7. RISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
Directors' Liability: A Discussion Paper on Legal Liability, Risk Management and the Role of Directors in Non-profit Organizations Volunteer Canada, 2002, 15 pages Insurance Toolkit for the Voluntary Sector (Volunteer Alberta) Risk Management by Position Design: A Guide For Community Support Organizations In Ontario - Volunteer Canada, 2002, 54 p.
ARTICLES
http://volunteer.ca/volunteer/pdf/LiabilityEng.pdf
Do You Know Who Your Members Are?
Centre for Sport and Law Newsletter - Fall 2008
http://www.sportlaw.ca/articles/dispute_whoareyourmembers.php
Due Diligence in Avoiding Risks for Directors of Charities and Not-for-Profits - Summary B
Carter's Professional Corporation, Barristers, Solicitors and Trade-mark Agents by Terrance S. Carter, B.A., LL.B., November 2008, 12 pages
http://www.carters.ca/pub/article/charity/govset/B-diligence.pdf
Encourage Good Sports for Better Sports
Law Now May/June 2007 by Rachel Corbett
http://www.sportlaw.ca/articles/riskmanagement_goodsports.php
Risk Management Revisited… or, Values Matter
Coaches Report - Fall 2008, Volume 15 Number 3 with contributions from Dina Bell-Laroche of Full Circle Communications
http://www.sportlaw.ca/articles/values_matter.php
Staying on the Lookout for Fraud - Some Risk Management Advice
Centre for Sport and Law Newsletter - Fall 2007
http://www.sportlaw.ca/articles/riskmanagement_fraud.php
The Legal Duties of Directors of Charities and Not-for-Profits - Summary A
Carter's Professional Corporation, Barristers, Solicitors and Trade-mark Agents by Terrance S. Carter, B.A., LL.B. and Jacqueline M. Demczur, November 2008, 14 pages
http://www.carters.ca/pub/article/charity/govset/A-duties.pdf
CHECKLISTS
Checklist and Reference Guide: Avoiding Wasting Assets II– Trade-Mark and Domain Name Protection for Charities
Carter's Professional Corporation, Barristers, Solicitors and Trade-mark Agents, May 2004, 24 pages
http://www.carters.ca/pub/checklst/trdmrk.pdf
Essentials of Operational Risk Management
Carter's Professional Corporation, Barristers, Solicitors and Trade-mark Agents, November 2004, 11 pages
http://www.carters.ca/pub/checklst/opriskman.pdf
Hallmarks of a Risk-Aware Nonprofit
This Hallmarks tool developed by the Nonprofit Risk Management Center has three purposes:
- To inspire thoughtful risk-taking by nonprofit leaderst
- To illuminate risk management Hallmarks common in risk-aware nonprofits, and
- To provide specific and practical guidance as well as ‘how-to’ insights for leaders seeking to strengthen risk management practices in their nonprofit organizations
http://nonprofitrisk.org/tools/hallmarks/intro.shtml
Legal Risk Management Checklist for Not-for-Profit Organizations
Carter's Professional Corporation, Barristers, Solicitors and Trade-mark Agents, October 2008, 12 pages
http://www.carters.ca/pub/checklst/nonprofit.pdf
Nonprofit Legal Risk Management (Legal checklist) - Volunteers Lawyers’ Service
http://www.volunteerlawyers.org/library/attachment.81874
Risk Management Checklists
Checklists developed to assist community groups across Australia to begin implementing risk management into their groups.
our.community.com.au – accessed September 25, 2009
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/insurance/insurance_article.jsp?articleId=1244#ixzz0SJDIFRYV
E-LEARNING
Risk Management Tutorial for Nonprofit Managers
This free, on-line tutorial is based on Mission Accomplished, the best-selling book and companion workbook published by the Nonprofit Risk Management Center.
http://nonprofitrisk.org/tools/basic-risk/basic-risk.shtml
Volunteer Risk Management
Every volunteer program, from the smallest to the largest, can take steps to avoid surprise when it comes to providing a meaningful experience for its volunteers through this free, on-line Nonprofit Risk Management Centre tutorial.
GUIDES | MANUALS | BOOKLETS | TOOLKITS
20 Questions Directors of Not-for-profit Organizations Should Ask About Fiduciary Duties
The Risk Management and Governance Board of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (RMGB) developed this briefing to help members of not-for-profit boards of directors understand and fulfill their fiduciary duties.
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants by Jane Burke-Robertson B.SOC., SCI., LL.B., March 2009, 28 pages
http://www.rmgb.ca/abstracts-directors-series/item12325.pdf
20 Questions Directors of Not-for-profit Organizations Should Ask About Governance
The Risk Management and Governance Board of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (RMGB) developed this briefing to help members — and prospective members — of not-for-profit boards to understand their organizations and their roles and responsibilities as directors.
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants by Hugh Lindsay, FCA, CIP, January 2007, 36 pages
http://www.rmgb.ca/abstracts-directors-series/item12302.pdf
20 Questions Directors of Not-for-profit Organizations Should Ask about Risk
The Risk Management and Governance Board of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (RMGB) has developed this briefing to help members of not-for-profit boards of directors understand their responsibility for the oversight of risk.
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants by Hugh Lindsay, FCA, CIP, March 2009, 40 pages
http://www.rmgb.ca/abstracts-directors-series/item12324.pdf
20 Questions Directors of Not-for-profit Organizations Should Ask About Strategy and Planning
The Risk Management and Governance Board of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (RMGB) has developed this briefing to help members of not-for-profit boards of directors understand their responsibility for strategy, planning and budgeting.
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants by Hugh Lindsay, FCA, CIP, March 2008, 36 pages
http://www.rmgb.ca/abstracts-directors-series/item12303.pdf
Developing a Risk Management Strategy: Five Steps to Risk Management in Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations
Imagine Canada, 2005, 20 pages
Directors’ Liability: A Discussion Paper on Legal Liability, Risk Management and the Role of Directors in Non-Profit Organizations
Volunteer Canada, 2002, 15 pages
http://volunteer.ca/volunteer/pdf/LiabilityEng.pdf
Getting started: Managing Your Risk
This manual addresses the Risk Management Process: What is a risk? Benefits to managing risk; Role of insurance in risk management; Why manage risk?
Insurance Bureau of Canada, 6 pages
http://www.ibc.ca/en/Business_Insurance/documents/brochures/RM_Getting%20started_Process.pdf
Good Practices in Risk Management - Imagine Canada, 2005, 2 pages
How Nonprofit Organizations Manage Risk: Working Paper 06-03: Nonprofit Studies Program
George State University – Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, July 2006, 22 pages
http://aysps.gsu.edu/nonprofit/working/NSPwp0603.pdf
www.volunteeralberta.ab.ca/insurance
Legal Liability and Risk Management: A Handbook for Directors - Centre for Sport and Law, 2002, 12 pages
http;//www.sportlaw.ca/articles/pdf2002_May_directors_liability.pdf
Liability Indemnification and Insurance for Directors of Not-for-Profit Organizations: Supplement to 20 Questions Directors Should Ask about Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Indemnification and Insurance
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants by Brian Rosenbaum, LL.B., May 2009, 12 pages
http://www.rmgb.ca/abstracts-directors-series/item27687.pdf
Primer for Directors of Not-for-Profit Corporations: Rights, Duties and Practices - Chapter 6
Industry Canada, 2002, 111 pages
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cilp-pdci.nsf/vwapj/Primer_en.pdf/$FILE/Primer_en.pdf
http://volunteer.ca/volunteer/pdf/RiskEng.pdf
Risk Management Guide for Community Sport Organizations - 2010 Legacies Now, 116 pages
http://www.sport4ontario.ca/Groups/Sport%20Sector/Risk_Management_Guide_4_Community_Sport_Orgs.pdf
Risk Management Handbook: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada – A Guide for Executive Directors - Agency Staff - Boards of Directors
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada, 2006, 74 pages
http://www.ecvo.ca/images/stories/documents/risk_management_handbook_2006.pdf
Risk Management Manual: 4H - November 2005, 40 pages
http://extension.missouri.edu/cedar/youth/Risk%20management%20manual%2005.doc
Risk Management Manual: Hike Ontario - November 2002, 12 pages
http://www.hikeontario.com/services/downloads/riskmgmt.pdf
Sports and Recreation Risk Management - Insurance Bureau of Canada – 7 pages
http://www.ibc.ca/en/Business_Insurance/documents/Sports-Recreation.pdf
INSURANCE - coming soon
POLICIES - RISK MANAGEMENT
Ontario Association of Triathletes
Ontario Sailing
Speed Skating Canada
Squash Ontario
Swim Ontario - page 3
SCREENING - coming soon!
WEBSITES
Centre for Sport and Law
Insurance and Liability Resource Centre for Nonprofits
Insurance Bureau of Canada
International Risk Management Institute (IRMA)
Nonprofit Risk Management Center
Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI)
Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA)
RIMS Canada
Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Risk Management Internet Services (RM Library)
SIRC
University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA)
Volunteer Alberta
Volunteer Canada
