Making Sense of the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act: Planning the Transition
Webinar featuring charity lawyer Richard Bridge
For the approximately 19,000 non-profit organizations and charities in Canada that are federally incorporated, the new Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act is a fundamental change in the legal landscape. The new Act came into force on October 17, 2011, and federally-incorporated foundations have less than three years now to make the transition or face deregistration. Now is the time to familiarize yourself with what this Act will mean to your organization and what steps are required for the transition.
Please join us for a discussion led by Richard Bridge who will provide you with a practical overview of the new Act for directors, staff, and members of those organizations continuing under the new Act. Richard Bridge will also provide some guidance on the key documents that charitable foundations need to prepare—articles of continuance and by-laws.
Who: This session is for senior staff and trustees
Date: April 16, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET
Part of the PFC Webinar Series.
To register, contact general@pfc.ca.
Biography
Richard Bridge
Richard Bridge is a lawyer based in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. His primary area of practice is charity and non-profit law. His clients are a wide range of charitable organizations, foundations, non-profit organizations and philanthropists across Canada. Other areas of work include co-operative development and public sector organizations and issues. Richard has worked internationally and has created courses and taught in these areas at the University of Victoria Law School and the British Columbia Institute of Technology. He has given public workshops and training sessions in every province in Canada.
Richard Bridge is author of the e-book Making Sense of the New Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, published by the Canadian Society of Association Executives.
