EVENTS

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND TOWN HALL

We invite all interested members of community resident organizations to attend the Annual General Meeting and the Town Hall session. Any number of representatives from your organization may attend these events.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods (Ontario) is called for and will be held virtually on the 10th day of May, 2023, at 1:30 pm for the following purposes:

  1. To approve the minutes of the November 2023 Annual General Meeting;
  2. To receive the President’s Report;
  3. To receive the Treasurer’s Report;
  4. To elect Directors;
  5. To update Bylaws

Heritage Register Review: Public Information Session

Toronto residents are invited to an online Public Information Session to learn about the City’s Heritage Register Review project. The purpose of the meeting is to share information about the project and answer questions.

Date: Monday, February 26

Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual Meeting

2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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We invite all interested members of community resident organizations to attend the Annual General Meeting and the Roundtable event. Any number of representatives from your organization may attend these events.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods (Ontario) is called for and will be held virtually on the 18th day of November, 2023, at 2:00 pm for the following purposes:

  1. To approve the minutes of the June 2022 Annual General Meeting;
  2. To receive the President’s Report;
  3. To receive the Treasurer’s Report;

Did we actually win?

Fall trees and stream - Ontario greenspace

Reviewing the Greenbelt and boundary reversals and the path ahead for Ontario’s Environment

On November 16th, join Environmental Defence and Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition to review recent changes in Ontario’s environmental policies and opportunities for future wins.

With the frenzied pace of announcements and reversals in the last month – you may be asking: did we actually win? The short answer is: yes. Returning lands back to the Greenbelt and reversing boundary expansions were big wins and we should celebrate them – but, the fight continues. The bad news is that rather than cutting its losses, the Ontario Government seems to be plotting a renewed attack.

Provincial Bridge Station TOC Proposal

Markham Civic Centre

Markham will be holding a Special Development Services Committee meeting on Thursday, May 26, 2022, at 7 p.m. to present the proposal for the Provincial Bridge Station Transit Oriented Community (TOC).

Members of the public may watch and listen to the livestream at pub-markham.escribemeetings.com and have the option to attend either in-person in the Council Chamber at the Markham Civic Centre or remotely via Zoom.

If you would like to speak at the meeting, please complete a Request to Speak Form. If you do not have access to email, contact the Clerk’s office at 905.479.7760 on the day of the meeting.

Members of the public may submit a written deputation by email to cl**********@*****am.ca no later than 5 p.m. on May 25, 2022.

Emergency in Ontario

Emergency in Ontario - Rally May 14, 2022

Join the Rally for Communities, Climate & Nature – May 14, 2022, Queen’s Park

Ontario’s environment is under threat.

Greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise again, protections for nature are being dismantled, and mega projects are encroaching on communities.;

This spring we have a chance to choose another path – one that prioritizes people and the planet.

In the lead up to the provincial election, show your support for a flourishing, low-carbon Ontario that offers good green jobs, prioritizes our collective health, and respects Indigenous rights.

Don’t let the provincial government pave our future

Highway 400 & Finch

Ontario’s election is coming up fast, and at stake is the future we want for our communities.

Former Mayor of Toronto and Greenbelt Council chair David Crombie, and the Friends of the Greater Golden Horseshoe invite you to join them on April 20th at 7 p.m. for an online Call to Action to save – not pave – Ontario’s future.

In the lively discussion you’ll see a compelling array of speakers, and learn more about why highway-based sprawl sacrifices our future – and what we can do to stop it.

Training Organizers to Build Movements

Olivia Chow Webinar - people

Olivia Chow, of the Institute for Change Leaders

A series of two webinars:

March 31, 1-2 p.m. and April 7, 1-2 p.m.
Series Cost: $50

Do you have a desire to step up and fight for a better, fairer, more just world?
 
The Institute for Change Leaders (ICL) teaches the skills that organizers, activists and campaigners need to win social change. The core curriculum comes from Marshall Ganz, a Harvard professor who codified the relationship-building organizational framework they teach. The fundamentals of community organizing focuses on five key leadership practices: telling stories, building relationships, structuring teams, strategizing, and acting.

Southern Ontario Growth Conference

Oakville, Ontario

Your voice needs to be heard. Get access to resources to help.

Many municipalities are trying to understand how to best integrate climate change into their municipal decision-making process, such as in the development of their official plan. Because plans for growth and infrastructure have far-reaching impacts on climate change, municipalities are seeking additional guidance to better understand how to integrate into practice various, seemingly competing, priorities.

With official plans currently being finalized, the goal of this conference is to lift up the voices of experts, organizations, individuals and community groups that may not readily have the ear of elected officials and municipal planners.

Boards and Bylaws

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ONCA webinar

Special Webinar on ONCA Changes – Feb. 16, 2022

Ontario’s Not-for-profit Corporations Act (ONCA) was proclaimed on October 19th, 2021. Nonprofits have 3 years to update their bylaws and letters patent to comply with ONCA. This webinar will walk through what is new in the ONCA, steps nonprofits need to take to transition to the ONCA, and how CLEO’s free resources can help you create ONCA compliant bylaws from scratch or adapt your current bylaws.

FoNTRA in conjunction with the Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods is hosting a webinar on ONCA featuring Benjamin Miller from CLEO. Invitations to this session will be extended also to all residents’ associations in the GTA. To learn more about the ONCA visit Nonprofit Law Ontario