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For advisors & partners

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Portrait of Canada is a national portrait and voice record, beginning with photographers in 2026 and opening to the wider public in 2027. We are looking for advisors and partners who want to help carry that responsibility, and we want to be clear about each role before any conversation begins.

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The advisors are people too. These frames are for them, filled as they come to the table.

Five ways
to be involved

Each pathway is distinct. Advisors are not endorsers. We are asking people for their thinking, their experience, and their honest counsel, not a name to put on a wall.

  • Photographer advisors

    Practitioners who help shape the craft brief and the standards by which the work is made. They bring experience from inside the field.

  • Governance advisors

    People who counsel on consent frameworks, ethical obligations, and the stewardship of a record that includes people's stories and likenesses.

  • Institutional & archive advisors

    Cultural institutions and archives who bring expertise in legitimacy, long-term care, and what it means to hold a national record responsibly.

  • Web & platform advisors

    People who guide how the record is built, stored, and held: the technical and architectural decisions that determine durability and access.

  • Funding & sponsorship partners

    Supporters who help make the work possible. Their involvement is about enabling the project, not endorsing or shaping its editorial direction.

The collaborator package

There is a short package prepared for prospective advisors and partners. It describes the project in plain language: what the 2026 proof of concept is, what it is testing, and how an advisory relationship would work in practice.

The package is not a download. It is shared through a direct conversation, so that questions can be answered and expectations can be set honestly on both sides. If you are considering getting involved, the right first step is to reach out.

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How we think about this

Advisors are people who help us think well, not people who lend credibility by association. We are not assembling a board for optics. We are asking for honest engagement from people who have thought carefully about the problems we are trying to solve.

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