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Our Board is looking for new members!

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The Opportunities 

We are seeking a Board Treasurer who will also serve as the Chair of the Finance Committee. The ideal candidate has prior board experience and financial expertise with a CPA designation.

We are seeking individuals to become Directors on our Board, ideally with prior board experience.

RainCity Housing seeks Board members who care about people that experience marginalization and have interest and background in the following areas: 

  • Harm reduction philosophy and practices
  • Poverty and homelessness including understanding of a ‘housing first’ approach
  • Trauma, mental illness and substance use challenges 
  • Not-for-profit community organizations  
  • A commitment to right relations with Indigenous communities and the principles of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion

Interested candidates are invited to submit a confidential CV to Mei Ng, Executive Assistant,  mng@raincityhousing.org by October 29th, 2025. 

Who We Are 

RainCity Housing is an organization that makes a difference in people’s lives. Our mission is to advance social equity by building upon the strengths of our community and of each individual. With a goal of providing a home for everyone, RainCity’s programs sustain relationships, strengthen communities, and make change for people experiencing homelessness, mental health issues, trauma, and substance use issues.  

RainCity Housing has been developing emerging and promising practices for over 40 years in social services and healthcare, providing Housing First, harm reduction and supports for community members who access our services. To learn more, check out our innovations page on our website: www.raincityhousing.org  

RainCity has been and continues to be deeply impacted by the ongoing Drug Poisoning public health crisis, a crisis that has continued unabated for more than 7 years.  

RainCity Housing serves a diverse group of people and is committed to social inclusion, equity, and diversity on its board, reflecting the diversity of the people that we work alongside. As an organization we are committed to our work towards being a decolonial and anti-racist organization.   

Our Board 

The RainCity Housing Society Board is a policy governance board (i.e. follows the Carver model), as opposed to an operational board. 

The role of the RainCity Housing’s Board of Directors is one of oversight and governance. Board officers are assigned responsibility for certain areas, but the Board carries out its responsibilities with one voice. We ensure that our activities and decisions are in alignment with the values and philosophies of RainCity Housing. 

The approximate hours required from Board Members can be up to 25 – 30 hours annually for Board work plus approximately 20 hours annually for Finance Committee meetings. The term length is two years. The Board Member will have the option to renew at the Annual General Meeting in the month of June. 

Truth and Reconciliation and Anti-racism

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RainCity’s Manager of Communications & Fund Development shares his personal thoughts as a non-Indigenous person who works alongside Indigenous and non-Indigenous coworkers at a non-Indigenous organization.  

I’m writing this as the sun sets on the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. Many events took place today for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people throughout Turtle Island, educational and connective opportunities to honour and remember all of the lives lost and of those impacted by the residential school system and the ongoing legacy of the colonization of Indigenous peoples. 

For Reconciliation to be truly effective, it needs to be a daily process, not just on September 30.  

I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have had opportunities to learn about these histories, the effects systemic racism continues to have on both Indigenous coworkers and the Indigenous people we support, how to contribute to culturally safe environments, and ways I can engage with the process of reconciliation. 

Here are some of the things I’ve learned about my privileged position: 

  • I can exist in a cultural landscape and still not agree with the ideology, all the while perpetuating and benefiting from the ideology; 
  • I can hear or see individual or systemic racism taking place but not try to make change, while simultaneously benefiting from systemic racism; 
  • I have subconscious biases that perpetuate my view of myself and confirm my experiences as normal, when in fact many of my experiences are what BIPOC individuals may rarely experience. 

If I’m to make change, take action, and get better at my anti-racism work, I need to practice. You can’t expect to pick up a guitar for the first time and play it perfectly. You need to spend some time and work at it. And if you want to get really good, you must practice every day. It’s not easy, but each time I confront such things, I try to call out anti-racism, address micro aggressions, and not shy away from difficult conversations. 

As a non-Indigenous person, I am humbled and very grateful that the Indigenous Cultural Services department at RainCity is willing to work closely with all of us, inform us, and challenge us every day in how we do the work we do. 

RainCity continues to learn and deepen the understanding of the societal and systemic racism that perpetuates and supports colonialism within or organization. As we learn from our actions towards decolonial practice, we hope to become stronger together in this work, and we invite everyone to join in this ongoing anti-racism and decolonial work.  

Bill Briscall, Manager of Communications and Fund Development