Corporate Governance 2022


Course Date: October 20, 2022

Full Course Materials
Total: 5h 21min

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Genevieve Chang — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Joseph A. Garcia — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver

Directors Liability and Fiduciary Duties in Canada and US (9:10 – 10:00)

Emma Costante — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Shannon McDougald
— McDougald Law Group P.S., Mercer Island, WA

BREAK (10:00 – 10:15)

Environmental, Social, and Governance Issues (10:15 – 11:05)

Ravipal S. Bains — McMillan LLP, Vancouver
Radha Curpen — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver

Navigating Trade Sanctions (11:05 – 11:55)

Jessica Horwitz — Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto

LUNCH (11:55 – 12:55)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (12:55 – 1:45)

Teresa Budd — Governance Consultant and Lawyer, Watson Advisors Inc., Vancouver
Jennifer Ma — Senior Director, Privacy and Product Compliance, Hootsuite, Vancouver

BREAK (1:45 – 2:00)

Human Capital Issues (2:00 – 2:50)

Michael R. Howcroft — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver

Hot Topics in Enterprise Risk Management (2:50 – 3:55)

Lynne Charbonneau, ICD.D — Administrative Tribunal Judge, The World Bank; Director, Inuvialuit Development Corporation and BlueShore Financial; and Law Professor, University of Calgary, North Vancouver
Ezekiel Chhoa — Chief Risk Officer, BlueShore Financial, North Vancouver
Darren Kozol — SVP Legal and Corporate Secretary, Peoples Trust Company, Vancouver
Ellice Schneider — Director of Human Resources, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Inuvik, NT

Closing Comments (3:55 – 4:00)

Joseph A. Garcia — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver