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		<title>Directing new directors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Gorley</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Any board that hopes to maintain control over the operations of an organization, must orient new board members in the relevant policies and practices of the board and organization—quickly. Each...<br/>
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		<title>Risk-based pension regulation: fancy name, but what does it mean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Gorley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance and Accounting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services Commission of Ontario]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pension reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulatory response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk-based]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk-Based Regulation Framework]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) is proposing a risk-based system of regulating pension plans. Essentially, this means improving risk assessment and monitoring, following five...<br/>
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		<title>The challenges of IFRS transition in Alberta</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Gorley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance and Accounting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Controls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accounting policy disclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberta Securities Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decommissioning liabilities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IFRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFRS exemptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Financial Reporting Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reporting issuers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statement of Changes in Equity]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Alberta Securities Commission has released its 2011 Corporate Finance Disclosure Report. Not surprisingly, during this transition year, the commission came across several problems with reporting...<br/>
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		<title>Something for all the boards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Gorley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[board minutes]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What board of directors couldn't benefit from "A minute on minutes"—that's board meeting minutes, get it? Here's an outline of pros, cons and warnings, from basic to advanced.<br/>
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		<title>Federal non-profit resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Gorley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internal Controls]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With the passing of the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (and all that entails), law firm Drache Aptowitzer has introduced a website dedicated to the Act.<br/>
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		<title>Relief for far-flung and busy non-profit boards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Gorley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[board members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[board of directors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[board resolutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[director]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Under the recently enacted Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, directors and board members can pass resolutions without holding actual meetings. Many organizations will likely find this measure...<br/>
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		<title>IT compliance dictionary – yes!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Gorley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[IT, Privacy and Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance dictionary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harmonized controls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jargon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Network Frontiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unified Compliance Framework]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Maybe this will help directors get up to speed on IT.  If you want to know the meanings of tech terms like WEP, WPA, kernel,malware, trojan, sniffing, MIME, deployment strategy, server,implementation...<br/>
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		<title>Is it time for directors to take responsibility for IT governance and strategy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Gorley</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) thinks so. It has developed ISO 38500 to complement COBIT and ITIL, comparing the standards to the roof, walls and foundation of a house...<br/>
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		<title>Sustainable business frameworks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Gorley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Law]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Recently, I wrote about the concept of shared value, a business strategy under which organizations consider the needs of their communities alongside those of their shareholders, in order to improve...<br/>
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		<title>Can customers be encouraged to read privacy policies?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Gorley</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When was the last time you read a privacy policy? I use dozens of online services—email, social networking, data storage, banking, photos, shopping, etc.—and I've only skimmed a couple. What does...<br/>
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