IR Leader
June 06, 2017

CIRI Recognizes Four Distinguished IR Professionals

Today the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI), Canada’s national association representing investor relations professionals, announced that the 2017 CIRI Fellows are:
  • Bob Tait, President, T8 Investor Relations
  • Lorne Gorber, Executive Vice President, Global Communications & Investor Relations, CGI Group Inc.
  • Greg Waller, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations & Strategic Analysis, Teck Resources Limited
  • Nancy Woo, Consultant, Nancy E. Woo Consulting Inc.
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CIRI advisor: Career Development Advice from IR Professionals for IR Professionals

CIRI has spoken to five Canadian IR professionals and asked them to tell us their career boosting tips for IR professionals just like you.

Learn helpful career insights like:

  • How to make the most of the early stages of your IR career
  • How to boost your communications skills when your background is finance
  • How to boost your finance skills when your background is communications
  • How to leverage your network and get the help you need and the opportunities you want

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IR leader Is Coming Tomorrow!

CIRI members, watch your inbox tomorrow for your pre-Conference issue of IR leader. This issue includes the following articles:

  • Lead Article: CSA Sheds Welcome Light on Social Media Use for Canadian Disclosure
  • Investment Community Perspective: Pay Envy or Aligned Interests?
  • Securities Regulation and IR: Shifting Gears: CSA Cybersecurity Disclosure Recommendations Prompts a More Proactive Approach
  • Financial Reporting and IR: Judgments and Estimates – A Fresh Look
  • Canadian Investor Relations Practitioner Perspective: Navigating the Social Media Disclosure Divide

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CIRI Recognizes Four Distinguished Investor Relations Professionals

Today the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI), Canada's national association representing investor relations professionals, announced the 2017 CIRI Fellows.

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ESTMA Update: Reporting Requirements Apply to Payments to Aboriginal Governments Effective June 1, 2017

In previous posts, from April, 20 2015 and June 2, 2015, we reported on the federal Extractive Sectors Transparency Measures Act ("ESTMA") and the requirements it imposes on companies to report certain types of payments made to governments. ESTMA requires reporting companies to report payments made to specified "payees" - governments in Canada and foreign states (along with certain other bodies established by those governments) - in any of seven categories.

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CIRI advisor: Career Development Advice from IR Professionals for IR Professionals

CIRI has spoken to five Canadian IR professionals and asked them to tell us their career boosting tips for IR professionals just like you.

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Canada Announces Regulations to Reduce Oil and Gas Emissions

On May 25, the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change announced regulations to reduce the emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from Canada's oil and gas sector. The Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain VOCs - Upstream Oil and Gas Sector (Methane Regulations) and Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of VOCs - Petroleum Sector (VOC Regulations) have been published in the Canada Gazette for a 60-day comment period.

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Ontario Securities Commission ("OSC") Draft 2017-2018 Statement of Priorities

We thank you for the opportunity to provide you with our comments on the OSC's draft 2017-2018 Statement of Priorities.

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EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE: Monetizing sustainable development

We sat down with Claus Stig Pedersen, Head of Corporate Sustainability Affairs at Novozymes, the world's largest industrial biotechnology company. Novozymes sees significant long term growth potential in the recent adoption of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This interview explains why, and how Novozymes intends to capture the opportunity.

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Who's Writing Your Climate Narrative?

We hear a lot about climate-related divestment in energy, but investors are paying increasing attention to climate change risk in all sectors. If your disclosure is poor, it leaves you offside and out of the loop.

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Hot Topics for the 2017 IR Conference Season

With the much-anticipated IR conference season nearly upon us, we hear from John Gollifer, general manager of the UK's IR Society, Gary LaBranche, president and CEO of NIRI, and Yvette Lokker, president and CEO of CIRI. Each gives a sneak preview of what's on the agenda for their 2017 event.

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Cyber Insecurity

As the digital ecosystem grows, so do threats to the security of an organization's data stores.

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