Are you thinking of starting a non-profit? Are you new to a board? Need a refresher on the Societies Act?
BC Societies Act Fundamentals Online Workshop
March 11: 9am-12pm PST
Learn or review key issues key non-profit issues including: membership structure, board composition, General Meetings procedure and content, Conflicts of Interest, Record-Keeping and Dissolution. By the end of the workshop you will know the key information you need to comply with the Societies Act. Join the workshop presented in partnership with Vantage Point.
About Martha Rans, K.C.
Martha Rans has been a lawyer for over 20 years. Her Vancouver-based law practice specializes in the legal needs of non-profits, charities and digital creatives. She spent 10 years as labour employment and human rights lawyer/mediator with the BC and Ontario governments. She has appeared before administrative tribunals, provincial and BC Supreme Court. She advises on charity law, incorporation, governance, privacy, employment, labour, health & safety and human rights. Her advice is practical and strategic, tailored to the needs of her clients.
Martha is an advocate for public legal education and information. She is the founder of lawfornonprofits.ca, a resource dedicated to the non-profit sector. She provides advice, information and education to thousands of BC's creators and non profits. She is also a copyright educator and teaches the next generation of artists and designers at post-secondary schools across Canada. She founded and oversaw the Artists Legal Outreach providing free legal advice to over 3000 artists.