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F ollow-up to Who’s in Charge? Boards and EDs in the Voluntary Sector, February 13, 2007 Board Development : Materials on this website have been adapted from the United Way of Canada - Centraide Canada Board Basics Kit Manual. The topics included are: the role of the board, the importance of board governance, the components of board governance, the steps to effective board operations, checklists, and links for tools, resources, and training. http://www.boarddevelopment.org/
First National Study of Non-Profit Board Governance Practices : This first national study of board governance practices in the Canadian non-profit and voluntary sector was conducted in 2005 by Strategic Leverage Partners Inc. (SLP) in partnership with the Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development (CVSRD), a joint research unit of Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. The goal was to produce a study that would represent a unique database of Canadian non-profit board governance practices that could be shared by non-profit and voluntary organizations across sub-sectors throughout the country. http://www.cvsrd.org/eng/board_governance/index.html
Guide to Boards and Governance Resources : Nonprofitscan.ca has an excellent selection of resources on a variety of topics. They have created a resource guide for this boards and governance which includes 132 English and 27 French resources. http://www.nonprofitscan.ca/page.asp?boards_governance
Institute on Governance : The Institute On Governance (IOG) is a non-profit organization with charitable status founded in 1990 to promote effective governance. The Institute concentrates its work around specific knowledge areas, including: Aboriginal governance, accountability and performance measurement, board governance, building policy capacity, technology and governance and youth and governance.
http://www.iog.ca/
Institute on Governance—Board Governance Tools : Linked to the overall Institute of Governance site, this site contains help with the theory and practice of governance issues.
http://www.iog.ca/boardgovernance/
The A-Z Directory for Board Governance : The A - Z Directory for Board Governance is designed to take you along a continuum from the early organizational stage of building your Board in Section One, through the stage for organizations who have been in existence for a few years in Section Two, through to the stage for more mature organizations with experienced Board members in Section Three.
http://www.volunteerbc.bc.ca/resources/governance/index.html
Envision.ca : This website has information on volunteer board governance practices, including fiduciary relations, risk management, holding effective meetings and how to be an effective board member. http://www.envision.ca/templates/resources.asp?ID=2772
Institute for Nonprofit Studies : The Institute for Nonprofit Studies at Mount Royal College is the first in Canada to bring together education, training and research tailored to the nonprofit sector—and supports Canada’s first undergraduate degree dedicated to the sector, the Bachelor of Applied Nonprofit Studies.
http://www.mtroyal.ca/nonprofit/
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