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For information on sponsorship levels and benefits, please contact:

Loretta Piattelli
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CONFERENCE
PRE-CONFERENCE | POST-CONFERENCE

PRE-CONFERENCE
Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011

Schedule is subject to change
Last Updated: October 19, 2011

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All sessions to take place at Colleges Ontario, 20 Bay St., Toronto

8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Governors' orientation - Part I

An introduction to the college system.

Open to all; new governors encouraged to attend

Moderator:
Brian Desbiens, consultant

Speakers:
Linda Franklin, president and CEO, Colleges Ontario
Don Sinclair, executive director, Colleges Employer Council (CEC)
Jim Robeson, director of advocacy, College Student Alliance (CSA)

Breakfast and lunch provided
 
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Board chairs and vice-chairs meeting

Breakfast and lunch provided

 

Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011

All Sessions to take place at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel 
7:00 a.m. - 6 p.m. Registration
 
7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. COP Breakfast with Institutes of Technology Ireland (IOTI) Representatives (by invitation only)
 
8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Annual general meeting
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Governors' orientation - directors’ liability

A discussion of governance responsibilities such as liability, accountability and pension issues will be reviewed. The session will highlight areas of personal and corporate liabilities for governors and the means to protect themselves.

Moderator:
Brian Desbiens, consultant

Speaker:
Steven Iczkovitz, partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Open to all governors.

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Governors' update - CAAT Pension Plan and Collective Bargaining The status of the CAAT Pension Plan and the implications of pension issues for individual colleges and the college system will be reviewed and discussed.
Open to all governors.

Speakers:
Derek Dobson, plan manager and CEO, CAAT Pension Plan
Wallace Kenny, Partner, Hicks Morley, will provide an introduction to collective bargaining.
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Student governors' network

Jim Robeson, director of advocacy from the College Student Alliance (CSA), will facilitate an interactive discussion regarding the three layers of consideration for a successful student governor: system, institution and student. Open to all student governors


Pre-conference meetings

*By invitation only
All sessions to take place at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel 
   
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.   President & Board Executive Assistants Workshop
  
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Aboriginal Education Councils meeting (open to all)

Topics to be discussed:  Sharing of Best Practices and Future of PSSP & Concerns
  
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.*   COP Meeting
  
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Indigenous People's Education Circle (IPEC)
 
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