Board Meeting Highlights

CDHA’s board of directors works year-round in service of all members, setting priorities for the association and advocating for the profession and the importance of oral health to overall health. Twice a year, board members normally meet in person to discuss important operational and policy matters and review the association’s progress in meeting its strategic goals.

Summer 2024 Board Meeting Highlights

The Board met via Zoom on July 30, 2024.

Finance

  • One of the key roles of a Board of Directors is its fiduciary responsibility. The Board received a report from the audit committee and met with CDHA’s auditor to review the audited financial statements for 2023-2024. The Board approved the audited financial statements for 2023-2024 fiscal year.
  • The Board accepted the Auditor’s External Monitoring Report as presented, which validates that the financial affairs of CDHA meet the auditor’s standards for financial management as required in Board policy. The board also accepted the audit committee’s recommendation to re-appoint KPMG as the CDHA auditor for the 2024-2025 fiscal year and go to tender for an auditing firm for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

Policy

  • The Board reviewed organizational performance to ensure compliance with its existing Ends and Executive Limitations policies. (The Board directs, controls, and inspires CDHA through the careful establishment of broad written policies reflecting the Board's values and perspectives. Thus, one of the key roles of the Board is monitoring and assessing Board policies and executive limitations at each Board meeting.)

Board work

The board developed a standardized template for board committee agendas and minutes.

Meeting Dates

  • The 2024 AGM will be held virtually on September 28, 2024.
  • The Fall board meeting will be in Niagara Falls on October 20-21, 2024.
  • Winter board meeting will be in Ottawa on February 28 and March 1, 2025, with a board lobby day scheduled for February 27, 2025.