Date: November 29, 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (Hybrid)
Location: Chateau Louis Conference Centre
Rules, Rights and Realities: Keeping your Co-op Fair, Safe, and Strong
0Join us for this year’s General Meeting and Fall Education Event as we come together to make key decisions that will guide the year ahead.
The agenda includes the presentation and approval of the 2026 budget, a bylaw amendment regarding external directors, a motion on the proposed Internal Tribunal from Cameron Avenue Housing Co-op, and mini sessions featuring
- The Community Land Trust: A Share Future (Ottawa CLT Guest)
- Human Rights in Everyday Co-op Life (Alberta Human Rights Commission)
- Strengthening Our Voice – Government Relations 101
Together, these discussions will help us strengthen our co-op movement and continue building inclusive, sustainable communities across the province.
Workshop (1:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
From Good Intentions to Good Governance
To give boards and managers practical, plain-language tools to make fair, consistent, and defensible decisions — even when situations are emotional, complex, or high-stakes.
Workshop Flow
Welcome & Framing – The cost of “unstructured kindness” and why good intentions can backfire.
- Part 1: Fairness and Consistency – Fiduciary duty, consistency, documentation.
- Part 2: Handling Tough Member Situations – Setting boundaries, mediation, professionalism.
- Part 3: Rights, Requests & Responsibilities – Duty to accommodate and undue hardship.
Key Takeaways
- Understand why equal treatment isn’t always fair treatment.
- Know when to say yes, when to say no, and how to explain decisions.
- Leave with a Board Decision Checklist and Accommodation Response Guide.
- Renewed confidence that fairness, compassion, and compliance can co-exist.
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