Board Governance
Board Governance
Information and resources for boards of non-profit organizations to help navigate governance issues during COVID-19. Virtual annual general meetings and legislative considerations.
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Equity, power, and the future of the nonprofit sector (ONN (August 19, 2020)
- Map of a Nonprofit Organization's Governance System (ONN)
- Reimagining Governance Initiatives (ONN)
- When to “Return”: Questions Nonprofit Executives Need to Think About (BoardSource) (May 5, 2020)
- Nine Questions to Guide Not-For-Profit Boards in a Crisis (Capacity Canada) (April 16, 2020)
- Why We Need Exceptional Board Governance More Than Ever (BoardSource) (April 13, 2020)
- How to Build a Culture of Inquiry During the COVID-19 Crisis (BoardSource) (March 30, 2020)
- Leading an Organization Through the COVID-19 Crisis (BoardSource) (March 26, 2020)
- What Nonprofit Board Members Should Be Doing Right Now to Address the COVID-19 Situation (BoardSource) (March 16, 2020)
- How Nonprofits and Board Members can Respond to COVID-19, Questions and Resources (BoardSource)
Annual General Meetings (AGMs) During COVID-19
Holding meetings of members (Annual General Meetings and Special General Meetings) and directors (board of directors).
- Annual General Meetings During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Volunteer Canada, bms., Gowling WLG)
- Apply to delay a not-for-profit’s annual meeting due to COVID-19 (Government of Canada) for Federal not-for-profit corporations
- 8 tips to running your first online AGM from CAGP (Ontario Nonprofit Network) (June 2, 2020)
- COVID-19 Provincial Emergency Relief for AGM and Annual Return Filing Deadlines (Carter Charity & NFP Law Update) (April 30, 2020)
- Information for federal corporations under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”) and for the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan.
- Information for federal corporations under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”) and for the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan.
- How to hold members’ and directors’ meetings despite COVID-19: A provincial overview (Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Québec) (Miller Thomson Avocats | Lawyers) (April 7, 2020, updated April 24, 2020)
- Government of Canada: Annual meetings of federal corporations during the COVID-19 outbreak (federally incorporated businesses and not-for-profit corporations)
- British Columbia: Society AGMs COVID-19 Updates
- Alberta:
- AGMs and annual returns for corporations, cooperatives, and organizations
- Alberta Government Ministerial Order no. SA:009/2020 - In keeping with public gathering restrictions, deadlines are suspended for corporations, partnerships, cooperatives and non-profit organizations to hole annual general meetings and file their annual returns.
- Ontario: (March 31, 2020). The Government of Ontario issued an Emergency Order that permits all corporations under the Corporations Act and the Business Corporations Act to hold meetings of directors, shareholders and members by phone or electronic means even if legislation (like Ontario’s Corporations Act) or your bylaws say you can’t. The order is retroactive to March 17, 2020. The Ontario Regulation 107/20 was amended on April 24, 2020.
- Québec: COVID-19 Pandemic – New Temporary Measure to Allow for Remote Meetings and Sessions
- Nova Scotia: Direction of the Minister under a Declared State of Emergency, Shareholder or Member Meetings (March 22, 2020) Companies, societies and corporations in Nova Scotia ‘shall not hold’ any in-person member meetings if it requires a gathering of more than 5 people. A Ministerial Direction allows for virtual meeting options or meeting deferral whether or not it would otherwise be allowed under any other applicable law, including enactments, articles, bylaws or governing agreements.
- Virtual AGM Facilitation Guide (Ontario Nonprofit Network) (2020)
- Virtual AGM Template Critical Path (Ontario Nonprofit Network) (2020)
- Virtual AGM Template Script (Ontario Nonprofit Network) (2020)