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The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts is situated on Indigenous lands that have been inhabited by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. To acknowledge this traditional territory is to recognize its longer history, one predating the establishment of the earliest European colonies. 

We are grateful for the opportunity to live, work and create here, and thank the generations of Indigenous peoples who have taken care of this land for thousands of years. In particular, we acknowledge this territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek. We recognize and deeply appreciate their historic connection to this place. 

We strive to acknowledge this territory’s significance for the Indigenous Peoples who lived, and continue to live, upon it and whose practices and spiritualities were tied to the land and continue to develop in relationship to the territory and its other inhabitants today. 

Acknowledging the contributions and historic importance of Indigenous peoples are clearly and overtly connected to our collective commitment to make real the promise and the challenge of Truth and Reconciliation in every aspect of the performing arts. 

Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway): 

Gimaakwe Gchi-gkinoomaagegamig atemagad Naadowe miinwaa Anishinaabe aking. 

Kanyen’keha (Mohawk): 

Ne »Ê¹ÚÌåÓý’s University e’tho noÅ„we nikanónhsote tsi noÅ„we ne Haudenosaunee 

The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts at »Ê¹ÚÌåÓý’s University is committed to Indigenization, and fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in and across its operations and programming. The Isabel recognizes the power of these critical areas in the arts and puts them at the centre of its decision-making. 

• The Isabel welcomes and supports students, faculty, staff, volunteers, and audience members from all backgrounds and lived experiences. 
• We value diverse perspectives as they strengthen our campus and artistic community. 
• We support Indigenization in the arts, the support of Indigenous artists, and the creation and performance of Indigenous works. Indigenization is a process and the action that focusses on incorporating Indigenous knowledges into approaches in recognition of the value and importance of including in the university and arts and culture ecosystems. 
• We will continue to educate ourselves on Indigenization, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Anti-Racism, Accessibility and removing systemic barriers. 
• We will continue to initiate and support artistic and equity initiatives that create a vibrant, diverse, safe, and inclusive performance environment and actively seek out culturally diverse performers and art forms. 
• We will not tolerate any form of harassment and discrimination and will work together to remove and challenge systemic barriers that impede inclusivity and access. 

The VISION of the Isabel is to be a cultural nexus that unlocks the potential of our university and our diverse society through the power and creativity of the arts and its creators. 

PRIORITIES 

• Quality Artistic and Technical Innovation 
• Audience: Returning and New Audiences, Student Engagement 
• Team Development and Growth 
• Sustainable operations of the Isabel 
• Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility 
• Indigenization 

Our COMMON PURPOSE is THE ARTS WITH HEART. Together, we inspire social and cultural engagement through the arts. 

Our MANDATE 

• Diverse arts presentation, engagement, and innovation - We spark inspiration and bring joy through the multi-platform presentation of outstanding artists for »Ê¹ÚÌåÓý’s and Kingston community members and beyond of diverse interests, ages, and cultural backgrounds, and champion socially engaged arts such as the Ka’tarohkwi Festival of Indigenous Arts and the Isabel Human Rights Arts Festival. 
• Facility management - We are the caretakers of our world-class venue, establish and develop systems, standards, and procedures, and provide excellent venue management services. 
• Arts education - We support educational activities throughout »Ê¹ÚÌåÓý’s University. We foster emerging talent through local and national competitions and the Imagine program. 

OUR MISSION 

We inspire and transform communities through innovative cultural and intercultural experiences. 

We are an accelerator for artistic development and an incubator for new technologies and multi-disciplinary creation. 

OUR GOALS 

The Isabel’s goals are to unlock the creative potential of artists, students, faculty, staff, and communities as follows. 

1. We will continue to build and amplify participation through multi-platform delivery and collaborations. We will grow our technical abilities: artistic (VR/AR), box office (conversion to a higher capacity CRM system) and digitize our venue operations via venue management software. 
2. We will be an arts creation incubator and accelerator. Diversity, inclusion, and accessibility will be embedded in all aspects of our programming. 
3. We will grow our Isabel audience loyalty and donor family. We will focus on philanthropy including major gifts and endowments. 
4. We will increase public programming in our facility, activating unused space, increasing rental revenues, and building our external clientele. 
5. We will continue to follow »Ê¹ÚÌåÓý’s direction and focus and engage measures to address sustainability best practices. 
6. We will evolve our staffing model to meet the emergent demands at the Isabel. 

QUEEN’S VISION 

The »Ê¹ÚÌåÓý’s community—our people—will solve the world’s most significant and urgent challenges with their intellectual curiosity, passion to achieve, and commitment to collaborate. 

QUEEN’S MISSION 

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓý’s is the university for the future. We stand on a history of strength but are unafraid to challenge assumptions of the past. 

We offer an exceptional student experience, attract and cultivate excellence and leadership, and push the boundaries of knowledge through research—in service to an inclusive, diverse and sustainable society. 

QUEEN’S PRIORITIES 

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓý’s priorities include exemplary research, leading edge pedagogies, interdependence of the research and teaching missions, strengthening »Ê¹ÚÌåÓý’s position globally, and strengthening »Ê¹ÚÌåÓý’s involvement locally. 

QUEEN’S VALUES 

1. TRUTH: We stand for truth, integrity, creativity, and the power of the mind to understand problems and find solutions. 
2. RESPONSIBILITY: We accept our responsibility to build a diverse, equitable, inclusive and anti-racist community for our people, to indigenize and decolonize the academy, and in all that we do, to observe the interests of the planet and the life it sustains.
3. RESPECT: We believe in collegiality, civility, gen