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Corporate Governance 2025

Course Date: April 9, 2025

Full Course Materials

Total: 5h 30min

Total Ethics: 1h 22min

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Genevieve Chang — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Emma Costante — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Kyle D. Misewich — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver

Navigating Conflicts of Interest (9:10 – 10:05)

who do you act for as in-house counsel and external counsel
navigating interlocking directorates as counsel
considerations when working with public facing boards
tips for drafting conflicts of interest policy

Jonathan Hoyles — Silvercorp Metals Inc., Vancouver
Kyle D. Misewich — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver

Indigenous Economic Development Structures (10:05 – 11:00)

Norm Adams — Director, Tsay Keh Economic Development Corporation, Prince George
Dan Fogarty — Miller Titerle + Company, Vancouver
Cindy Shelford — Chair, Board of Directors, Tsay Keh Economic Development Corporation, Prince George

BREAK (11:00 – 11:15)

Best Practices for Lawyers Serving on Boards (11:15 – 12:10)

how to work with allied professionals
providing legal advice to boards as a board member
what hat do you wear

Miranda L. Lam, KC — Chief Legal Officer & Vice President, Business Development, Acuitas Therapeutics Inc., Vancouver

LUNCH (12:10 – 1:10)

Risk Management for Respectful Workplaces—Investigations and More (1:10 – 1:55)

what are the risks associated with workplace harassment, bullying, and discrimination
what are some tools for proactively limiting risk
what are some tools for reactvely limiting risk
considerations for board-led investigations

Amy Frankel — Forte Workplace Law, Surrey

BREAK (1:55 – 2:10)

Minutes: Best Practices in Corporate Record Keeping (2:10 – 3:00)

importance of minutes
why do we have minutes?
how to use them?
what are we recording in minutes?
who should be recording them?

Emma Costante — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Alexandra C. Luchenko — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver

Managing Risks in a Changing Landscape (3:00 – 4:00)

panel discussion on how current issues are affecting governance of boards (i.e., ESG, politics, AI)

Manijeh Colabella, LLB, ICD.D, GCB.D, TEP — Watson Board Advisors Inc., Vancouver and Toronto
Darren Kozol — SVP Legal, Peoples Trust Company, Vancouver
D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Closing Remarks (4:00 – 4:05)

Emma Costante — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Kyle D. Misewich — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver