntyre, Executive Director, at tamara@maidhouse.ca in confidence.

MAiDHouse is committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in all that we do. We actively encourage applications from people who are members of equity-seeking communities, including Indigenous peoples, Black and racialized individuals, people with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and those with lived experience of MAiD. We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair, transparent, and accessible to all.

MAIDHOUSE — BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Application Form

All information is held in confidence by the ED and Governance Chair.

Section 1 — Contact Information

Full name

Preferred name / pronouns

Email address

Phone number

Mailing address — city and province

Current employer / professional affiliation (optional)

Section 2 — Skills and Experience

Please indicate your level of experience in each area. Mark one column per row. Rows marked Priority are current recruitment priorities — please complete these even if your answer is None.

Skill / Experience Area

Strong

Some

None

GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP

Nonprofit governance

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Executive leadership

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HR and people management

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Risk and compliance management

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Policy development

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LEGAL AND FINANCIAL

Nonprofit and charity law — Priority — Priority

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Health law and regulatory

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Accounting and audit

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Financial management and investments — Priority — Priority

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Fundraising and major gifts — Priority — Priority

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Grant writing

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MAID AND SECTOR KNOWLEDGE

End of life care (hospice, palliative, etc.)

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Healthcare system and clinical experience

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MAiD assessor or provider

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Supported someone who accessed MAiD —

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Grief and bereavement

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Ethics

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Disability and health equity

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Death care industry (e.g. funeral director)

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COMMUNITY AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Communications and public relations

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Government relations / political acumen

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Community development and engagement

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Healthcare advocacy

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Indigenous community and relations

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Social services

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Digital and technology / IT

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Education and research

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Other skills or experience not listed above:

Section 3 Statement of Interest

Why are you interested in joining the MAiDHouse Board of Directors?

What do you hope to contribute, and what do you hope to gain from this experience?

Please highlight one or two examples of where you have demonstrated effective board membership or governance:

Section 4 — Availability and Commitments

The time commitment is approximately 8 to 15 hours per month. This includes monthly board and committee meetings, an annual retreat, and active participation between meetings. If you have questions about accessibility or how the board accommodates different participation needs, please reach out to Tamara MacIntyre at tamara@maidhouse.ca before submitting your application.

Are you able to commit to attending monthly board meetings on a regular basis? ☐ Yes ☐ No

Are you able to commit to serving on at least one committee per year?

☐ Yes ☐ No

I understand and support the expectation that board members contribute to MAiDHouse in ways meaningful to their circumstances. ☐ Yes ☐ No

Are you willing to support MAiDHouse's fundraising efforts through your networks? ☐ Yes ☐ No

Do you confirm that you have no conflict of interest with MAiDHouse at this time? ☐ Yes ☐ No

Approximate hours available per month:

Section 5 Board Affiliations

Please list your current volunteer board or committee memberships (organization and role):

Section 6 — Voluntary Equity and Representation Disclosure

This section is entirely voluntary. Nothing here is required and you may leave any or all fields blank. The information you share helps the board understand its collective representation and identify gaps we should be mindful of in recruitment. Your responses are held in confidence by the ED and Governance Chair.

Gender identity

Age range

Geographic location — city and province

Languages spoken other than English

Indigenous identity, if you wish to share (First Nations, Métis, Inuit)

Racialized or visible minority community, if you wish to share

2SLGBTQIA+ community, if you wish to share

Lived experience of MAiD, if you wish to share

Other identity or community representation you would like us to know about

Section 7 References

Please provide two references MAiDHouse may contact if you progress to interview.

Reference 1 — Name and relationship

Email or phone

Reference 2 — Name and relationship

Email or phone

Section 8 — Declaration

By submitting this application, I confirm that the information provided is accurate. I understand that it will be reviewed in confidence by the MAiDHouse Governance Committee and Executive Director.

Signature

Date

If you are not selected or decide not to proceed, would you like to be considered as a volunteer?

☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Perhaps