A new report from the Conference Board of Canada warns that failure to improve programs for young Indigenous adults transitioning out of government care could cost the Canadian economy billions, reports CBC.
The report, Empowering Indigenous Youth in Care as …
The most important relationship in a non-profit organization is the one between its board and the ED/CEO. It’s a relationship that tests a board’s understanding of its governance role and fiduciary duties, and is foundational to the success of the …
We’re delighted to announce that Board Voice has successfully worked to have the first day of Volunteer Week in BC declared Non-Profit Volunteer Boards Day!
April 24 will be the first ever Non-Profit Volunteer Boards Day in BC. The proclamation …
Board Voice – in collaboration with the Vancouver Foundation and the United Way of BC – participated in the creation of the brief below recommending changes to BC’s Lobbyist Transparency Act.
In particular, Board Voice is asking for a much …
A cautionary and very expensive tale for any non-profit board recently played out in BC Supreme Court, where the board of Literacy Alberni Society failed to convince the court that they were wrongly found “vicariously libel” in a defamation judgment levelled against …
If you haven’t yet discovered our Governance Resources section on our website, please do have a browse. While Board Voice is an umbrella organization that supports itself through membership fees, our resources page is wide open to any non-profit board …
So much change going on in all directions – this must be the time to hold tight to the status quo for your non-profit organization and ride it out until things calm down, right?
Wrong, says strategic planning consultant Belinda …
We’ve been following Canadian Senator Ratna Omidvar’s efforts to change Income Tax Act legislation around requirements for charities that have ended up restricting their ability to give funding to non-charities whose work they support. The bill is now in third …
The latest figures from a recent crowdsourcing survey done by Statistics Canada indicate that Canadian non-profits have a long way to go to ensure diversity on their boards – including even having a written policy on board diversity.
StatsCan underlines …
How can we create what we need rather than simply work with what we were given? This thought-provoking blog post from the Ontario Non-Profit Network raises some interesting questions about the readiness of our governance models in the non-profit sector …
