How Canadian non-profit boards assess and improve their own governance effectiveness — board self-assessment tools, director development, governance planning, and building a board culture of continuous improvement.

Governance principles for Indigenous and community-controlled organizations in Canada — cultural governance frameworks, community accountability, volunteer governance, and sustainable capacity building.

How governance works for Canadian social enterprises — the dual bottom line, impact measurement, investor and funder relations, and how to govern an organization that must balance mission and financial sustainability.

The foundational governance obligations of Canadian non-profit organizations — the legal framework, member governance, financial governance, and charitable status compliance that every non-profit board must understand.

The regulatory and compliance obligations that Canadian non-profit boards must govern — CRA compliance for charities, privacy law, employment law, and how to build a compliance governance framework.

A non-profit board approved a major renovation. Years later the building is failing and the programs inside are affected. This course examines what governance obligations attached to the capital project, what the board should have done before and during the work, and what accountability looks like when things go wrong.