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S5: Governance Requirements Cooperative Foundations Cooperative Foundations/Hub Adaptations/Central (Ontario)/S5: Governance Requirements Central (Ontario) 05d4c54c-c609-42fa-9434-d0c587921fb9 Jennie R.F.

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"what Ontario law requires, and how it maps onto what you just learned"

Session Content:

  • One-member-one-vote is legislated under the CCA, not a choice - how this interacts with the consent and consensus models you've been discussing
  • By-laws are required, not optional - they must cover membership, voting, and surplus distribution (connect to: the decisions you're learning to make together will eventually need to be codified)
  • Virtual/hybrid meetings and electronic voting permanently allowed since 2023 - practical win for distributed studios
  • Dual status: you can be both a director and an employee, but the roles have different legal implications - your by-laws need to separate governance work from production work


one-page summary of CCA governance provisions relevant to worker co-ops, with links to the full Act and OCA resources