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This year, COCo is celebrating our 20th anniversary. For the occasion, we thought we would look back at a major part of that history: our experiments with collective structure (or collaborative, co-managed, or non-hierarchical- whatever you want to call it)! We hope that this, and other articles we will be publishing on the topic, will […]
Tags: co managed, co-directorship, coco publications, cocopub, collective management, collective structure, non hierarchical, orghealth
December 4, 2019
Back in June, we wrote about the publication of the report from the Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. We’ve recently started digging into the Supplementary Report on Quebec, and over the next months, we want to share some of the things we are learning with you all. The Specific Violence Faced […]
Tags: antio, colonialism, colonialism in quebec, first nations, indigenous, quebec colonialism, violence against women
November 5, 2019
We often get questions about how to change the size of a Board of Directors for nonprofits. Indeed, we ourselves had lots of questions on this topic earlier this year, when we increased the number of seats on our Board to reflect the growth of our organization. To help nonprofits manage this process more easily, […]
Tags: board, board of directors, board size, bylaws, change board size, legal info, legal information, number of board members
For the last few years, our team has relied a lot on a document called “White Supremacy Culture“, created by a project called Dismantling Racism Works- indeed, a training and facilitation project that had very similar work to our own, when they were still active. This resource was important to us because it helped us, […]
Tags: anti-oppression, anti-racism, antio, racism, racism nonprofit, white supremacy culture
We’re On Indigenous Land COCo has been trying to reflect in more concrete and intentional ways what it means for us to be located on Indigenous land. A part of this has been reflecting on how we can follow up on the demands and recommendations made in things like the Truth and Reconciliation Report, and […]
Tags: allyship, antio, antioppression, indigenous, land acknowledgement, mmiwg, native, Native women, viens commission
October 10, 2019
On 19 September 2019, Quebec’s finance minister introduced bill n° 36. This bill proposes changes to decision making processes of not-for-profits incorporated under the Quebec Companies Act. In fact, these would be the first substantive changes to the rules for not-for-profits in the Quebec Companies Act in eight years. Update 20 November 2019: Following the […]
Tags: AGM, board, board meetings, decision-making, email, email decisions, general meetings, legal changes, legal information, legalinfo, quebec nonprofit, skype, skype decisions, skype voting
October 8, 2019
The Language of Domination: Oppressive Meeting Dynamics COCo stumbled across this list a few years ago. It was adapted from Nemesis, a radical feminist collective active in Montreal in the mid 2000s, and the article “Working Together for Change”, put out by the School of the Americas and written by Bill Moyers. We’re not sure […]
Tags: anti-oppression, antio, antioppression, domination, facilitation, meeting, meetings, racism, sexism
September 9, 2019
The Indigenous Ally Toolkit is a resource created by one of our favourite partner organizations, the Montreal Indigenous Community Network. The Indigenous Ally Toolkit contains information about different terminology and definitions, and some key directions around thinking through why you or your organization is seeking ‘to be an ally’ to Indigenous peoples. Our Learning We […]
Tags: activism, ally, allyship, anti-oppression, antio, indigenous
September 3, 2019
Journalism Organizations Getting Tax Exemptions As you may have heard, the 2019 federal budget implementation bill establishes tax incentives for a new category of registered journalism organizations. The most high profile example of this change is La Presse, whose change to nonprofit status has been widely documented and discussed. Although it is a separate category, […]
Tags: charitable status, charities, journalism, legal, media
Over the last two years, our team has grown from 4 to 9. We have more people, more projects, and more work – all while maintaining a horizontal structure! It has been exciting, but it has also meant that our staff meetings became long, packed, and sometimes draining. So, earlier this year, we came up with […]
Tags: cocopub, decision, facilitation, meeting, meetings, orghealth
June 27, 2019
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The History of COCo’s Collective Structure
This year, COCo is celebrating our 20th anniversary. For the occasion, we thought we would look back at a major part of that history: our experiments with collective structure (or collaborative, co-managed, or non-hierarchical- whatever you want to call it)! We hope that this, and other articles we will be publishing on the topic, will […]
Tags: co managed, co-directorship, coco publications, cocopub, collective management, collective structure, non hierarchical, orghealth
December 4, 2019
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Quebec
Back in June, we wrote about the publication of the report from the Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. We’ve recently started digging into the Supplementary Report on Quebec, and over the next months, we want to share some of the things we are learning with you all. The Specific Violence Faced […]
Tags: antio, colonialism, colonialism in quebec, first nations, indigenous, quebec colonialism, violence against women
November 5, 2019
Five Things to Remember If You Want to Change the Size of Your Board
We often get questions about how to change the size of a Board of Directors for nonprofits. Indeed, we ourselves had lots of questions on this topic earlier this year, when we increased the number of seats on our Board to reflect the growth of our organization. To help nonprofits manage this process more easily, […]
Tags: board, board of directors, board size, bylaws, change board size, legal info, legal information, number of board members
White Supremacy Culture in Organizations
For the last few years, our team has relied a lot on a document called “White Supremacy Culture“, created by a project called Dismantling Racism Works- indeed, a training and facilitation project that had very similar work to our own, when they were still active. This resource was important to us because it helped us, […]
Tags: anti-oppression, anti-racism, antio, racism, racism nonprofit, white supremacy culture
What to Know about the Viens Commission
We’re On Indigenous Land COCo has been trying to reflect in more concrete and intentional ways what it means for us to be located on Indigenous land. A part of this has been reflecting on how we can follow up on the demands and recommendations made in things like the Truth and Reconciliation Report, and […]
Tags: allyship, antio, antioppression, indigenous, land acknowledgement, mmiwg, native, Native women, viens commission
October 10, 2019
Proposed Changes About Decision Making for Quebec NonProfits
On 19 September 2019, Quebec’s finance minister introduced bill n° 36. This bill proposes changes to decision making processes of not-for-profits incorporated under the Quebec Companies Act. In fact, these would be the first substantive changes to the rules for not-for-profits in the Quebec Companies Act in eight years. Update 20 November 2019: Following the […]
Tags: AGM, board, board meetings, decision-making, email, email decisions, general meetings, legal changes, legal information, legalinfo, quebec nonprofit, skype, skype decisions, skype voting
October 8, 2019
Language of Domination: Oppressive Meeting Dynamics
The Language of Domination: Oppressive Meeting Dynamics COCo stumbled across this list a few years ago. It was adapted from Nemesis, a radical feminist collective active in Montreal in the mid 2000s, and the article “Working Together for Change”, put out by the School of the Americas and written by Bill Moyers. We’re not sure […]
Tags: anti-oppression, antio, antioppression, domination, facilitation, meeting, meetings, racism, sexism
September 9, 2019
Resource: Indigenous Ally Toolkit
The Indigenous Ally Toolkit is a resource created by one of our favourite partner organizations, the Montreal Indigenous Community Network. The Indigenous Ally Toolkit contains information about different terminology and definitions, and some key directions around thinking through why you or your organization is seeking ‘to be an ally’ to Indigenous peoples. Our Learning We […]
Tags: activism, ally, allyship, anti-oppression, antio, indigenous
September 3, 2019
What Will it Mean for Media Organizations to Count like Charities?
Journalism Organizations Getting Tax Exemptions As you may have heard, the 2019 federal budget implementation bill establishes tax incentives for a new category of registered journalism organizations. The most high profile example of this change is La Presse, whose change to nonprofit status has been widely documented and discussed. Although it is a separate category, […]
Tags: charitable status, charities, journalism, legal, media
Meeting Preparation: A Checklist
Over the last two years, our team has grown from 4 to 9. We have more people, more projects, and more work – all while maintaining a horizontal structure! It has been exciting, but it has also meant that our staff meetings became long, packed, and sometimes draining. So, earlier this year, we came up with […]
Tags: cocopub, decision, facilitation, meeting, meetings, orghealth
June 27, 2019
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