Bylaws and Policies

ACCESSIBILITY POLICY

If you have any questions, or suggestions on how we could improve our accessibility policy, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@thistownissmall.com.

PHYSICAL SPACE

This Town Is Small (TTIS) artist-run centre is committed to creating spaces that are as physically accessible as possible for all members of the arts community. Although the Centre has no permanent physical location, we are attentive to the accessibility barriers of our affiliated venues and will publish detailed accessibility notes for the relevant venues whenever advertising an event, exhibition, or other activity. If and when TTIS moves to a permanent location, physical accessibility will be of paramount importance in the selection of a venue.

WASHROOMS

TTIS will publish notes on washroom availability for the relevant venues whenever advertising an event, exhibition, or other activity. TTIS will prioritize venues that offer gender-neutral washroom facilities or work with collaborating venues to provide gender-neutral washrooms during TTIS events.

ALLERGIES

As a public space, TTIS cannot guarantee our locations are free of allergens. We discourage staff, board, volunteers, and guests from using scented products, or bringing in food and non-service animals that are known to be allergens.

LANGUAGE

While the working language of TTIS is English, TTIS will make every effort to accommodate requests in French, but has limited capacity that is dependent on the language ability of the current staff and board of directors.

YOUTH

TTIS welcomes children of all ages. It is the responsibility of parents and guardians to ensure that the current programming or event is appropriate for their child.

ALCOHOL

TTIS does have programming that is dry and for all ages, however, opening receptions or evening events may have alcohol on-site. Whether a space is wet or dry will be specified whenever advertising an event or activity.

FINANCIAL ACCESS

Admission to TTIS venues during open hours is completely free, and we also facilitate many free events. Some of our events may also be pay-what-you-can (PWYC) entry, specifically for ticketed events or events hosted by other organizations through collaboration. By including a PWYC option we hope to allow individuals and patrons from all financial backgrounds to attend our events. Our intention is that there be as few barriers in entering our gallery and event spaces as possible.

ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY

TTIS aims to improve online accessibility on our website and social media by taking comprehensive steps in the future with this document as a guideline for our goals. We strive to foster accessible platforms throughout our web presence. This includes the use of clear language throughout our social media posts, newsletters, and website to convey information in a way that is comprehensible and accurate. In order to ensure the ability for anyone to engage with our content without difficulty, we will include image descriptions alongside photos that we post across all of our platforms, in addition to Alt Text where available. More detailed procedures for online accessibility can be found in the internal document “Web Based Protocols”.

Looking forward, we are planning to redesign our website. What we envision for this redesign is a clearer website, consisting of a white background and the ability to change the size of the font.

SAFER SPACES

TTIS will not tolerate any instance of discrimination or violent acts, which include but are not limited to racism, white supremacy, sexism, heterosexism, cissexism/transmisogyny, ableism, ageism, sizeism, sexualized and all acts of violence and harassment. This policy is always in effect and we are dedicated to creating spaces that are as safe and welcoming as possible.