[{"id":"3abe5f71-3ee8-461c-b553-3416a44f07fa","order":1,"text":"MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING","fontSize":"22","textAlign":"center","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2fe6c95a-7c70-4d2b-ac84-c876e4a8574b","order":2,"text":"THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (this \"MOU\") is entered into and made effective as of [Effective date] (the \"Effective Date\")","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"4","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"5a70a5d2-3594-4d3b-a6fd-cc67fff5da68","order":3,"text":"BETWEEN:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"4","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"6"},{"id":"2ef9c7dc-1348-43f6-af7f-de8f936a5ad9","order":4,"text":"[Full legal name of the non-profit], [a corporation without share capital incorporated under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act], having its head office at [Head office address] (the \"Organization\");","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"4","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"5921d8d5-4065-4def-a9c7-15f994f2cb3f","order":5,"text":"AND:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"4","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e094ef44-601c-46c1-95e9-d4bc1905e167","order":6,"text":"[Full legal name of the partner organization], [legal form and governing statute or registration of the partner], being a corporation, having its principal office at [Principal office address] (the \"Partner\").","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"8e7debb6-6e79-4ecd-b267-431dba12d235","order":7,"text":"The Organization and the Partner are each referred to as a \"Party\" and collectively as the \"Parties\".","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"ef4fd986-0093-41a7-a370-de87dfb0dc87","order":8,"text":"BACKGROUND","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"6"},{"id":"74aec6d5-0469-4128-9ec9-074547721daf","order":9,"text":"A. The Organization is a not-for-profit entity that pursues charitable, social or community purposes in furtherance of its mission.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"8ba0ed23-1c17-45e2-bb1b-6a1dfcecb867","order":10,"text":"B. The Partner, a corporation known as [Full legal name of the partner organization], has expressed its willingness to collaborate with the Organization.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"20d63867-cec0-4fa9-8f6a-de6b3dd4e2c7","order":11,"text":"C. The Parties wish to record their mutual understanding regarding [Brief description of the collaborative arrangement or partnership].","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"cce05728-4d61-41f4-97b9-60933ceba6ca","order":12,"text":"D. The Parties intend this MOU to express their shared objectives, respective roles, expected contributions and the principles that will guide their collaboration, as set out below.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fdfb2b8d-5e71-428a-83ff-b842be00b7b7","order":13,"text":"NOW THEREFORE the Parties record the following mutual understanding:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"12","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"4"},{"id":"ca7780f6-6a59-4665-8f1c-4f345c95418f","order":14,"text":"1. 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The representatives will meet as often as reasonably necessary to coordinate the collaboration and to resolve operational matters.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c0d32ba9-e951-4598-b6c3-dd34196f9909","order":46,"text":"7. 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Each Party remains responsible for managing the funds it administers in accordance with applicable law and its own financial and accountability policies.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"9dbfaecd-e3dc-4a4e-b0bb-d9d1c3c53b3f","value":"1","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"66bd2300-f3db-429d-a092-6dc21064c0e3","order":50,"text":"8. 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Each Party will keep any information obtained through such examination confidential in accordance with the Article entitled \"Confidentiality\".","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"3b8a4427-e160-4444-bbfe-7590b9139c8c","order":53,"text":"9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10","sectionNum":"S09"},{"id":"ab147c49-4887-4cf3-b64b-74b6d6314d7a","order":54,"text":"Each Party retains all right, title and interest in and to the intellectual property it owned before the Effective Date or that it develops independently of this MOU (\"Background IP\"). No licence to a Party's Background IP is granted except as expressly agreed in writing.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b1c3204a-f5ff-4447-a2bc-7f2f22fd5ac7","order":55,"text":"Ownership, licensing and use of any intellectual property created jointly by the Parties in the course of the collaboration will be determined by a separate written agreement before any such jointly created intellectual property is commercialized or made publicly available. Neither Party acquires any right in the other Party's intellectual property except as expressly agreed in writing.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"dc64b6cf-5b91-46fc-b7ce-1115fb5c9a0f","order":56,"text":"Each Party grants the other a non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable licence to use its Background IP solely to the extent necessary to carry out the collaboration during the term of this MOU.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"068e44bd-15a6-4e06-bfbb-1e35e4892667","order":57,"text":"10. 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A Party may disclose Confidential Information to the extent required by law, provided that, where lawful, it gives the other Party prior notice and reasonable assistance to seek protective measures. On expiry or termination of this MOU, the Receiving Party will, at the Disclosing Party's option, return or destroy the Confidential Information, subject to retention required by law. The obligations in this Article survive the expiry or termination of this MOU.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c9570ea9-a728-46ba-9b0b-8513bc1ac3ab","order":61,"text":"11. 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This Article does not prevent a Party from making factual disclosures required by law or by its funders or regulators.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"83feecfe-82a1-49e3-8694-615b5c86a3c5","order":68,"text":"13. NON-SOLICITATION OF PERSONNEL","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10","sectionNum":"S13"},{"id":"2c2486db-b96c-4db5-9067-677a6be79306","order":69,"text":"During the term of this MOU and for six (6) months afterward, neither Party will knowingly solicit for employment or engagement any employee or contractor of the other Party who is directly involved in the collaboration, without the other Party's prior written consent. This restriction does not prevent a Party from making general solicitations to the public that are not specifically directed at such individuals, or from hiring a person who responds to such a general solicitation.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d179cd44-7f2c-416f-8c80-5d045d438767","order":70,"text":"14. SUBCONTRACTING AND THIRD PARTIES","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10","sectionNum":"S14"},{"id":"dad8c60e-8a0a-4fe5-a6de-1f4f5955d5ed","order":71,"text":"A Party may engage subcontractors, agents or volunteers to assist in carrying out its responsibilities under this MOU, but remains fully responsible for their acts and omissions and for ensuring they are bound by obligations of confidentiality and privacy no less protective than those set out in this MOU. Engaging a third party does not relieve a Party of any of its responsibilities under this MOU.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"8aa459f2-4621-4170-ad55-f398de902dab","order":72,"text":"15. HEALTH, SAFETY AND RESPECTFUL WORKPLACE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"10","sectionNum":"S15"},{"id":"1e9d874a-5a35-4d5a-b3ad-33e256edae24","order":73,"text":"Each Party is responsible for the health and safety of its own personnel, volunteers and contractors and will comply with applicable occupational health and safety legislation in connection with the collaboration. Where personnel or volunteers of one Party work at premises controlled by the other Party, they will observe that Party's reasonable health, safety and security requirements.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"19feec92-44e1-4c13-9a1f-d889db546b51","order":74,"text":"Each Party is committed to a workplace free of discrimination, harassment and violence, and will maintain and apply policies consistent with applicable human rights and workplace legislation in respect of activities under this MOU.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"6","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"001cb5cb-03d0-4047-b933-afeef6f183b6","order":75,"text":"16. 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