REC101 Lecture 10: Lecture #10 - Profile of the Not-for-profit Sector in Canada Typed Filled in notes for lecture 10 - unit 2 Profile of the Not-for-profit Sector in Canada - The prof gives lecture notes with blanks which needs to be filled during the lecture, I have pro

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: REC101
• Professor: Troy Glover

Document Summary

Other names for not-for-profit: third sector civil society voluntary. Structure & regularity to operations: e. g regular meetings, membership, procedure for decision making. Institutionally separate from government ( even though they may receive government funding ) note: that commercial is also sometimes private: not profit-distributing. Not primarily commercial in purpose ( but can go into wage increases ) Do not distribute profits to a set of directors , stockholders, or managers: self-governing. Have their own mechanisms for internal governance: voluntary. Membership or participation in them is not compulsory or coerced. Religious & secular ( not religious ) Involve the direct delivery of service such as education, health, housing, economic development, etc. Involves activities that provide avenues for the expression of cultural, spiritual, professional, or policy values, interests, and beliefs. E. g: rec is service & expressive, it is expressive but it needs to justify that it offers community service. Formation, operation, and dissolution is governed by provincial law.