Street Health's Board of Directors is Searching for New Board Members

Street Health Community Nursing Foundation is looking for

passionate and committed individuals to join our Volunteer Board of Directors.

Street Health is a community-based non-profit organization located in the downtown-east end of Toronto. We have been providing innovative physical and mental health programs to people experiencing homelessness and precariously housed individuals in downtown Toronto for 40 years. Street Health provides services in the areas of harm reduction, mental health and wellness, nursing, overdose prevention, identification replacement/safe storage, and community outreach.

We are guided by a social justice framework, and our work is rooted in anti-oppression/anti-discriminatory practices that strive towards cultural safety and humility. Including people with lived/living experience is a key strength to making programs welcoming and well informed. Street Health’s programs and services are accessible, inclusive, non-judgmental, caring and flexible. We recognize our client’s rights to self-determination. Our harm reduction focus ensures that everyone, regardless of substance use or other risk-taking behaviours, is treated with respect and without stigma. To learn more, our current strategic plan can be found at https://streethealth.ca/about-us/board-of-directors/2024-2028-strategic-plan/.

Who We Are Looking For:

We welcome applicants from all professional backgrounds and lived experiences. You do not need to have served on a Board before, although that is valuable. We are looking for people who are committed to Street Health’s mission and values and are interested in making a difference in their community.

Additional strengths and experience may include nonprofit governance, Government funding, finance and accounting, law, communications, healthcare, social services, fundraising and/or marketing, strategic planning, and lived experience aligned with the work that Street Health addresses.

What Board Members Do:

• Provide strategic oversight and governance in support of Street Health’s mission;
• Support the Executive Director and leadership team;
• Participate in 10 board meetings in a year, once a month, with the exception of July and August, and serve on at least one Board committee;
• Act as an ambassador for Street Health in the broader community, including assisting in fundraising activities; and
• Contribute your skills, experience, networks and perspectives to help Street Health grow and thrive.

How to Apply:

If you are interested in learning more, or submitting your expression of interest, please contact us at board@streethealth.ca before Friday July 17, 2026. Please send a current resume and a short cover letter explaining your interest in Street Health. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Street Health’s Board of Directors is committed to diversity, equity & inclusion and developing a Board of Directors that is reflective of the communities we work with. We strongly encourage expressions of interest from members of equity deserving groups including but not limited to; people with lived and/or living experience, Black People, Indigenous Peoples, Racialized Communities, LGBTQ2SIA+ People, People with Disabilities, and people with Marginalized Identities.

Street Health’s Board of Directors is committed to accessible practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Candidates are asked to make accommodation requests by email to board@streethealth.ca.