Over the last two years, the BC Non-Profit Leadership Conference has brought people together to build momentum and strengthen the leadership, organizational, and sector capacities that drive community impact. 

Now, we’re looking ahead to Our Collective Future.

Together, we’re continuing the thread, weaving our strength and stories into action; charting a course and co-creating a reimagined future for non-profits across British Columbia.

We’ll get there faster, better, and stronger — together.  

Through the conference objectives below, we hope, with your contributions, that attendees leave with practical tools and timely resources, and with greater agency, inspiration, and confidence to respond to today’s realities both within their organizations and across the broader sector. 

As part of your submission, we invite you to reflect and interpret the theme of “Our Collective Future.”  

Applications for submissions will be open until end of February 1, 2026. 

See below for more details.

Presenters will have the choice of a conference time slot either: 

• Virtually via Zoom Events on Thursday, June 4th, 2026, or
• In person at the Anvil Centre located on traditional and unceded land of the Halkomelem speaking peoples in New Westminster, BC on Friday, June 5th, 2026. Please note that we will have more available sessions on the virtual day.

Note: Maximum of one submission per presenter.

We are looking for workshop/presentation submissions that relate to one of the following topics: 

• Governance for the Future (e.g., governance models, rural and remote needs, boards that reflect diverse and multi-generational communities, board effectiveness, climate change adaptation and resilience, decision-making). 
• Future of Fundraising & Philanthropy (e.g., fundraising trends, granting landscape, community-led giving, major gifts vs. grassroots). 
• Partnerships & Collaborative Design for Community Impact (e.g., future of partnership, cross-sector collaboration, collective impact, co-design, mergers and amalgamations). 
• People, Culture & Sustainability of Leaders (e.g., HR, burnout/self-care, retention, psychologically safe workplaces, workload design, leadership resilience).
• Government–Nonprofit Relations & Public Policy (e.g., federal/provincial/municipal relations, advocacy, regulatory shifts, funding models and accountability). 
• Truth and Reconciliation in Practice (e.g., reconciliation panel,  culturally grounded leadership/governance, what does decolonization mean for our sector). 
• Technological Adaptation: Technology & AI (e.g., AI and nonprofits, digital ethics, data/privacy).  

All submissions will then be reviewed with consideration for ways in which the session or presenter will: 

• Equip leaders with practical skills and tools they can apply immediately (templates, frameworks, case examples, and “how-to” learning).   
• Balance transformative thinking with real-world relevance, helping participants navigate current constraints while still imagining and building what’s next.   
• Build collective agency: focus sessions on what leaders can change—offering options, choices, and strategies people can carry forward. 
• Amplify community, identity, regional, urban, rural, and/or culturally diverse perspectives 
• Be grounded in real non-profit experience and/or thought leadership. 

Applications for submissions will be open until end of February 1, 2026. 

When you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation of submission. The conference team will then share further information once all submissions have been approved.  

Please Note: If your presentation is selected, the title, description, and learning or session outcomes you submit may be used in initial communications about the conference. If your proposed session information needs to be adjusted later, you will be given a period for adjustments to be made, and we will accommodate as efficiently as possible.