National Director Education Programs

One-Day Short Courses

By Directors For Directors^TM

By directors for directors, the new suite of short one-day courses are developed and delivered wholly by the ICD. Upcoming short courses include:

Audit Committee Effectiveness (ACE):

ACE provides practical knowledge to help directors better understand the issues and dynamics facing audit committees, enabling more effective oversight and value creation by directors of medium and large organizations and publicly-listed companies.

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Boardroom Financial Essentials (BFE):

This one-day course is developed for directors who wish to enhance their comfort with financial discussions around the board table. This is not a finance course for non-financial managers, or an accounting course on financial statements. This is a course designed by directors, for directors that focuses on linking financial decisions and approvals to strategic oversight of their organization.

Fall/Winter Course Schedule Coming Soon!

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Crown Director Effectiveness (CROWN):

The ICDs new Crown Director Effectiveness program will help directors of agencies, boards, commissions and corporations ("Crowns") of the federal, provincial or municipal governments better understand and navigate the unique challenges of governing within these environments. Participants will gain insights into practical approaches to carrying out their responsibilities as directors.

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Enterprise Risk Oversight for Directors (EROD):

Enterprise Risk Oversight for Directors course will help directors to better understand how boards and management can more effectively work together to identify, rank and mitigate enterprise risks. This course is based on the CICA publication "A Framework for Board Oversight of Enterprise Risk."

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Human Resources & Compensation Committee Effectiveness (HRCCE):

HRCCE is designed to help directors enhance organizational performance through more effective oversight of human capital and compensation strategies.

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ICD-Rotman Director Education Program (DEP)

The Directors Education Program (DEP), jointly developed by the Institute of Corporate Directors and the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto is a highly interactive 12-day course offered nationally across Canada's leading business schools.

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ICD-Rotman NFP Program

Presented by RBC Foundation and TELUS, the Institute of Corporate Directors and The Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, the NFP Program is an intensive three-day program taught by prominent faculty from Canada's leading business schools and some of our country's most accomplished directors.

Upcoming NFP Program Offerings:

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