Unites the disciplines of theatre, dance, and opera to celebrate and strengthen the performing arts in Toronto;

Promotes and advocates on behalf of a large and diverse membership of professional performing arts practitioners, to legislators, public and private sector funding bodies, and to the general public;

Provides marketing opportunities and professional development services to its membership.

TAPA recognizes that there is a cultural equity gap in practices and representation in the arts in Toronto, and supports the values and practices to ensure equity and inclusion of various identities, including but not limited to: race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation including but not limited to LGBTQ2SIA+, socio-economic status or religion

TAPA supports pluralism in the arts and strives to lead by example with demonstration of policies and practice that embrace and honour all narratives

TAPA recognizes fluidity, flexibility and transparency as essential practice

TAPA embraces community and partnership to build collaborative networks and working together to make positive change

TAPA believes in being responsive to the dynamics of a changing cultural environment and in so doing, also being responsive to the evolving needs of the membership

TAPA works to provide a wide range of programs and services that meets the needs of a diverse membership

In everything TAPA undertakes we work to be fair, open, transparent, unbiased and honest

We need to continue to be bold strategically and collaboratively

We need to continually reassess our programs & services, and Board/committee activities in order to determine if they support the development of a healthier environment and serve the membership

We support organizational learning and are open to new knowledge, and not being tied to apparent strictures or perceived barriers

The Board serves as a collaborative problem solving group