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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. The bill has not yet passed, […]
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
You know your organization does great work. But are you pitching your nonprofit in a way that translates? Does the way you talk about your work gain your organization more funding, more members, or more support? Lots of nonprofit organizations struggle with creating unique and powerful messages that grab the attention of potential donors and […]
Tags: communication, communications, it, nonprofit, pitching
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Report Earlier this morning, the final report of the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people was released, with a closing ceremony streamed here. In the words of the report itself, The truths shared in these National Inquiry hearings tell the story – or, more […]
Tags: anti-oppression, antio, indigenous, missing and murdered indigenous women, mmiw, mmiwg, native, native land, reconciliation
June 3, 2019
Occasionally, nonprofits ask us about the idea of creating an Advisory Board. The hope is that an advisory board would add wisdom, depth, and connection to their work. Equally often, however, community groups already have an advisory board, but when asked about it, shrug their shoulders and tell us it is not serving a clear […]
Tags: advisory board, advisory council, advisory group, board, board of directors
May 30, 2019
We have given ourselves the objective this year of improving the accessibility of COCo’s online presence, as well as the accessibility of the websites we build for nonprofits. As part of this project, we’ve welcomed an intern who is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Hannah has been researching the different tools that exist to […]
Tags: access, accessibility, activism, anti-oppression, antio, communications, technology, tools, web design, website
May 6, 2019
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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. The bill has not yet passed, […]
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
Pitching Your Nonprofit Organization
You know your organization does great work. But are you pitching your nonprofit in a way that translates? Does the way you talk about your work gain your organization more funding, more members, or more support? Lots of nonprofit organizations struggle with creating unique and powerful messages that grab the attention of potential donors and […]
Tags: communication, communications, it, nonprofit, pitching
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Report
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Report Earlier this morning, the final report of the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people was released, with a closing ceremony streamed here. In the words of the report itself, The truths shared in these National Inquiry hearings tell the story – or, more […]
Tags: anti-oppression, antio, indigenous, missing and murdered indigenous women, mmiw, mmiwg, native, native land, reconciliation
June 3, 2019
Should Your NonProfit Get an Advisory Board?
Occasionally, nonprofits ask us about the idea of creating an Advisory Board. The hope is that an advisory board would add wisdom, depth, and connection to their work. Equally often, however, community groups already have an advisory board, but when asked about it, shrug their shoulders and tell us it is not serving a clear […]
Tags: advisory board, advisory council, advisory group, board, board of directors
May 30, 2019
Tools to Test Your Web Accessibility
We have given ourselves the objective this year of improving the accessibility of COCo’s online presence, as well as the accessibility of the websites we build for nonprofits. As part of this project, we’ve welcomed an intern who is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Hannah has been researching the different tools that exist to […]
Tags: access, accessibility, activism, anti-oppression, antio, communications, technology, tools, web design, website
May 6, 2019
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