The 2008 December Toronto Symposium on Risk, Uncertainty and Effective Governance is on December 4-5. The exciting line-up includes:

• Share Prices and Profitability: A Reflection of Good Governance
  
• Good Governance Goes Beyond Just Compliance
  
• Governance from a Treasurer's Point of View
  
• Sustainability as a Driver of Success - the triple bottom line
  
• Risk Management in a Changing World
  
• Recent Developments in Corporate Law
  
• Board Evaluations in Practice

Click here for information on this exciting day and a half program! Register now to save $100 off the regular fee.

The Directors’ Education & Accreditation Program (DEAP) helps you clarify your governance mission to fully exercise your leadership potential as a Director. DEAP delivers value right from the start, which is demonstrated through its concentrated delivery, low cost, and widely recognized designation – Acc.Dir., or Accredited Director – which all add up to an unparalleled value for your Directors and organization. The designation brings you six letters closer to being the best in your role.

Since DEAP accepts a maximum of 16 Directors per session and a fair amount of pre-reading is required, please register as soon as possible. The available Fall 2008 sessions are:

Vancouver: September 11-13, 2008
Toronto: September 24-26, 2008
Ottawa: October 6-8, 2008
Montréal: October 29-31, 2008
Calgary: November 24-26, 2008

For details, please visit www.icsacanada.org/DEAP.

Click here to download the registration form or here to register online.

Professional Development - Workshops
Due to popular request, we are offering Effective Meetings & Minutes in the fall. There is an early bird discount if you register by September. We are expecting this workshop to fill up quickly so register quickly to avoid disappointment. Register early for discounted rates on all of the workshops we are offering in the fall:

• Audit Committees - September 16 
  
• Essentials of Corporate Law - September 23 
  
• Essentials of Corporate Secretarial Practice & Procedures - September 29 
  
• Essentials of Corporate Governance - October 3 
  
• Essentials of Corporate Financial Management - October 16 
  
• Effective Meetings & Minutes - November 6 
  
• Running Annual Meetings - November 6 
  
• Governance for Not-For-Profits - November 12

Webinar (A Seminar Conducted through the Internet)

Discover the Keys to Winning Workplace Communication -
Learn the steps to becoming a successful business communicator

October 16th, 2008 12:00pm – 1:30pm EST

Have you ever read a badly written email or sat through a less than thrilling seminar at your workplace? Worse, have you ever written an email that others misinterpreted (or skipped) and wished you’d just picked up the phone instead? Like most people you probably communicate acceptably, but you are always on the lookout for tips to improve these skills.

Learn how to:

• Identify the appropriate means of communication (i.e. when is email inappropriate?);
• Read non-verbal signals (listening with the third ear);
• Improve your overall listening skills;

And much more.

Please use the following Promo Codes:
GB10072 – Chartered Secretary Canada Early bird price $116 (Valid until September 22)
GB10073 – Chartered Secretary Canada Price $129 (Effective once the early bird offer expires)

Corporate Governance Quarterly (CGQ) In-depth analysis is published and mailed to members and other subscribers through the Corporate Governance Quarterly (CGQ). The latest issue (Summer 2008) of the CGQ will arrive to members in June and will be available in electronic format from the ICSA website, members section, in the CGQ Library Archive.

Corporate Governance in the News News stories are refreshed on a regular basis from our website home page in the Governance in the News section. A sample of what is currently posted: Canada Québec National Assembly Adopts Legislation To Govern Derivatives (28 Jul 2008) Disclosure Of Derivative Positions Comes Under Renewed Scrutiny (25 Jul 2008) Technical Explanation Clarifies Protocol To Canada-U.S. Tax Treaty, Part One (24 Jul 2008) Decision In Deer Creek Assesses Sales Process In Context Of Dissent And Valuation Litigation (21 Jul 2008) Draft Conversion Rules For Income Trusts In Canada:Technical Commentary (21 Jul 2008) United States SEC Proposes Mandatory Use Of XBRL Tagging Of Financial Statements (28 Jul 2008) Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - July 25, 2008 (28 Jul 2008) SEC Issues Emergency Order To Limit “Nakedâ€? Short Sales In Certain Financial Securities (25 Jul 2008) California Legislature Enacts Law Revising Foreclosure Process (24 Jul 2008) Banking Agencies Publish Final Supplemental Guidance On Basel II – Supervisory Review Process (24 Jul 2008) Auction-Rate Securities: Bidder´s Remorse? "A Primer" (23 Jul 2008) Subprime Securities Litigation: Key Players, Rising Stakes, and Emerging Trends Part III of A NERA Insights Series (23 Jul 2008) The Final State Of Expatriation? (23 Jul 2008) Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - July 18, 2008 (23 Jul 2008)

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Membership Renewals 2008
Members who have not submitted dues for 2008 is being removed from the membership roster. Only members in good standing who've renewed their interest in the Institute may continue using the FCIS, ACIS, P.Adm. and Acc.Dir. designations. If you haven't already renewed your membership, please follow the link to renew online. The members only section of the website is accessible to current members only.

IQS Students
Workshops designated as "Essentials of..." have been developed as "prep courses" for the IQS Exams and are based on the respective IQS Exam Study Guides. Upcoming prep courses this fall are:

• Essentials of Corporate Law - September 23 
• Essentials of Corporate Secretarial Practice & Procedures - September 29 
• Essentials of Corporate Governance - October 3 
• Essentials of Corporate Financial Management - October 16 

Please register by September 1 to write the next set of exams on Wednesday, November 5, 2008. Contact info@icsacanada.org.

Featured Members Only tool: Membership Directory
To locate an ICSA member, login to the members only section and search in the online Membership Directory. Search terms include:

Only members may access this directory. If you don't want to be included in the directory, simply update your membership record which is best done online. To start a search now, visit the online Directory Search.

Career Centre
Some exciting career prospects posted on our website include:

Employers, please click here for details on how to post to the career listings page.

Please visit our website regularly for new postings.

Request for Assistance
A large public company listed on both the TSX and NYSE asks: 

"We are refreshing our general banking resolution that we use worldwide to support our banking operations and would like to understand how other companies manage banking risk in terms of the scheme of delegation from the board of directors to management. Ideally, please provide a copy of your banking resolution. Staff will gladly blank out the information in your resolution that might identify your company."

In order to provide more comprehensive information to our members, please use the following format to respond.

Contact Name: ____________________________________________

Email: ____________________________________________________

Company Type: ____________________________________________
(ie Publicly traded, crown corp, not-for-profit, government)

Company Size: ____________________________________________
(ie Small, medium, large, issuer based)

Responses: _______________________________________________

Responses will be compiled and posted on the ICSA Request for Assistance Section in the Resources area of the website. Your answers will be anonymous unless you make a specific request to the contrary.

‘Focus on Excellence’

Sunday, September 7 – Wednesday, September 10, 2008
at The Fairmont Empress, Victoria BC

The CSCS Annual Corporate Governance Conference is a must-attend event Canada’s premier event for the Governance Professional.

Register before August 1 and receive a 10% discount!
CSCS ALSO OFFERS A SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO ICSA MEMBERS!

Click here to register online now, or call us at 1-800-774-2850, or visit www.tocorpevents.ca/cscs

TAKE A LOOK AT THE EVENT PROGRAM:
To preview the complete list of sessions, topics, speakers and agenda click here or visit www.cscs.org 
You will not want to miss this conference in beautiful Victoria, B.C, at the stunning Fairmont Empress Hotel!
 
Have questions? Need more information?
Contact Tina Hutchinson at:

Tel: (416) 921-5449
E-mail: tina.hutchinson@cscs.org
 
Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries (CSCS)
55 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 255
Toronto, Ontario  M4V 2Y7

Register and receive a 20% discount.   For complete conference agenda, click here!

September 18-19, 2008
St. Andrew's Club and Conference Centre, 150 King Street West, Toronto

Attend and learn from our panel of leading experts, who will discuss the latest developments on current regulatory and compliance issues which will include….

• Hear the latest developments from our federal and provincial regulators
• How can economic capital be aligned with the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process?
• Encouraging ethical practice – whose job is it?
• Recent and upcoming privacy developments that may affect your business, your obligations and the expectations of your customers
• Allocation of risk in outsourcing within the OSFI B-10 framework
• Convergence of operational risks and regulatory deficiencies
• Enterprise risk management – engaging the board and senior management to set risk tolerance and risk appetite
• Embedding compliance in the business globally

...and much more!

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