October 29, 2021
EDUCATION & INFORMATION
VIRTUAL FRAN-GUARD SEMINAR
November 18, 2021 | 11:00 – 4:00 PM ET
Earn 300 CFE Education Credits
With Joseph Adler, Partner, Hoffer Adler LLP; Marissa Carnevale, Partner, Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melacon; Idan Erez, Associate, Hoffer Adler LLP
The Canadian Franchise Association’s (CFA) Fran-Guard course is based on the International Franchise Association’s (IFA) Fran-Guard program and is a mandatory component of the CFE Program.
The Fran-Guard course was created to safeguard your franchise by having your key employees fully trained on the franchise sales management and compliance process. It gives you the tools to manage your compliance program and avoid costly mistakes that can potentially wreck your franchise system.
CFA’s Fran-Guard program is for senior executives, franchise development professionals, lawyers and compliance managers. The program features both the legal and business aspects of compliance taught by legal experts. Compliance not only reduces risk but it can result in better company profits.
The CFA hosts multiple virtual educational seminars throughout the year, featuring franchising experts who share their wealth of experience and advice for franchising success. Now, you can access videos from past events any time for a low price, using the On Demand Video Library. Learn how to franchise your business, adapt your franchise system to the “new normal” post-COVID-19, grow your system to more than 50 units, and more—all from the comfort of your own home and on your own time!
CFA MEMBERSHIP & BENEFITS
— Gary Prenevost, President, FranNet of Southern Ontario
BIG THANK YOU TO OUR RENEWED MEMBERS
Renewed between September 28, 2021 to October 19, 2021
I find the resources and advocacy provided by CFA over the last few months to be invaluable.
Jonathan Shelson, Maidpro Franchise Corporation
CFA MEMBER FOR 5 YEARS
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
THERE ARE INCENTIVES TO RENEWING EARLY!
Renew early for the 2021/2022 CFA membership year and receive complimentary bonus member benefits you can use immediately! These benefits are part of the CFA’s membership renewal program and are available to your organization based on your date of renewal. To be eligible to receive an incentive, the membership must be paid in full by the monthly cut off date.
To renew your membership for the 2021/2022 membership year, please download the applicable renewal form below, and email the form to Alexandra Mann, at amann@cfa.ca.
MEMBER SAVINGS PROGRAM
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
Share Your Diversity in Franchising Stories
Franchise Canada Online is Seeking CFA Members to Feature in Editorial Content Throughout 2022!
Your franchisees undoubtedly have unique and inspiring stories that led them to become small business owners within your organization. We want to feature their stories with our online audience of prospective franchisees, budding entrepreneurs, and many more unique business owners on FranchiseCanada.Online! Celebrating the diversity in franchising is a key priority for Franchise Canada, and we want to continue doing this throughout the next year and beyond by sharing franchisee success stories from individuals of all backgrounds!
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs:
B.C. Employment & Entrepreneurship Agency Seeks Speaker & Mentor for Immigrant Women’s Entrepreneurship Program
A social service agency in B.C. called S.U.C.C.E.S.S. (https://successbc.ca/) is seeking a speaker/mentor who can host several online workshops for their Immigrant Women’s Entrepreneurship Program, funded by the federal government of Canada.
They are seeking an expert who can help their clients learn more about franchising within the Vancouver area. Their preference is a speaker who can also be a mentor and can relate to their clients, who come from diverse backgrounds and struggles.
EVENTS & NETWORKING
Join Canada’s leading franchisers and the CFA by being part of Virtual Franchise Awareness Day.
By educating politicians and policymakers, you can help protect your business, your franchisees, and the franchise business model in Canada.
Key Messages for Franchise Awareness Day
Here are four key messages we’d like to drive on Franchise Awareness Day. (Please feel free to bring you local franchisees to government meetings too.)
- Franchised businesses are local businesses: While many brands are recognized around the country and across the world, the local stores are owned by franchisees who live and work in their communities from coast to coast.
- Supports that franchised businesses need to cope with the pandemic: While some brands are up others are down we will highlight the supports that franchised businesses need to help them recover from the pandemic.
- The importance of the franchise business model: Franchising contributes over $100B in GDP, employs almost 2M Canadians and is the 12th largest industry in Canada
- The unique nature of the franchisor/franchisee relationship: Franchisees are small business owners who are in business for themselves but not by themselves
Exclusive to CEOs, Founders, and Presidents of CFA Member Franchise Systems, the CFA’s Franchise CEO Forums are confidential roundtable discussions provide you the opportunity to discuss critical issues you face with other leaders of franchise systems so you can gain insight and support in your business today and for the future.
The Franchise Social is a great opportunity for you to network with the CFA franchising community. Save your spot for the upcoming Franchise Social:
Elevate & Empower: Roundtables for Women in Franchising
December 9, 2021 | 2 PM – 3:30 PM
The franchising industry offers a unique set of challenges as well as enormous potential for women. To help you navigate these concerns, the CFA is now offering a series of roundtable events for women in franchising. Limited Sponsorships available!
LEAD GENERATION OPPORTUNITIES
FRANCHISE CANADA DIRECTORY 2022
Stand out from the pack by purchasing a listing logo to highlight your franchise opportunity in the 2022 Franchise Canada Directory! You can book your highlighted logo and display ad in the print & digital version. Contact Om Mehta to book your ad today. DEADLINE TO RESERVE YOUR AD SPOT: OCTOBER 29, 2021
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