RESOURCES

RESOURCES

LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS)

All College Centre Certificate programs are now offered through a learning platform (LMS). To help get learners started, Orientation Guides are available below.

All resources needed to complete the certificate programs are provided through the learning platform.

Board Excellence (BE) Certificate programs:

Click here to view/download the BE Learner's Orientation Guide (Governors/Board Staff)

Click here to view/download the BE Office Orientation Guide (Board Liaison)

Click here to view the companion video.

Leadership Excellence (LE) Certificate program:

Click here to view/download the LE HR Liaison Orientation Guide

Click here to view the companion video. 

COLLEGE SYSTEM RESOURCES

GOVERNANCE

Manual for Effective College Governance (2023 Edition)

Developed uniquely for the Ontario college system, the Manual for Effective College Governance is a critical resource for any Board of Governor or college administrator enrolled in the College Centre programs. Please keep this for your personal use - it is not intended to be circulated.

• Manual for Effective College Governance (2023 Edition)
• Legislative updates (October 2023)
• Repeal of Bill 124
• College system committee structure (April 2023)

Related links to Ministry Binding directives, legislation and documents referenced in the Manual:

• OCAATA: Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 8, Sched. F
  • Regulation: O. Reg. 34/03: GENERAL
• ONCA: Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010, S.O. 2010, c. 15
  
  • Regulation: Reg. 395/21: GENERAL
• Minister’s binding policy directives:
  
  • Governance and Accountability Framework
  • Protocol for Board Nominations and Appointments issued by the Ministry on April 1, 2003, revised January 2011
  • New Appointment Processes for Lieutenant Governor in Council-Appointed College Governors – Ministry Memo dated October 12, 2010
  • College Board of Governors Lieutenant Governor in Council Appointment Cycle and Process – Ministry Memo dated August 15, 2022
  • 2022 Governors Appointment Assessment Form (for college use when submitting nominations for Lieutenant Governor in Council Appointment)
  • Personal and Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
  •  “Board-President Relations”, Resource Document for Discretionary Use issued September 1, 2003, by the Ministry

Other general governance resources:

• Canadian Coalition for Good Governance
• Governance Professionals of Canada (GPC)
  

RISK MANAGEMENT

• The Board and Risk Management - A self-assessment tool to examine Board risk oversight
• Governance Principles and Board Operations-Oversight-Managing Principles Checklist
• IFAC's From Bolt-on to Built-in 2015 : Managing Risk as an Integral Part of Managing an Organization
• PWC's Corporate governance Executive guide to King III - Understanding and unlocking the benefits of sound corporate governance
  
• Framework for Board Oversight of Enterprise Risk Management - CPA - May 2020

• For the Plan’s latest audited results, please review the Annual Report available on the CAAT Pension Plan website.

SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES & LINKS

Other sector resources:

• CICAN Leadership Development
• OCASA - Ontario College Administrators Network