Applied Governance - Weekend Course

The Applied Governance Course provides in-depth insights into applications in governance, including meeting and AGM processes, financial literacy for the non-financial governance professional, minute’s management, core of by-laws and policy principles. This unique course offers an applied approach to understanding the intricacies of the day-to-day of a governance professional.

This event is structured in for segments:

  1. Meeting Processes and AGMs

    The purpose of the session is to provide the tools for holding successful meetings – the ultimate decision-making process for all organizations.

  2. Financial Literacy for the Non-Financial Governance Professional

    The purpose of this module is to help give you an understanding of business finance, and the role of the Board, Audit Committee, Auditors and the Governance Professional in the preparation, presentation and analysis of financial information.

  3. Minutes and Minutes Management

    The purpose of the session is to provide the tools for preparing minutes that protect the organization and its directors – with the objective of evidencing the due-diligence of the Board in its decision-making processes.

  4. Carefully Crafting Bylaws to Enable Sound Governance

    In this session, the use of bylaws as an importance foundation of sound governance will be explained, including their sources of content and drafting considerations.

 

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Registration Fee: 

  • GPC Members:   $2950.00 + HST
  • Non-Members:   $3195.00 + HST
  • GPC.D Student:   FREE (For those who are enrolled to the full GPC.D program, your enrollment fee covers your cost this Event.

 

Accommodations: 


GPC has a preferred rate of $399/night for guest rooms to be paid on your own.  If you require a room, please send an email with your arrival and departure dates to [email protected] by 3:00 pm on Monday March 26th so I can add you to the rooming list.  A hotel representative will contact you to confirm your booking.

 

Important Note:

This Event is one of three courses that make up the full GPC.D Designation Program and which leads to the GPC.D (Governance Professionals of Canada Designation). 

You have the option to register and attend this event without committing to the full Education program, however, you will not be eligible to the professional designation (GPC.D), unless you complete all 3 modules as well as their individual exams and the final evaluation. 

Participants who are registered for the Education program (GPC-EP) will be required to write an exam after the completion of this module. 

If you wish to enroll in the entire designation program to obtain the GPC.D designation (and save on the cost of the entire program), you can change your registration here: Education program on this link.

When
4/26/2024 8:30 AM - 4/28/2024 1:00 AM
Central Daylight Time
Where
Le Germain Hotel Toronto Mercer, 30 Mercer Street Toronto ON M5V 1H3 CANADA
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