Learn how to best prepare for Board and Shareholders' Meetings and what can be done to manage sensitive issues when they arise. This webinar is hosted by Hartley Nathan, the foremost authority and author of the seminal Canadian guide on meetings, Nathan's Company Meetings, now in its 8th Edition.

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• Resolutions made in-camera prior to meeting call-to-order
  
• Board Compensation - Adjustment for out-of-town Directors?
  
• Code of Conduct Policy for Board of Directors
  
• Fiduciary Duties and Responsibilities of a Board Director

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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:

• Creditor Initiated CCAA Proceedings (Aird & Berlis LLP- 02 Dec 2009)
• New TSX Rule Mandating Buy-Side Shareholder Vote In Dilutive Public Company Acquisitions Takes Effect Today (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP- 01 Dec 2009)
  
• CSA Issues Staff Notice Regarding Maintenance Of The Current Corporate Governance Regime (Fasken Martineau- 30 Nov 2009)
• Canadian And Quebec Tax Authorities Held To Be Ordinary Creditors In Respect Of A Bankrupt’s Unremitted GST⁄QST (Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP- 26 Nov 2009)
  
• Contracts — What’s In A Word? What’s The Standard Of Review? (McCarthy Tétrault LLP- 19 Nov 2009)
  
• Canadian Securities Regulators Decide Not To Overhaul Corporate Governance Regime (Torys LLP- 18 Nov 2009)
  
• “Business Corporations Act” (Bill 63) — A Major Reform Of Quebec Corporate Law (McCarthy Tétrault LLP- 09 Nov 2009)
  
• The Latest On Poison Pills, Duties Of The Board And Securities Commissions (Borden Ladner Gervais LLP- 04 Nov 2009)
  
• Battles Will Continue In Active Year For Proxy Fights (Ogilvy Renault- 04 Nov 2009)
  
• Asset Sales In The CCAA (Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP- 03 Nov 2009)
  
• SEC Postpones Auditor Attestation For Smaller Public Companies (Torys LLP- 20 Oct 2009)

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Corporate Governance Quarterly (CGQ)

The Winter issue of CGQ is on its way to you now; if you can't wait, read it online.

Inside this edition:

• Directors Need Guidance
• Annual Reports
  
• Corporate Social Responsibility
  
• Board Leadership
  
• Risk Management
  
• Audit Committees
  

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2010 Membership Dues

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IQS Students

2010 Examinations
Starting with the 2010 sessions, the scheduling of the Canadian Division exams will now coincide with the UKRIAT examination dates to take place over a period of three days.

AM : 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
PM : 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

June 2010 - 8th – 11th June 2010
November 2010 - 23rd – 26th November 2010

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• the full texts of acts and regulations relevant to Corporate Secretaries
  
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