Non-Profit Organizations: How Can You Move Beyond Crisis Mode?

November 24, 2026, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

501 De La Gauchetière Street West, Montreal

FREE (including refreshments and hors d’oeuvres)

In person, Hélène-Desmarais Building

We are pleased to invite you to the launch cocktail reception of the new Certificate in Non-Profit Organization (NPO) Management, designed specifically for individuals in management roles within community organizations and non-profit organizations. 

Non-profit organizations play an essential role in our communities. Yet today, their leaders must navigate increasingly demanding realities: funding pressures, growing social needs, labour shortages, evolving expectations from partners and funders, technological change, and the need to better demonstrate their impact. 

It is within this context that we will present the new certificate. How can organizations move beyond crisis mode to sustainably strengthen their capacity to act? How can they preserve their mission while diversifying revenues, engaging their teams and evolving their governance? 

Bringing together engaged leaders and specialists from the sector, the panel will offer a practical discussion on the choices that can help non-profit organizations increase their capacity to act. 

Do not miss this launch cocktail dedicated to a unique program in Québec designed to equip organizations to move beyond crisis mode in a context of transformation. 

As places are limited, we encourage you to register now. Spots will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis until capacity is reached. 

Join the launch cocktail reception for the Certificate in Non-Profit Organization (NPO) Management and discover practical ways to strengthen organizational capacity, evolve governance and increase organizational reach in a changing environment. 

5:00 p.m. – Registration 5:30 p.m. – Welcome remarks by Caroline Bougie 5:35 p.m. – Panel: Non-Profit Organizations: How Can You Move Beyond Crisis Mode? 

  • David Castrillon, Executive Director, Projet inclusion 
  • Nathalie Richard, Founder and Executive Director, L’Étoile de Pacho 
  • Johanne Turbide, Secretary General and Professor, Department of Accounting, HEC Montréal 
  • Luciano Barin Cruz, Academic Executive Director, Executive Education HEC Montréal, Full Professor, Department of Management, HEC Montréal (Moderator) 

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – Networking Cocktail Reception (including refreshments and hors d’oeuvres) 

Our moderator

Luciano Barin Cruz, Directeur exécutif académique de l’École des dirigeantes et dirigeants HEC Montréal, professeur titulaire, Département de management

Luciano Barin Cruz , MSc, PhD (Management Sciences)

Academic Executive Director, Executive Education HEC Montréal, Full Professor, Department of Management

Our specialists

David Castrillon , MSc (Social Innovation Management)

General Manager, Projet Inclusion

Nathalie Richard

Founder and Executive Director, L’Étoile de Pacho

Johanne Turbide, Professeure titulaire, HEC Montréal

Johanne Turbide , MSc (Management, )PhD (Industrial and Business Studies), FCPA, FCA

Secretary General and Professor at the Department of Accounting, HEC Montréal

Joëlle Zoghbi
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Joëlle Zoghbi

Program Manager

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