GOV-00 · WORKING DRAFTApplicability & adoption memorandum
The gate that must be completed before any governance instrument is adopted.
Owner: Board and Ontario counselRequired before adoption: Corporate profile report · Articles and amendments · Current securities or membership register · Current director and officer register
Read complete draft →GOV-01 · WORKING DRAFTGeneral Bylaw No. 1
The organization’s central internal-governance instrument, subject to the applicability memorandum.
Owner: Board and governance officerRequired before adoption: Applicability memorandum · Articles review · Ontario legal review
Read complete draft →GOV-02 · WORKING DRAFTCivic membership & equal-vote policy
Defines admission, standing, equal voting and the boundary from corporate ownership.
Owner: Membership administratorRequired before adoption: General Bylaw No. 1 · Privacy review
Read complete draft →GOV-03 · WORKING DRAFTBoard, officers & reserved powers charter
Separates oversight, execution and decisions that cannot be casually delegated.
Owner: Board chair and secretaryRequired before adoption: General Bylaw No. 1
Read complete draft →GOV-04 · WORKING DRAFTAssemblies, motions & voting rules
A single procedure from member proposal through deliberation, ballot and published result.
Owner: Governance officerRequired before adoption: Civic membership policy · Ballot privacy assessment
Read complete draft →GOV-05 · WORKING DRAFTCommittee governance standard
Creates consistent mandates for every federal and provincial/territorial committee.
Owner: Governance officerRequired before adoption: Board charter · Conflict policy
Read complete draft →GOV-06 · WORKING DRAFTConflict, conduct & recusal code
Protects decisions from personal, financial and organizational conflicts.
Owner: Governance and privacy officersRequired before adoption: Complaint and appeal procedure
Read complete draft →GOV-07 · WORKING DRAFTComplaints, discipline & appeal procedure
Provides fair intake, interim protection, findings, sanctions and independent review.
Owner: Privacy or conduct officerRequired before adoption: Conflict and conduct code · Privacy notice
Read complete draft →GOV-08 · WORKING DRAFTFinance, procurement & asset-control policy
Creates a traceable path from budget approval to public reporting.
Owner: Treasurer and finance officerRequired before adoption: Board charter · Annual budget
Read complete draft →GOV-09 · WORKING DRAFTRecords, transparency & correction policy
Defines what is authoritative, public, restricted, retained and corrected.
Owner: Secretary and privacy officerRequired before adoption: Privacy notice · Retention schedule
Read complete draft →GOV-10 · WORKING DRAFTIndependent review & whistleblower protocol
Makes the commitment to properly vetted independent review operational.
Owner: Board and governance officerRequired before adoption: Conflict policy · Records policy
Read complete draft →GOV-11 · WORKING DRAFTAdoption resolutions & implementation schedule
Turns reviewed drafts into controlled, traceable rules.
Owner: Corporate secretaryRequired before adoption: Completed applicability memorandum · Final legal review · Approved redlines
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