A3 – B3: Understanding the Ontario Not-for-Profit-Corporations Act
November 10, 2011 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
November 11, 2011 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Last year, Ontario passed new legislation that provides not-for-profit corporations in this province with a modernized legal framework. The sector is currently working with legislation that is 50 years old. In the intervening period corporate legislation has changed and so has the sector. This session will review the key changes, what is positive for the sector and what remains problematic and identify the implications for different organizational structures and the timelines as we understand them. This seminar will provide you with basic information about the act to help you understand the nature and scope of the work your organization may need to undertake as it is proclaimed.
Lynn Eakin, Senior Policy Lead, Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN). Operating her own consulting firm since 1989, Lynn’s consulting services have provided many nonprofit organizations with restructuring, merger, service partnership analysis and advice. She has a specialty in rescue management services for organizations in difficulty. At the end of the 1990s, Lynn identified the growing crisis in the financing and regulation of nonprofit community organizations and decided to refocus her work in this direction. Consequently, Lynn’s expertise in financial and regulatory issues has been much sought after by non-profit organizations and funding bodies alike. In her work at the ONN, she is committed to finding productive solutions to the increasingly demanding policy, service delivery, and funding challenges facing the sector. Lynn’s writings and research papers can be found on her website www.lynneakin.com and her ONN work www.ontariononprofitnetwork.ca.
