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Chet Singh joins the EC3 Board of Directors

February 21st, 2026

EC3 is honoured to welcome artist, educator and cultural activist Chet Singh to the EC3 Board of Directors. An accomplished artist and educator, Chet brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our work as a municipal arts council in Peterborough. His deep community connections, capacity to work in institutional and grassroots environments, and passion for the arts and artists will provide an enormous asset to our organization and our work for the arts in Peterborough.

Chet Singh

Dub poet, educator and social activist Chet Singh emerged with the first wave of Caribbean dub poets in the early 1980’s. He fronted the punk, reggae band One Mind, comprised of Trent students. After returning to Nogojiwanong two decades later, he’s released 6 albums. A founding member of Canada’s Dub Poets Collective, he also served on the board of the Ontario Arts Council. His work advancing diversity, equity, decolonizing and critical education has been recognized with awards for teaching excellence and educational leadership.

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EC3 Bulletin: Black History Month

February 18th, 2026

February is Black History Month and EC3 wants to recognize and celebrate the many great events happening in our community, and the people who make them happen.

Each February, people across Canada participate in Black History Month events and celebrations that honour the legacy and contributions of Black people all across Canada, and in their particular local communities.

The 2026 theme for Black History Month is: “30 Years of Black History Month: Honouring Black Brilliance Across Generations — From Nation Builders to Tomorrow’s Visionaries.”

This month is an important opportunity to learn about and acknowledge these people and their often hidden histories and stories.

We invite all Canadians to learn more about Black Canadian communities, and how they continue to contribute to and help shape Canada.

Along with the celebrations, Black History Month is a call to recognize the things that have been lost, the stories that have been suppressed and the racism that has haunted many of these people and the communities that they live in. Much of the programming outlined below provides us with the unique opportunity to learn more, to experience more and to build our capacity as anti-racist allies. It’s a chance to read great books, learn new dances, listen to fabulous music, enjoy the artists and their work and learn more about our friends and neighbours.

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EC3 is hiring an operations and administration coordinator

February 13, 2026

Working for the Electric City Culture Council is a unique opportunity to be a part of developing and advancing support for the arts in Peterborough. As EC3 has grown, our need for more efficient operations and better systems management has increased. Join our team delivering grants and awards, residencies, professional development and more! Feel free to call for more information.

JOB POSTING
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION COORDINATOR
Electric City Culture Council (EC3)
Posting date: February 10, 2026
Deadline for applications: February 27, 2026
Compensation: $28 per hour, 25 hours per week
Location: Hybrid workspace including home office and EC3 satellite office in downtown Peterborough.
Term: Position has no fixed term. This is a salaried position with all statutory benefits plus sick/personal days.

ABOUT EC3
A municipal arts council, the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) is a not-for-profit arts service organization supporting the development of individual artists and arts and culture organizations in Peterborough and Peterborough County. Our programs and services provide opportunities for artists to create, produce, and present work, and for audiences to experience and appreciate the arts. Our work builds and strengthens the foundations and infrastructure of arts and culture in our area, while contributing to the social, economic and community well- being of our city.

DEI EC3 is committed to diversity and inclusiveness. We encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Our organizational impact has expanded and so have our professional management needs as we engage with more and more artists, arts organizations and other community partners and sponsors. Accurate information, easy access to well organized records and other material, and the capacity to produce events quickly and effectively is essential to our success – all on a low budget. This job plays a crucial role in strengthening our ability to provide arts funding, professional development and advocacy.

OVERVIEW
This position provides a unique opportunity to work in the arts community supporting EC3’s activities across all arts disciplines and genres, delivering a broad cross section of programs from grants and awards – to festivals and artist residencies, while providing administrative support and some event support for EC3’s operating and programming activities. The position reports to the Executive Director and works with other staff and contract employees to advance and reinforce EC3’s administrative and management capacity. This includes building information systems and data collection and retention, as well as production support and day to day administrative support.

This person is expected to know and understand the organization’s mission and vision, follow EC3’s policies and protocols, respect confidentiality and conflict of interest guidelines, and conduct themselves in the best interest of the organization and the community it serves. Knowledge of the arts and of the local arts sector, and the professional role of an arm’s length arts council, is an asset.

JOB DUTIES

Maintain and advance administrative and operating systems, including communications (mailing lists, media lists, fundraising contacts, applicants data bases etc.)
Respond to general public telephone and email enquiries, maintain office hours
Maintain operations manuals, archives and records (grant results, media coverage, process documents etc.)
Maintenance of social media tools, and an up to date and accurate website
Maintenance of event and meeting calendars, deadlines and undertake related research on same
Provide support in grant writing and delivering programming as needed

QUALIFICATIONS

Post-secondary experience in not-for-profit administration
Excellent organizational, written and oral communications skills
Familiarity with computer technology, web site (Word Press) and social media including Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky, Mail Chimp, Word and Excel
Demonstrated ability to set and meet goals, and priorities, clear objectives and deadlines
Driver’s licence and regular access to a car are an asset
Passion for the arts and organizing details

HOW TO APPLY Please forward covering Letter and Resume with subject heading “EC3 Operating and Administration Coordinator Position” to: electriccitycc@gmail.com. Your covering letter should outline why you would like to work with EC3 serving the arts community, and how your education and professional experience would make you a good candidate for the job. Please review our web site @ https://www.ecthree.org/ .

For additional information or questions:
Su Ditta (she/her), Executive Director
electriccitycc@gmail.com
705-749-9101
Currently living and working in Nogojiwanong, on the territory of the Michi Saagig Anishinaabeg, in the lands covered by the Williams Treaties.

For the full announcement see the EC3 Bulletin: EC3 is Hiring!

Peterborough and the Creative economy

April 5th, 2015

Learn about Peterborough’s Creative Economy – http://peterboroughed.ca/wp-content/uploads/Creative-Economy-Assessment-of-Peterborough.pdf

http://martinprosperity.org/media/pdfs/Building_Ontarios_Music_Economies-BHracs.pdf

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LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS BUILD MEDIA SAVVY WITH EXPERT ADVICE

March 6th, 2015

The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) hosted award-winning journalist and the Managing Editor of The Peterborough Examiner, Kennedy Gordon, at an EC3 Flash Forum at The Theatre on King on Thursday, February 26th. Gordon brought more than 25 years of experience in print and broadcasting media to share with 27 arts and culture leaders in Peterborough.

Gordon began his talk by outlining the massive changes occurring in the media sector in the last five years. He highlighted an increase of online competition, the power and presence of social media, news aggregators and the public’s short term attention span, as the driving factors in changing the media landscape.

These changes have resulted in:

Fewer publications and fewer journalists to cover the news.
Journalists having an increased workload.
Media outlets have added social media and web coverage to their repertoire to reach a younger audience.
The modern newsroom is forced to do more with less, while providing the public with 24-hour news coverage.

According to Gordon, local readers want news and sports coverage and with staff cuts, arts, entertainment and lifestyle coverage have “taken a hit”. The Examiner no longer employs a local arts and entertainment writer. This means coverage in these areas is harder to obtain and Gordon stated that the Examiner no longer reviews performances and exhibitions, but he did offer advice on how to get arts events noticed.

His pointers included:

1. Organizations should provide a promotional write up that can turn into an article by editors. They want details not glitz and glam. A write up may be posted on their website but may not appear in print. The average reader of the printed paper is over 50 years old, while their website draws a younger audience.

2. A media release should be contained in the body of an email. You can send photos but they aren’t essential.

3. Send a media release with a ten day lead time (ten days in advance of the event). After a media launch of an event, you can follow up by sending a media release, every two weeks. Gordon mentioned that today’s editors have to be hands on so emailing and calling is encouraged to promote your events. “The squeaky wheel gets the grease”.

4. Once you have sent your media release be prepared for follow-up calls from news organizations. Media is a fast paced business and if you don’t have what the writer is asking for, a different story may catch a reporter’s attention.

5. Know the five ‘Ws’: What, Where, When, Who and Why? Be prepared to answer these questions.

6. Make sure your contact information is up to date and that the contact is available after the media release has been sent.

When asked if an organization could provide its own review, Gordon answered,

“No, a review must be impartial and the reviewer cannot be a member of the organization.” A disconnect is a must when it comes to advertising and articles. The Examiner does run sponsored content but it will clearly be listed as a paid advertisement.

The Electric City Culture Council would like to thank Kennedy Gordon for his informative and honest talk. He encouraged the crowd to contact him directly and to email events to exam.newsroom@sunmedia.ca

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Announcements of New Arts Awards Program and Inaugural Mayor’s Luncheon for the Arts Highlight EC3’s 2014 Annual General Meeting at SHOWPLACE

January 30th, 2015

November 26 2014

The Electric City Arts Council (EC3) welcomed arts champion Bill Lockington (LLF Lawyers) and Mayor Daryl Bennett to announce two exciting new initiatives for the arts community at its Annual General meeting tonight: The EC3 Arts Awards Program and the Mayor’s Annual Luncheon for the Arts.

The EC3 Arts Awards are annual awards established to honour and recognize excellence and outstanding achievement in the arts by Peterborough artists and arts supporters. Awards will be presented in visual, media, performing arts and writing and one award will be given to an outstanding supporter of the arts.

The Electric City Arts Council will host the annual Mayor’s Luncheon for the Arts with Honourary Patron Mayor Daryl Bennett, to celebrate Peterborough’s artistic achievements and to honour the individuals and partnerships that make Peterborough a truly creative city. The awards will be presented at the luncheon next year.

“EC3 is proud to be able to recognize the great talent and outstanding achievements of individual artists and arts partners and sponsors with these awards and we are thrilled and grateful that Bill Lockington (LLF Lawyers) and Mayor Bennett have so generously stepped up to make this program and the awards event possible” —- Bill Kimball (EC3 Chair)

Image – Screen shot with link to CHEXTV Peterborough, ON, Canada / (CHEXTV) Jesse Thomas November 26, 2014 10:41 pm

The AGM also saw three new board members, Randy Read (New Stages Theatre), Yvonne Lai and Fynn Leitch join EC3.
They will be joining returning board members Bill Kimball, Pauline Sandys, Nick Ferrio and Lorne Hamilton on the EC3 Board of Directors. Visit our Board page for biographies of each member.

The AGM featured one of EC3’s signature “Cultural Incubator” lectures with new Trent President Leo Groarke speaking. His talk highlighted the deep connections between Trent and the City’s cultural landscape and emphasized the value of a vibrant cultural sector to the vitality and well being of the Peterborough community.

The AGM wasn’t all business. Wes Ryan opened the meeting with spoken word and Sean Conway and Gerry Gregg provided musical interludes throughout the evening.

EC3 also tested attendee’s knowledge of Peterbough’s cultural history with a Culture Vulture Quiz. The winners took home one of two prize packs filled with gifts donated by local arts organizations and Jeannine Taylor of kawarthaNOW.com, generously donated a door prize that saw the lucky winner receive a $500 KawarthaNOW promotional package.

The Electric City Culture Council would like to thank the City of Peterborough, Showplace Performance Centre and LLF Lawyers for AGM sponsorship.

Photo Gallery

Mayor Daryl Bennett

Trent President Leo Groarke

Arts Champion Bill Lockington

Bill Kimball (EC3 Chair) and Christy Haldane (Program Coordinator)

Su Ditta

Jeannine Taylor draws door prize winner

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A Space of your Own – Panel Discussion

May 18th, 2014

Wednesday, April 2nd The Electric City Culture Council hosted its April Cultural Mixer

A Space of Your Own

Who has it?

Who needs it?

Creative Approaches to Performance, Rehearsal, Exhibition, Studio and Office Spaces

The panel discussion was moderated by Terry Guiel – Executive Director of The Peterborough DBIA and panellists included Dr. Mark Seasons – School of Planning – University of Waterloo, Elizabeth Fennell – Gallery in the Attic, Lorne Hamilton – Artisans Centre Peterborough, Bill Kimball – Public Energy and Natalie Napier – Hatch Ptbo

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EC3 ADDS THE 4TH ‘C’ – COLLABORATION

February 3rd, 2014

The Board of Directors being introduced to the crowd. Credit: Wes Daubeny (Fringe Lab, Hacker Space)

‘Spot on!’ was how one seasoned member of the Peterborough Arts Community characterized the format and style of the Jan. 28th Mixer Event. Well-attended by the veterans in the arts and cultural community who have fought the funding and promotion battles but are still seeking fresh visions, ideas and strategies – as well as the talented, young at heart who just couldn’t talk fast enough to express their hopefulness and enthusiasm and new skill sets . Every attendee seemed hungry for support of colleagues and the community. Optimism and a sense of ‘what can be’ animated the questions, comments and conversations in response to the ‘Big 3-Questions’ posed. The room buzzed with ideas – re: increasing involvement of Business and Media, of professional development needs and capabilities, of entrepreneurial approaches, of joining forces on projects- in a word ‘COLLABORATION.

A huge THANK YOU to all who participated.

And Thank you to Showplace Performance Center for hosting

The EC3 Board and Staff

Peterborough’s Electric City Culture Council (EC3) hosted it’s first cultural mixer of 2014 on Tuesday, January 28th from 5:30 to 7:00 at Showplace Performance Centre at 290 George St. North, Peterborough.

View of the Nexicom Studio, Credit: Wes Daubeny (Fringe Lab, Hacker Space)

View of the Nexicom Studio, Credit: Jeannine Taylor – KawarthaNOW

John Muir (Trent Radio) and Wendy Trusler (artist). Credit: Jeannine Taylor – KawarthaNOW

Lori Christensen, Peer Christenen (Christensen Fine Art) and Fynn Leitch (Artspace), Credit: Jeannine Taylor – KawarthaNOW

Brian McCarthy (Seeds of Change) and Elizabeth Fennell (Gallery in the Attic), Credit: Jeannine Taylor – KawarthaNOW

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Lou O’Hara, Regional Advisor for the Ministry of Culture Speaks at EC3 AGM on the Cultural Development Fund.

December 5th, 2013

At the Electric City Culture Council’s Inaugural Annual Meeting on November 25th at the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Theatre, Lou O’Hara, Regional Advisor for the Ministry of Culture, gave a talk on Cultural Development Fund. Please see video below for Lou’s presentation.

For More on the fund visit – http://www.grants.gov.on.ca/GrantsPortal/en/OntarioGrants/GrantOpportunities/PRDR007505.html

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