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Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act 1 Year On

Recorded on September 6, 2023

This webinar walks through what is new in the ONCA, the steps nonprofits need to take to transition to the ONCA, and how CLEO’s free resources can help you create ONCA compliant bylaws or revise your current ones. To learn more about the ONCA, visit nonprofitlaw.cleo.on.ca.

This session is for: senior...

Introduction to Privacy Law and Recordkeeping for Nonprofits

Recorded on July 19, 2023

This workshop explores what records nonprofit corporations are required to keep under Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations, as well as how, where, how long they need to keep them, and who has a right to access them. This workshop also discusses basic principles of privacy law and when and who it applies to.

Employment and Volunteer Law: Creating a Decent Work Environment

Recorded on July 13, 2023

This workshop explores some of the rights and obligations of non-profit employers, employees, and volunteers with a special focus on creating a decent work environment.

 

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Introduction to Nonprofit Governance

Recorded on July 7, 2023

This workshop explores the rights, duties, and liabilities of members, directors, and officers. It also explores different ways to structure membership and Boards.

Getting ID to access benefits

Recorded on June 22, 2023

You often need ID like a health card or photo ID to get services and benefits such as housing. But many vulnerable people have lost or never had these documents. How can community workers help?

In this webinar, Suchana Pandey of Partners for Access and Identification (PAID) explains how they run their ID clinics,...

Helping people with legal problems and finding reliable legal information

Recorded on May 25, 2023

Many people with day-to-day problems don’t realize that their issues may have a legal aspect.

In this webinar, you learn to:

• consider life events
• listen for legal language
• look at legal documents

The CLEO Connect team helps you:

• find reliable legal information
• know...

Legal Aid Ontario and Community Legal Clinics in Ottawa

Connecting Ottawa has a 2-page info sheet that clarifies the difference between Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) and community legal clinics. It includes the specific areas of law that LAO and community legal clinics cover, and the financial eligibility criteria for each.

Navigating the Legal Help Landscape Part 2: Legal Help Phone Lines

Recorded on December 13, 2022

Learn about free legal support telephone services that could help your clients.

Our speakers answer questions about their legal help phone lines, including:

• Types of legal support available and topics they cover
• Who is eligible for what kind of help
• How to help your clients prepare for the call
•...

Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act 1 Year On

Recorded on November 10, 2022

This webinar walks through what is new in the ONCA, the steps nonprofits need to take to transition to the ONCA, and how CLEO’s free resources can help you create ONCA compliant bylaws or revise your current ones. To learn more about the ONCA, visit nonprofitlaw.cleo.on.ca.

This session is for: senior...

Navigating the Legal Help Landscape Part I: Community Legal Clinics and Legal Aid Ontario

Recorded on October 3, 2022

Learn about legal services that your clients may be able to access at community legal clinics and Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). The presenters give an overview, and answer questions, on:

• what services community legal clinics and LAO offer, and how people can access them
• who is eligible for what kind of...