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• Governance Professionals of Canada Education Program (GPC-EP)

  • Start
    01 Jan 2019
  • End
    01 Jan 2021
  • Location
    Check Specific Module delivery location

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  The GPC-EP delivers critical and relevant content for governance professionals in a condensed, rigorous program with key speakers from across Canada. It consists of three 2.5 day modules that are each offered twice a year, enabling busy professionals to complete the modules in a schedule that works for them.

  It is designed for anyone operating in a governance role, whether in public, private, not-for-profit or governmental organizations. Individuals new to these roles as well as seasoned professionals will find benefit in the GPC.D as it will not only provide them with the latest best practices, skills and tools in governance, but will enhance standard of their profession.

  Registration Fee:
  

  • GPC member price: $7,550 + HST
    
  • Non Member price: $8,250 + HST (includes the cost of a ONE YEAR GPC membership and processing fee)

  Please note that GPC members will be given priority on first come, first served basis.
  

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• The Case for ESG Governance: Best Practices and Perspectives on the Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Role of the Board and Governance Professional

  • When
    27 May 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Terminal City Club, 837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1B6

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  This leading program will offer a full day of expert panels and round-table discussions designed for executives and professionals of all levels and organizations, and will discuss the following:

  • What is ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance), Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility and how does this relate to the board’s role?
  • The legal, investor and business cases driving boards to adopt best practices in ESG governance and oversight
  • What should sustainability practitioners, governance professionals and corporate directors know about ESG Governance?
  • Practices that competent boards should have in place to build sustainability and ESG governance in their organizations
  • What is the ESG Role of the Governance Professional?
  • What are the barriers, how to address them, and what do governance professionals need to advance their efforts?

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  Audience

  This session is appropriate for any governance professional, board member or leader who has (or would like to have) a key role vis a vis their board’s oversight and accountability of ESG & sustainability. It is also relevant for investors, owners and sustainability, CSR, risk, strategy or investor relations professionals who seek to better understand and be on top of this trend.

  Sponsored by: In Partnership with:

  
  

  
  

  Please note this is a green event - presentation packages will not be handed out. Only electronic copies will be emailed prior to event.

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• Applied Governance (Toronto) - Two and Half day Course

  • Start
    31 May 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    02 Jun 2019
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Ivey Donald K. Johnson Centre, 130 King Street West, Exchange Tower, Toronto, ON M5X 1A9

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  Day 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 including:

  • The legal and regulatory requirements for Board, committee and shareholder or member meetings
  • Tools and processes for organizing and holding successful and effective meetings
  • The special nature of shareholder and member meetings and best practices

  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.

  Participants will develop an understanding with respect to:

  • Accounting terms and the significance and relevance of financial information
  • The budgeting process including the fundamentals of preparing and mastering budgets
  • Basic concepts underlying the preparation and presentation of financial statements
  • Controls and policies that help ensure accuracy and reliability of accounting systems

  Day 2

  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.

  Participants will explore the following topics in depth:

  • The legal and regulatory requirements for minutes
  • Tools and processes for implementing and maintaining effective minutes
  • Best practice minute taking, preparation and maintenance procedures

  Records Management

  This course covers one of the governance professional’s key skills. The governance professional is often responsible for managing the organization’s collective memory, and certainly the core memory related to the Board of Directors and the subject matters most often entrusted to the governance professional, ranging from Board meeting records, to records pertaining to directors, subsidiaries, compliance, and ranging to insider reporting, securities compliance, acquisitions due diligence, ethics matters, and many, many other critical areas of responsibility. Unless there is a robust records management process, things can get messy fast.

  Participants will explore the following topics in depth:

  • Canada Business Corporations Act
  • Provincial business corporations, legislation
  • Confidentiality and longevity
  • Succession and seniority records
  • Board evaluation records

  Day 3

  Board Committees Framework

  The purpose of this session is to provide information on the tools and framework for the purpose of committees, relationship to the board, roles and responsibilities, board delegation along with committee rights and authority.

  Participants will explore the following topics in depth:

  Committee focus and work

  • Types of Committees
  • Committee mandate template
  • Committee reporting process and template
  • Structuring the Committee

  
  Cancellation and Refund Policy:
  

  Cancellations can be made up to April 17, 2019 for Toronto session. All cancellations must be received by email to events@gpcanada.org and are subject to a $100 administration fee. No credits or refunds will be given for cancellations received after that date. Attendee name substitutions are allowed at any time. Please email events@gpcanada.org with the replacement contact’s information.

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• GPC Ottawa Chapter: Conversation on Corporate D&O and Cyber Insurance

  • When
    31 May 2019
  •  
    8:15 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP / S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. 45 O'Connor Street, Suite 1500, Ottawa, ON K1P 1A4, Canada

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  Join GPC Ottawa Chapter for a conversation on Corporate D&O and Cyber Insurance.

  Risk Balance, a specialty corporate insurance brokerage, will be providing a presentation addressing two key Board level areas of exposure:

  1. Directors & Officers Liability Insurance, and
  2. Cyber Insurance

  The session will include an overview of Director’s personal exposures and the benefits of a Directors & Officers Liability Insurance policy.

  Cyber Insurance will also touch on current cyber threats, developments in privacy legislation in Canada and abroad, the mechanics and coverage of a Cyber insurance policy, and how this can be an key component of an overall risk management solution.

  Presenters: Neil Moloney, President, Risk Balance; Serge Paquette, Vice-President, Risk Balance; Leigh-Anne Norris, Associate, Norton Rose

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• Foundations of Governance (Vancouver) - Two and Half day Course

  • Start
    07 Jun 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    09 Jun 2019
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Pinnacle Hotel Vancouver Harbourfront, 1133 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC V6E 3T3

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  The Foundations of Governance Course consists of two and a half days covering key areas of governance, which include: the role of the governance professional, director management, advising the board, board dynamics, effectiveness, culture, relationships and conflicts.

  Within each of these areas, practitioners in governance will take a thorough look at central elements of practice and how to navigate difficult situations, apply best practices and important tools in the day to day running of a governance office. This course is a comprehensive view of the key foundations and practice of governance, and essential for professionals both seasoned and new to the role. 

  Program:

  Day 1 - Core of Governance and the role of the governance professional

  This session sets out the expectations and growing role and responsibilities of the Governance Professional.  It will examine the legal commonalities and differences among various kinds of organizations and how they impact oversight, strategic and operational functions.

  Participants will explore the following topics in depth:

  • What is a Governance Professional – Job description
  • The legal, regulatory and public policy basis of governance for not-for-profits, state-owned organizations, private and public corporations;
  • How the principles of accountability, transparency and independence can be practiced effectively in different organizational contexts;
  • Practical tools for developing effective governance practices under different organizational cultures
  • Legal Entities/structures (differences and similarities)
  • Duty of the corporate secretary
  • Director responsibilities, Mandate and fiduciary duties
  • Regulators and Laws
  • NFPs, Crowns, Co-ops, partnerships
  • Officers (role of CEO, Directors, CO), D&O Liability and Integrity agreements
  • Ethics, confidentiality , privacy, Conflicts of Interest, up-the-ladder reporting duties
  • Accountability, Transparency, Independence
  • Policy Management
  • Monitoring governance best practices sponsored by stakeholders

  Day 2 – Director Management – Driving Board Effectiveness throughout the Director Life Cycle

  The purpose of the session is to provide the tools for developing critical processes to enhance Board effectiveness from before directors join the Board, through their tenure and until they leave – with the objective of improving the Board’s decision-making processes

  Participants will explore the following topics in depth:

  • The legal, regulatory and best practice requirements for key director processes
  • The role of the Governance Professional in supporting and encouraging good governance practices with regard to recruiting, orienting, education, evaluating and removing directors

  Day 3 – Soft Skills – Managing and Influencing Board Dynamics, Culture, Relationships & Conflicts

  Boardroom dynamics have a significant yet largely unrecognized impact on good governance.  The governance professional has a critical role in supporting their board in fostering a more conducive boardroom culture by mastering the required soft skills to do so.

  Faculty:

  • Janis Riven, BCL, LLB, MBA, FCIS, Acc.Dir (bio)

  • Heather Laxton, Chief Governance Officer & Corporate Secretary, Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (bio)

  • John Dinner, President, John T. Dinner Board Governance Services (bio)

  Important Note:

  This Event is one of three courses that make up the full GPC-EP education 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.

  
  Cancellation and Refund Policy:
  

  Cancellations can be made up to May 24, 2019 for Vancouver session. All cancellations must be received by email to events@gpcanada.org and are subject to a $100 administration fee. No credits or refunds will be given for cancellations received after that date. Attendee name substitutions are allowed at any time. Please email events@gpcanada.org with the replacement contact’s information.

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• Meetings, Minutes and Running Effective Board Meetings - Halifax

  • When
    12 Jun 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    The Halifax Club - 1682 Hollis Street Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2R7

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  Meetings, Minutes and Running Effective Board Meetings is brought to you by Diligent. This session outlines statutory and common law rules in relation to meetings of directors, members, managed investment schemes, class meetings and meetings of creditors. This workshop provides guidance on good governance practices for the notice, planning and conduct of meetings and examines legal and regulatory requirements for procedures in relation to minutes and running effective board meetings.

  This workshop is an interactive half-day gaining insight on both the practical and legal requirements you need to be aware of when holding meetings, taking minutes, recording procedures, guiding directors, preparing resolutions and managing circumstances such as conflicts of interest.

  Topic Covered:

  • Minutes Fundamentals
  • Briefing Materials
  • Legalities; Rules & Regulations
  • Actions & Resolutions
  • In-Camera Meetings
  • ... and more

  Session Agenda

  • 8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration & Breakfast
  • 8:30 am - 1:00 pm Presentation (working BREAK at 10:30 am)
  • 1:00 pm - Workshop Concludes

  Presenter: John Dinner, President, John T. Dinner Board Governance Services

  This session qualifies for 4.0 GECs.

  Event Sponsor:

  

  Please note this is a green event - presentation packages will not be handed out. Only electronic copies will be emailed prior to the event.

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• Board Diversity – Are You an Agent of Change?

  • When
    13 Jun 2019
  •  
    4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    The Spoke Club, 600 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1M3

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  There is clear evidence that diverse boards enhance all facets of a company’s performance, so as business leaders, it is our duty to all step up today and collectively be Agents of Change in advancing board diversity in Canada.

  This panel will provide valuable insights on how can you be an Agent of Change in making board diversity a strategic opportunity for your board-building, and how to make your board diversity mandate ‘best-in-class’.

  8 Board Diversity Mandate Questions

  1. What is your definition of diversity? Thought, skills, experience, gender, age, industry and geographic
  2. What does board diversity mean to your company in terms of the commitment and needs?
  3. Term limits and age limits - Pros and cons
  4. Targets for women representation on your board
  5. Where do you look for new board talent?
  6. Do you have an internal diversity champion?
  7. Board performance evaluation, board assessment and succession planning process
  8. How do you ensure diverse board candidates in the board search process?

  Moderator: Deborah Rosati, FCPA, FCA, ICD.D, Corporate Director, Founder & CEO, Women Get On Board Inc.

  Panelists: George Horhota, B.A., J.D., ICD.D, Co-founder, The Brockton and Director, Community Trust Company; Ekta Mendhi, Senior Director, Corporate Strategy, CIBC and Co-Chair of the Canadian Gender and Good Governance Alliance (CGGGA); Marian Walsh, Chair, Governance and Human Resources Committee, Board of Medavie

  Program:

  4:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Registration and networking
  5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Panel discussion
  6:00 pm – 6:15 pm – Q&A
  6:15 pm – 7:00 pm – Wine and cheese and mingling

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• Séminaire de demi-journée optionnel: Établissez le profil de vos points forts afin d’être à votre meilleur avec votre conseil

  • When
    18 Aug 2019
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, 1 rue des Carrières, Quebec City, QC G1R 4P5

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  Utilisez vos talents uniques pour renforcer votre influence, créer des relations plus solides et atteindre votre plus grand potentiel.

  Pour exceller, les professionnels de la gouvernance doivent maîtriser les aspects attendus et imprévisibles de leur travail. Il y a de nombreuses relations clés à établir, des éléments à coordonner, des résultats à atteindre et des personnes à influencer. Cet atelier permettra aux participants de découvrir leur combinaison unique de talents qui peuvent les rendre vraiment influents dans leur rôle de professionnels de la gouvernance. Les participants apprendront à mettre en pratique leurs talents naturels pour les aider à développer une présence confiante, quelles que soient les circonstances ou les conditions de travail.

  Ce programme de psychologie positive est basé sur l’approche du Développement des points forts de Gallup. L’atelier sera divisé en deux composantes, premièrement comprendre les talents et la façon dont ils sont présents dans chaque participant. Ensuite, en mettant l’accent sur leur application pratique dans les divers rôles et responsabilités d’un professionnel de la gouvernance. Les participants auront l’occasion de voir comment leur Profil des points forts peut être appliqué à une variété de fonctions de secrétariat d’entreprise : conformité, maintien du cadre de gouvernance, communication et l’établissement de liens avec le conseil, l’équipe de gestion et les autres intervenants, l’éthique et la gestion du cycle annuel des réunions.

  CE QUE VOUS POUVEZ ATTENDRE

  Au cours de cet atelier, les participants auront l’occasion de découvrir un cheminement plus clair vers la réussite, apprendre à connaître leurs meilleurs talents et acquérir des stratégies et des techniques pour les développer. Le programme permettra aux participants de:

  • Raffiner leur conscience de soi positivement puisque les CliftonStrengths mise sur le potentiel
  • Comprendre leurs tendances naturelles (agir, penser, se comporter)
  • Découvrir comment ils filtrent leur monde (émotions, préférences, talents)
  • Développer leur influence
  • Augmenter leur rendement et leur productivité tout en naviguant dans les nombreuses demandes et l’horaire chargé d’un professionnel de la gouvernance; et
  • Se concentrer sur leurs plus grands talents, tout en apprenant à gérer les facteurs d’aveuglement dans leur profil global.

  MATÉRIAUX D’APPRENTISSAGE

  Chaque participant recevra ce qui suit :

  • Un code pour l’évaluation CliftonStrengths TOP 5 (anciennement connu sous le nom de StrengthsFinder)
  • Cahier d’exercices du Centre de la performance des points forts
  • Insertion d’un badge des points forts à partager/afficher pendant la session

  Le programme a été créé pour la découverte individuelle et d’équipe. Des réflexions seront partagées sur la façon dont le programme peut être mis à profit pour le rendement personnel, de l’équipe de travail et même du conseil d’administration.

  Joignez-vous à nous pour explorer votre profil de points forts personnels et développer votre pratique en tant que professionnel de la gouvernance!

  Antoine Carrière, un coach bilingue des points forts certifié Gallup, est un champion des points forts depuis plus de 9 ans et participe activement à aider les individus et les équipes à découvrir leurs talents naturels et à exploiter leur potentiel. Ses thèmes Top5 Signature sont Relationnel | Stratégique | Maximisation | Réalisateur | Arrangeur.

  Bonnie Oakes Charron est spécialiste de la gouvernance et active dans la profession en tant que membre d'un tribunal, administrateur de société et entrepreneur - travaillant souvent où la gouvernance rencontre l'administration. Ses thèmes Top5 Signature sont Input / Réflexion / Prudent / Idéation / Individualisation

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• Profiling Your Strengths to Bring Your Best Self to the Board (Half-day Workshop)

  • When
    18 Aug 2019
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, 1 rue des Carrières, Quebec City, QC G1R 4P5

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  Use your unique talents to build influence, create stronger relationships, and reach your highest potential.

  To excel, governance professionals need to master both the expected and unpredictable aspects of their work. There are many key relationships to build, moving parts to coordinate, deliverables to meet, and people to influence. This workshop will give participants the opportunity to discover their distinctive combination of talents that can make them truly powerful in their roles as governance professionals. Participants will learn how to apply their natural talents to help them develop a confident presence – regardless of circumstances or conditions that may arise in the workplace.    

  The positive psychology program is based on Gallup’s Strengths-based Development. The workshop will be divided into two components, first understanding talents and how they are present in each participant. Then, focusing on their practical application in the various roles and responsibilities of a governance professional.

  Participants will have the opportunity to see how an individual’s Strengths Profile can be applied to a variety of corporate secretarial functions: compliance, maintenance of governance framework, communicating and relationship-building with directors, executives, and other stakeholders, ethics, and managing the annual cycle of meetings.

  WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

  During this workshop, participants discover a clearer path to success, learn about their top talents and acquire strategies/techniques to develop them. The program will allow participants to:

  • Sharpen their positive self-awareness as the CliftonStrengths focuses on potential
  • Understand their natural tendencies (act, think, behave)
  • Discover how they filter their world (emotions, preferences, talents)
  • Develop their influence
  • Increase performance and productivity while navigating the many demands and busy schedule of a governance professional, and 
  • Focus on their areas of greatest talent, while learning to manage blind spots within their overall profile.

  LEARNING MATERIALS

  Each participant will receive the following:

  • A code for the CliftonStrengths TOP 5 assessment (formerly known as the StrengthsFinder)
  • Strengths Performance Centre workshop workbook
  • A Strengths name badge insert to be shared/displayed during the session

  The program was created for both individual and team discovery. Thoughts will be shared around how the program can be leveraged for personal, work team, and even board performance.

  Join us to explore your personal strengths profile and develop your practice as a governance professional! 

  Antoine Carrière, a bilingual Gallup-certified strengths coach and trainer, has been a strengths champion for over 9 years and is actively involved in helping individuals and teams discover their talents to unlock their potential. 
  His Top 5 Signature themes are:
  Relator | Strategic | Maximizer | Achiever | Arranger. 

  Bonnie Oakes Charron is a governance specialist and active in the profession as a tribunal member, corporate director, and entrepreneur – often working in the space where governance meets administration. 
  Her Top 5 Signature themes are:
  Input | Intellection | Deliberative | Ideation | Individualization. 

  
  

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• GPC Not-for-Profit Governance Boot Camp

  • When
    10 Sep 2019
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    The Albany Club, 91 King St. E., Toronto, ON

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  The GPC Not-for-Profit Governance Boot Camp is designed to tackle the issues that have the greatest impact on overall board effectiveness and good governance for not-for-profit organizations. Providing you with tools to deal with shifting priorities, new risks and increased complexity in this sector, in order to help you keep pace with the speed of resulting governance changes.

  Rethinking your governance model to have your Board focus on its contribution is critical. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to create a new platform from which you and your Board can deliver greater value.

  Each participant will have the opportunity to identify their own governance priorities and challenges prior to the Boot Camp, and will leave having the opportunity to identify opportunities to address their own issues in practical and impactful ways.

  Who Should Attend

  All sessions are designed for and open to NFP Board leaders, Board members and their governance professionals. The program is formatted to be conducive to acquiring knowledge and tips that are immediately applicable in any organization.

  Agenda

  Participants will learn how to view the role and contribution of their boards differently from traditional models. The workshop will challenge conventional governance thinking and how the Board can play a more integral role in organizational success.

  1.       Introduction

  2.       Board Structure

  • A new governance framework
  • From Governance Inputs to Outcomes
  • Common Governance Challenges (and Solutions!)
  • Board accountabilities
  • Individual director responsibilities
  • Board make-up
  • Committees
  • Board leadership

  3. Board Processes

  • Board member life-cycle
  • Board and Committee
  • Effectiveness Effective Meetings
    

  4. Board Culture / Dynamics

  • Teamwork, director independence and conduct
  • Board / Director relationship with Staff
  • Meeting effectiveness

  5. Healthcare Governance Case Study

  • Application of session learning

  6. Re-cap of Issues / Adjournment 

  About the Speaker

  John Dinner, President
  John T. Dinner Board Governance Services

  For the past 15 years, John Dinner has been consulting to boards of directors across sectors and across Canada.

  He provides valued counsel, guidance and support to boards who want to govern well.

  Prior to his highly successful career as a consultant, John provided management support to the board of directors of a leading Canadian financial institution. During this time, his work was recognized with the National Award in Governance.

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• Strategic Governance (Toronto) - Two and Half day Course

  • Start
    13 Sep 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    15 Sep 2019
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Ivey Donald K. Johnson Centre, 130 King Street West, Exchange Tower, Toronto, ON M5X 1A9

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  Day 1

  Risk and the Governance Professional

  The purpose of the session is to provide the introductory basics, with selected corresponding tools, to introduce the Governance Professional to two key elements of Risk Management:

  • Enterprise Risk Management- An introduction to the “Mechanics of ERM”
  • Commercial Insurance to protect the Organization and its Directors & Officers

   The role of the Governance Professional in Board Strategy

  • Governing Principles
  • Best Practices
  • Practical Tools
  • Implementation Skills

  Day 2
  

  CSR, Sustainability and ESG and the role of the Board

  • Governing Principles
  • Best Practices
  • Practical Tools
  • Implementation Skill

  Advanced Financial Fundamentals

  • Governing Principles
  • Best Practices
  • Practical Tools
  • Implementation Skills 
    

  Day 3

  Ethics
  

  • Governing Principles
  • Best Practices
  • Practical Tools
  • Implementation Skills 

  Cancellation and Refund Policy:

  Cancellations can be made up to August 23, 2019 for Toronto session. All cancellations must be received by email to events@gpcanada.org and are subject to a $100 administration fee. No credits or refunds will be given for cancellations received after that date. Attendee name substitutions are allowed at any time. Please email events@gpcanada.org with the replacement contact’s information.

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• Subsidiary Governance: A Critical Tool for Risk Management

  • When
    19 Sep 2019
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Marriott Calgary Downtown, Kensington Room, 110 9th Avenue SE, Calgary T2G 5A6

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  Subsidiary governance has moved from an emerging area to one of increased global focus. Courts worldwide are demonstrating a willingness to entertain the idea of piercing the corporate veil for an evolving tort of human rights abuse.  Regulators are showing an increasing interest in parent company accountability and management liability for subsidiary oversight.  Parent company boards must find the right balance between the parent company’s need to set group strategy and coordinate group oversight, while respecting the legal duties of subsidiary directors. As businesses become more complex, a thoughtful and effective subsidiary governance framework is critical.

  Join some of the leading practitioners and academics for this important one day event, and learn more about how to build an effective subsidiary governance framework in your organization.

  
  

  Who should attend

  This one day conference will be of interest to you if you are a:

  • general counsel of a parent company  with subsidiaries
  • legal counsel to a subsidiary entity
  • compliance officer in a multi-entity organization
  • executive on the board of a subsidiary company
  • corporate secretary of a parent or subsidiary board
  • comptroller or CFO responsible for inter-company transfers
  • accountant responsible for tax planning
  • internal or external auditor reviewing the internal controls of a multi-layered enterprise

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• Meetings, Minutes and Running Effective Board Meetings - Winnipeg

  • When
    25 Sep 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Manitoba Club - 194 Broadway, President's Room, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0R2

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  Meetings, Minutes and Running Effective Board Meetings is brought to you by Diligent. This session outlines statutory and common law rules in relation to meetings of directors, members, managed investment schemes, class meetings and meetings of creditors. This workshop provides guidance on good governance practices for the notice, planning and conduct of meetings and examines legal and regulatory requirements for procedures in relation to minutes and running effective board meetings.

  This workshop is an interactive half-day gaining insight on both the practical and legal requirements you need to be aware of when holding meetings, taking minutes, recording procedures, guiding directors, preparing resolutions and managing circumstances such as conflicts of interest.

  Topic Covered:

  • Minutes Fundamentals
  • Briefing Materials
  • Legalities; Rules & Regulations
  • Actions & Resolutions
  • In-Camera Meetings
  • ... and more

  Session Agenda

  • 8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration & Breakfast
  • 8:30 am - 1:00 pm Presentation (working BREAK at 10:30 am)
  • 1:00 pm - Workshop Concludes

  Presenter: John Dinner, President, John T. Dinner Board Governance Services

  This session qualifies for 4.0 GECs.

  Event Sponsor:

  

  Please note this is a green event - presentation packages will not be handed out. Only electronic copies will be emailed prior to the event.

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• Meetings, Minutes and Running Effective Board Meetings - Saskatoon

  • When
    26 Sep 2019
  •  
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    The Saskatoon Club - 417 21st St E, Saskatoon, SK S7K 0C5

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  Meetings, Minutes and Running Effective Board Meetings is brought to you by Diligent. This session outlines statutory and common law rules in relation to meetings of directors, members, managed investment schemes, class meetings and meetings of creditors. This workshop provides guidance on good governance practices for the notice, planning and conduct of meetings and examines legal and regulatory requirements for procedures in relation to minutes and running effective board meetings.

  This workshop is an interactive half-day gaining insight on both the practical and legal requirements you need to be aware of when holding meetings, taking minutes, recording procedures, guiding directors, preparing resolutions and managing circumstances such as conflicts of interest.

  Topic Covered:

  • Minutes Fundamentals
  • Briefing Materials
  • Legalities; Rules & Regulations
  • Actions & Resolutions
  • In-Camera Meetings
  • ... and more

  Session Agenda

  • 8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration & Breakfast
  • 8:30 am - 12:30 pm Presentation (working BREAK at 10:30 am)
  • 12:30 pm Workshop Concludes
  • 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Networking Lunch with GPC Saskatchewan Local Chapter

  Presenter: John Dinner, President, John T. Dinner Board Governance Services

  This session qualifies for 4.0 GECs.

  Event Sponsor:

  

  Please note this is a green event - presentation packages will not be handed out. Only electronic copies will be emailed prior to the event.

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• GPC Saskatchewan Chapter: Mix and Mingle Luncheon

  • When
    26 Sep 2019
  •  
    12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    The Saskatoon Club - 417 21st St E, Saskatoon, SK S7K 0C5

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  Join us for good food and stimulating conversation as we kickstart the GPC Saskatchewan Local Chapter.

  This local chapter is an opportunity for you to network with your peers in your governance community. At this original gathering, we would like to get to know and connect the local governance professionals, as well as discuss next activities for the local chapter.

  Throughout the year we plan to host more events and opportunities to connect you to like-minded individuals, but what is it that you want? Is it professional development sessions? Mentoring? Peer-to-peer networking? All of the above? Now is your opportunity to tailor the connections and obtain more from your network.

  Plan to join us for this mix and mingle – we hope to see you there!

  For more information regarding this event, or for other local chapter opportunities, please contact: Bronwynn Cutts.

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• Applied Governance (Vancouver) - Two and Half day Course

  • Start
    04 Oct 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    06 Oct 2019
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    TERMINAL CITY CLUB, 837 West Hastings Street , Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1B6

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  Day 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 including:

  • The legal and regulatory requirements for Board, committee and shareholder or member meetings
  • Tools and processes for organizing and holding successful and effective meetings
  • The special nature of shareholder and member meetings and best practices

  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.

  Participants will develop an understanding with respect to:

  • Accounting terms and the significance and relevance of financial information
  • The budgeting process including the fundamentals of preparing and mastering budgets
  • Basic concepts underlying the preparation and presentation of financial statements
  • Controls and policies that help ensure accuracy and reliability of accounting systems

  Day 2

  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.

  Participants will explore the following topics in depth:

  • The legal and regulatory requirements for minutes
  • Tools and processes for implementing and maintaining effective minutes
  • Best practice minute taking, preparation and maintenance procedures

  Records Management

  This course covers one of the governance professional’s key skills. The governance professional is often responsible for managing the organization’s collective memory, and certainly the core memory related to the Board of Directors and the subject matters most often entrusted to the governance professional, ranging from Board meeting records, to records pertaining to directors, subsidiaries, compliance, and ranging to insider reporting, securities compliance, acquisitions due diligence, ethics matters, and many, many other critical areas of responsibility. Unless there is a robust records management process, things can get messy fast.

  Participants will explore the following topics in depth:

  • Canada Business Corporations Act
  • Provincial business corporations, legislation
  • Confidentiality and longevity
  • Succession and seniority records
  • Board evaluation records

  Day 3

  Board Committees Framework

  The purpose of this session is to provide information on the tools and framework for the purpose of committees, relationship to the board, roles and responsibilities, board delegation along with committee rights and authority.

  Participants will explore the following topics in depth:

  Committee focus and work

  • Types of Committees
  • Committee mandate template
  • Committee reporting process and template
  • Structuring the Committee

  
  Cancellation and Refund Policy:
  

  Cancellations can be made up to September 14, 2019 for Vancouver session. All cancellations must be received by email to events@gpcanada.org and are subject to a $100 administration fee. No credits or refunds will be given for cancellations received after that date. Attendee name substitutions are allowed at any time. Please email events@gpcanada.org with the replacement contact’s information.

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• Introduction to Practical Project Management

  • When
    19 Nov 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    The Albany Club, 91 King St. E., Toronto, ON

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  Introduction to Practical Project Management

  In this full day interactive session, Peter provides a basic overview of project management process and brings all participants up to a general skill level, and speaking the same language around projects. Session focus is on the skills required for effective planning and execution of projects, and we put a strong emphasis on understanding project management roles and responsibilities. Session topics include:

  1. Making a case for Project Management Discipline
  2. Generic project management basics
  3. Competing priorities of Time, Cost and Scope
  4. Project Stakeholders and the Project Team
  5. Initiating a project
  6. Project Planning
  7. Converting the Plan into action
  8. The Work Breakdown Structure
  9. Managing Scope, issues and conflict
  10. Managing with Meetings
  11. The fine art of killing a project
  12. Judging results after completion
  13. Formal project close and post implementation review

  
  

  About the Speaker

  Peter Wright
  Association strategist, Association Hub,
  President, The Planning Group

  Peter Wright is a career strategist and President of The Planning Group. As a respected executive and in his current consulting practice, Peter has successfully developed and executed strategy with remarkable results.

  His practical approach to strategic and operational business planning ensures that plans are not only embraced by management and Boards, but also effectively implemented and measured for the tangible benefit.

  As the Director of Strategic Planning at Clarica, Peter led the company's overall operational and strategic planning process. In an environment of complex change, his skillful facilitation of planning sessions with the senior management team was instrumental in the determination of key strategic decisions. In his time at Sun Life Financial, Peter became Vice President of Corporate Accounts, before leaving to begin his consulting and training career.

  In his consulting practice, Peter advises boards and executives on all matters of strategy and planning across a broad spectrum of sectors and organizations. An accomplished facilitator and trainer, he works with boards and senior leadership teams to develop strategy, resolve operational issues, and overcome barriers to performance. By providing planning expertise, process advice and facilitation, Peter helps organizations overcome the planning gap. Linking strategy and action, he works with management to foster true stretch mentality focused on growth and value.

  In 17 years of developing business plans with organizations in more than 20 countries, Peter has created many successful tools, models, and practices that can be taught to clients and other consultants. Peter used his planning and training experience to develop The Business Planning Boot Camp and The Association Hub Strategy and Planning Toolkit.

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