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Montreal Toheed Society - کانون توحید مونترال (MTS) is registered as a non-for-profit student organization (Numéro d'entreprise du Québec: 1168981604) in the enterprise registrar office of the province of Quebec in Canada. According to this office, MTS is a civic, social, and religious organization and its constitution was first submitted on March 14, 2013. According to MTS website most events are in Farsi (Persian) language and address the Iranian community and newcomers. Recently, MTS has engaged in community outreach activities. In one event, volunteers distributed 500 red roses to the staff of the Montreal General Hospital which got coverage by the Global News on May 21, 2015. In another event in October of 2015 titled "Unity", volunteers from six different religious centers organized a contemporary art workshop.

Since the spring of 2013, members of MTS gather each year and elect a board of directors plus an auditor,. All members participate as volunteers with no pay (quebec registrar's office search Montreal Toheed Society).

History
In the wake of the ever growing Iranian community in Montreal, in winter of 2012, a group of Iranian Muslim students from different universities founded a non-for-profit organization with the main focus of assisting and facilitating the integration of newcomers into the Canadian society. In its four years of operation, MTS has organized more than 70 various self- and crowd-funded public events including, but not limited to various academic and religious talks, workshops, charity events, outreach projects, and recreational activities.

Funding
Support for MTS comes from small donations from its members, ticket sales, and accumulated year long contributions from the board of directors;


 * Donations: Donations are paid to MTS in the form of money transfer by paypal, or in form of cash (usually under $20). MTS started accepting donations in the form of check in 2015.
 * Ticket Sales: Although rare, MTS charges a small entrance fee for some of its events.
 * Board of directors: Members of the board of directors agree to pay a minimum penalty for late arrival to, or absence from, the weekly meetings.

Refer to the publicly available annual report 2014-2015 and the annual report 2015-2016 for more information.

Board of directors
The MTS board of directors are democratically elected during the general assembly meeting every spring. Once elected, members meet on a regular weekly basis.

2016-17
Elected members:


 * Salman Bahrami
 * Hossein Bazrafshan
 * Mona (Zahra) Shiri
 * Leila Ghaffari (Substitute)
 * Mina Amiri (Substitute)
 * Alireza Zandi Karimi
 * Majid Soleimani (Auditor)
 * Mojtaba Ebadi (Substitute Auditor)

2015-16
Elected members:


 * Salman Bahrami
 * Hossein Bazrafshan
 * Seyed Nasrollah Tabatabaei
 * Mojtaba Ebadi
 * Fahimeh Soleymani
 * Majid Soleimani (Substitute)
 * Vahid Reza Asghari (Auditor)
 * Mahdi Rezagholizadeh (Substitute Auditor)
 * Mohammad Rezagholipour (Substitute)

2014-15
Elected members:


 * Salman Bahrami
 * Yasser Rahrovani
 * Hossein Mirzapour
 * Seyed Nasrollah Tabatabaei
 * Mojtaba Ebadi (Substitute)
 * Shahab Moazeni (Substitute)
 * Seyed Reza Mirnezami (Auditor)
 * Seyed Hossein Hashemi (Substitute Auditor)
 * Amir Mohammad Yadghar

2013-14
Elected members:


 * Hossein Mirzapour
 * Amir Mohammad Yadghar
 * Yasser Rahrovani
 * Behnam Izadi (Substitute)
 * Seyed Reza Mirnezami (Auditor)
 * Seyed Hossein Hashemi (Substitute Auditor)
 * Ali Gorji
 * Ahmad Mohaddespour
 * Salman Bahrami (Substitute)

2012
Founding committee:


 * Hossein Mirzapour
 * Amir Mohammad Yadghar
 * Yasser Rahrovani
 * Behnam Izadi
 * Seyed Reza Mirnezami
 * Seyed Hossein Hashemi
 * Ali Gorji
 * Seyed Nasrollah Tabatabaei
 * Hamid Mahboubi
 * Ali Mahvash