{"id":20273,"date":"2025-10-31T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/?p=20273"},"modified":"2025-10-31T16:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T20:41:24","slug":"governance-modernization-council-approves-significant-by-law-and-policy-changes-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/governance-modernization-council-approves-significant-by-law-and-policy-changes-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Governance Modernization: Council Approves Significant By-law and Policy Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At its meeting on June 20, 2025, Council made a motion for the College to pursue governance modernization strategies, including: updating governance language; reducing Council size; moving towards more equal public and professional representation on Council; introducing more separation between Council and Committees; establishing a competency-based model for Council and Committees; and adopting a hybrid election\/appointment process for Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At its September 26, 2025 meeting, Council approved important updates to the College\u2019s governance framework. These changes advance the College\u2019s governance modernization, which supports more effective, transparent, and accountable decision-making in the public interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What By-laws Have Been Amended?<br><\/strong>The following By-laws were updated as part of this governance modernization initiative:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>By-law 1 \u2013 Interpretation Provisions<\/strong><br>Introduces clear and consistent governance terminology that better reflects the College\u2019s role as a regulator.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>By-law 5 \u2013 Selection of Committee Chairs and Members<\/strong><br>Clarifies the separation of roles between the Board and Committees and introduces a competency-based appointment framework.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>By-law 19 \u2013 Committee Appointments and Disqualification<\/strong><br>Consolidates and formalizes appointment rules to support renewal and leadership development.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>By-law 20 \u2013 Council Elections, Qualifications, and Terms of Office<\/strong><br>Reduces the size of Council and introduces a hybrid election\/appointment model so as to ensure a balanced set of competencies and perspectives on the Board.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>By-law 21 \u2013 Committee Composition<\/strong><br>Updates Committee structures to better reflect the new separation between Board and Committees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What College Policies Have Been Updated?<br><\/strong>To complement the by-law reforms, Council approved several policy changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Policy II-9(i) reinstated<\/strong> to revive the Governance and Nominations Committee (formerly Nominations and Leadership Development Committee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Policy II-1(i) updated<\/strong> to refine the Executive Committee\u2019s role in light of the GNC\u2019s oversight and nominations functions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>New <\/em><\/strong><strong>Policy I-16 created<\/strong> to clearly outline the responsibilities and expectations of Board Directors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>New<\/em><\/strong><strong> Policy I-17 created<\/strong> to define the roles of Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs and support consistent leadership practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Updating Governance Terminology<br><\/strong>The College is updating governance terminology across its By-laws and supporting documents to better align with modern regulatory language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using terms that are widely understood in governance contexts strengthens clarity around the College\u2019s role as a regulator \u2014 not a professional association \u2014 and helps members, applicants, and the public better understand how governance decisions are made. Below are a few examples of terminology updates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Previous Term<\/td><td>Updated Term<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Council<\/td><td><strong>Board<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Council Member<\/td><td><strong>Board Director<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Council President<\/td><td><strong>Board Chair<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Council Vice-President<\/td><td><strong>Board Vice-Chair<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>College members<\/td><td><strong>Registrants<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Elected Council Member<\/td><td><strong>Elected Director<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Academic Member<\/td><td><strong>Academic Director<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Public Council Member<\/td><td><strong>Public Director<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What Will Change in the 2026 Elections to Council?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first election using the new hybrid model will take place in 2026 and shall be called<strong> 2026 Board Elections<\/strong>. The timeline below outlines anticipated key milestones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Date\/Period<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Key Milestone<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>December 2025<\/td><td>Board Elections application opens, election information released including competency profile and eligibility requirements<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>January 2026<\/td><td>Election application period<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>February 2026<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Governance and Nominations Committee reviews applications and confirms slate of candidates<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>March 2026<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Province-wide voting for eligible registrants (elimination of district and title-based elections)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>April 2026<\/td><td>Announcement of successful candidates<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Members\/registrants will be kept informed as implementation continues. In the meantime, more information, including copies of the recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/cpo_resources\/by-laws\/\">amended By-laws<\/a>, is available on the College\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At its meeting on June 20, 2025, Council made a motion for the College to pursue governance modernization strategies&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"headlines_issue":[667],"class_list":["post-20273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","headlines_issue-october-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20273"},{"taxonomy":"headlines_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/headlines_issue?post=20273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}