Indigenous Board Administrative & Governance Services
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Indigenous Administrative Role in Governance

For Indigenous Non-Profit Organizations in Canada.

A practitioner-led course for the people who actually hold a board together — administrators, coordinators, executive assistants, and governance staff inside Indigenous non-profits.

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Outcomes

What you'll be able to do by the end.

  • 01Run a confident, well-documented board cycle
  • 02Draft, route, and steward governance policy
  • 03Produce defensible minutes and resolutions
  • 04Onboard new directors with structure
  • 05Support accountability to community and funders
  • 06Hold governance memory through transition
Curriculum

Eight modules. Built around real practice.

  1. 01Module

    Foundations of Indigenous Governance

    Context, history, and the operating environment of Indigenous non-profits in Canada. Where the administrative role sits inside it.

  2. 02Module

    The Board Cycle

    Annual calendars, meeting cadence, agenda design, and the rhythm of preparing a board to govern well.

  3. 03Module

    Meeting Administration

    Notices, quorum, motions, resolutions, conflicts of interest, in-camera procedure, and accurate, defensible minutes.

  4. 04Module

    Policy Workflow & Writing

    How a policy moves from need to draft to approval to implementation — and the writing systems that keep it usable.

  5. 05Module

    Records, Resolutions & Governance Memory

    Building a records architecture that protects organizational memory through staff and board transition.

  6. 06Module

    Committees & Terms of Reference

    Standing and ad-hoc committees, mandates, reporting lines, and keeping committee work aligned to board purpose.

  7. 07Module

    Director Onboarding & Succession

    Welcoming new directors, building their fluency, and preparing the organization for leadership transitions.

  8. 08Module

    Accountability, Reporting & Impact

    Governance reporting to members, funders, and community — translating operations into clear accountability.

Who it's for

Built for the people who do the work.

This course centres the administrative role — the role that makes governance actually function inside Indigenous non-profit organizations across Canada.

  • 01Executive Assistants & Board Secretaries
  • 02Governance & Administrative Coordinators
  • 03Executive Directors building their admin team
  • 04Board Chairs working with new administrators
  • 05Emerging governance professionals in Indigenous non-profits

Ready to bring this into your organization?

Cohorts can be opened for individual enrollment or arranged as a private, organization-wide intake. Reach out to discuss what fits.

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