Education & Professional Accreditation

Masters of Environmental Studies (MES); York University (Media Arts & Broadcasting) 

CFRE (Certified Fundraising Executive, International Association of Fundraising Professionals) – Retired

The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
(Arts Management Program)

Client History

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  • Audiovisual Preservation Trust of Canada
  • Bata Shoe Museum Foundation
  • Cahoots Theatre Company
  • Canadian Conference of the Arts
  • Canadian Foundation for the Preservation of Chinese Culture and Historical Treasures
  • Centennial College, Cultural Heritage Institute, School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culture
  • Centennial College, School of Communications, Media, Art and Design
  • City of Toronto – Culture Division
  • Cultural Human Resources Council of Canada
  • Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada
  • Harbourfront Centre
  • Industry Canada
  • Manitoba Motion Picture Producers Association
  • National Screen Institute
  • National Trust for Canada
  • Niagara Region
  • Ontario Arts Council
  • Ontario Media Development Corporation
  • Ontario Tourism Education Corporation
  • Peterborough Historical Society
  • Peterborough Museum
  • Randolph College for the Performing Arts
  • Ryerson University, Faculty of Communications & Design
  • Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industry Association
  • Sheridan Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning – School of Animation, Arts & Design
  • The Artscape Foundation
  • The Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal
  • The National Trust for Canada (Heritage Canada Foundation)
  • The Writer Guild of Canada
  • Town of Oakville
  • UNESCO – World Heritage Centre

Awards & Special Recognition

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  • National Trust for Canada, John Edwards Award for Community Service & Volunteering
  • President’s Award, Centennial College, Cultural Heritage Institute Group Award, School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culture.
  • Town of Oakville, Cultural Advisory Committee Community Recognition Award
  • Athena Oakville Community Service Awards Nomination
  • Canadian Who’s Who & Who’s Who of Canadian Women

Catherine M. Hurley

Catherine’s professional career and community service reflects her life-long commitment and contributions to the field of Arts Management and Cultural Heritage preservation both on a national scale, and as a volunteer in her Oakville, Ontario community. Oakville is located on Treaty Lands 14 & 22 of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and the ancestorial territories of the Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Catherine resides within the Old Oakville Heritage Conservation District, one of the oldest heritage conservation districts in Ontario.

Her multifaceted career has involved a number of senior roles in Canada’s Cultural Heritage and Charitable sectors, and in Public Broadcasting. During her time with the Canadian public service (Federal Departments of Canadian Heritage and Communications) she contributed to national policy development and all aspects of Canadian Heritage program delivery, including large-scale cultural heritage infrastructure projects. As an entrepreneur and small business owner from 1996-2019, Catherine managed a successful 25+ year consultancy in support of the governance and business development of many of Canada’s leading not-for-profit arts, heritage, cultural industries, and charitable sector clients. She is a former Internationally Certified Professional  Fundraising Executive (CFRE – 2006-2019).

Community Service & Volunteering

Catherine’s commitment to community service and volunteering has led to a number of rewarding Cultural Heritage Sector appointments:

  • The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, Community & Government Relations Committee Member (2025 –)
  • The National Trust for Canada’s National Issues Working Committee Member (2023-2025)
  • The Arts and Letters Club Foundation of Toronto Board, where she contributed to the establishment of the Foundation’s inaugural awards for emerging artists in the fields of Literature, Architectural Conservation, Music, Painting and Stage (2017-2020).
  • Oakville Lakeside Residents Association Board, Chair, Old Oakville Heritage Conservation District Plan Working Group (2021-2023)
  • Oakville Community Foundation Board, Founding Chair, Oakville Heritage Trust Committee (1999-2005). Through community partnerships initiated the Oakville Heritage Trails (100+ km) and the Oakville Remembered broadcasts in collaboration with Cogeco Media, which were digitally remastered in 2024 and are now preserved in perpetuity on the Oakville Public Library’s “Oakville Images” digital portal.
  • Oakville Arts Council, President (2004-2006)