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This events listing is for activities relevant to Canadian small business owners. The cross-Canada business and networking event calendar can be reached here

If you know of an event that is relevant to small business owners in Canada, add it at the Canada Events Calendar (CanadaEventsCalendar.ca). You can add your events there and, if they match the format type of events that we use (particularly the items under "Small Business" and "Business Networking"), they will appear here as well.

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Canada Events Calendar
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from February 10, 2012
Business Analysis Best Practices February 13, 2012 until February 15, 2012 Novotel Toronto Centre Hotel Toronto, ON
Practical case studies from senior business analysts from 13 major Canadian corporations. From business supporter to business influencer–leveraging core BA tools to improve process, projects and performance across the enterprise.
   more 7th Preventing Violence & Harassment in the Workplace Annually: February 13, 2012 Novotel Toronto Centre Hotel, 45 The Esplanade, M5E 1W2 Toronto, ON
Highlights:

*Developing a workplace violence strategy
*Training supervisors and employees on workplace violence and harassment
*Auditing your violence and harassment prevention initiatives
*Best practices for conducting a risk assessment
*Investigating workplace violence & harassment
*Developing a critical incident follow-up policy

Participating Organizations:
*Canada’s Wonderland
*Canadian Initiative on Workplace Violence
*City of Toronto
*Davies LLP
*Kuretzky Vassos LLP
*Liquor Control Board of Ontario
*McCarthy Tétrault LLP
*Mount Sinai Hospital
*Oxford Properties Group
*Preferred Solutions

   more Tax-Effective Succession Planning for the Owner-Manager February 21, 2012 until February 22, 2012 Novotel Toronto Centre Hotel, 45 The Esplanade Toronto, ON
Highlights:
*Tax considerations in business succession alternatives
*The use of estate freezes in succession planning
*Alternatives to family succession
*Valuation issues for family-owned businesses
*Shareholder agreements & tax effective succession planning
*Income splitting and the attribution rules for a family business

Participating Organizations:
*BMO Harris Private Banking
*Chappell Bushell Stewart LLP
*Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
*Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
*Hull & Hull LLP
*MNP LLP
*Thorsteinssons LLP
*Truster Zweig LLP
   more Cross-Border Personal Tax Planning February 27, 2012 until February 28, 2012 Novotel Toronto Centre Hotel, 45 The Esplanade Toronto, ON
Highlights:
*Cross-border estate planning strategies
*Overview of the U.S. estate and gift tax structure
*Critical tax planning issues for U.S. citizens in Canada
*Latest tax issues affecting non-resident investors in U.S. real property
*The U.S.-Canada tax treaty protocol
*Tax planning for Canada-U.S. employment transfers
*Tax planning for your cross-border family business

Participating Organizations:
*Aird & Berlis LLP
*Deloitte & Touche LLP
*Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
*KPMG LLP
*Manulife Financial
*Miller Thomson LLP
*PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
*Soberman LLP
   more Tax-Effective Planning for Insurance & Investment February 28, 2012 until February 29, 2012 Novotel Toronto Centre Hotel, 45 The Esplanade Toronto, ON
Highlights:
*Use of tax shelters involving insurance products
*How funding with life insurance works
*CRA risks and flexibility leveraged insurance structures
*Challenges to effective shared ownership arrangements
*Charitable tax shelters and anti-avoidance issues
*Qualified and prohibited investments
*Tax planning techniques to minimize the after tax acquisition and financing cost
*Extracting funds out of the corporation tax free

Participating Organizations:
*Altus Group
*Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
*Blumberg Segal LLP
*CALU
*Goodmans LLP
*Gowling Lafl eur Henderson LLP
*McCarthy Tétrault LLP
*Miller Thomson LLP
*Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
*RBC Wealth Management Financial Services Inc.
*WeirFoulds LLP
   more 8th Directors’ and Officers’ Liability March 5, 2012 until March 6, 2012 Novotel Toronto Centre Hotel, 45 The Esplanade,M5E 1W2 Toronto, ON
Highlights:
*Hear from some of the sharpest legal minds in Canada and the U.S. as they discuss liability issues facing directors and officers
*Learn about directors’ and officers’ exposure under corporate law and find out what directors and officers must do to protect themselves against lawsuits
*Find out where regulators are focusing their attention, the areas of increased exposure and best practices for risk mitigation
*Examine the D&O issues arising from M&As and the areas to be addressed to protect directors and officers

Participating Organizations:
*Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT
*Chubb Insurance Company of Canada
*Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
*Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
*Heenan Blaikie LLP
*Metrolinx
*Ogilvy Renault LLP
*Ontario Securities Commission
*Strikeman Elliot LLP
*TD Insurance
*WeirFoulds LLP

   more 18th Managing Absenteeism in the Public and Private Sectors Annually: March 05, 2012 Novotel Toronto Centre Hotel, 45 The Esplanade,M5E 1W2 Toronto, ON
Highlights:
*Discover best practices and innovative programs for preventing and managing absenteeism from leading Canadian organizations
*Learn how to foster accountability in your employees and engender a culture of attendance through a positive rather than punitive approach
*Discover strategies and tools that your front-line managers can use to deal with absenteeism
*Get up to speed on the legal issues surrounding absenteeism management

Participating Organizations:
*Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant *Community Care Access Centre
*Direct Energy
*Service Employees International Union *Local 1 Canada
*Jazz Aviation
*McMaster University
*Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)
*Ontario Ministry of Government Services
*Opt imal Performance Consultants
*Kneed & Associates
*School Boards' Co-Operative Inc.
*St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd.
*Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center
*The Marketing Store
*Morneau Shepell
*The Occubus Project
*Stantec Consulting
*Toronto Star
*Towers Watson
*Town of Richmond Hill
*Transat Tours Canada Inc.
*University Health Network
   more 6th E-Discovery Annually: March 06, 2012 Metropolitan Hotel Toronto, 108 Chestnut Street, M5G 1R3 Toronto, ON
Highlights:
*Key e-discovery decisions
*Litigation case management
*Current Canadian guidelines
*Managing costs of e-discovery procedures
*Protecting privacy and confidentiality
Latest technological solutions
*Forensic investigations
*The future of e-discovery practices

Particpating Organizations:
*Bennett Jones LLP
*Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
*City of Toronto
*Froese Forensic Partners Ltd.
*Harvester Forensics Limited
*Micrapol Associates Ltd.
*Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)
*Ontario Securities Commission
*Platinum Legal Group Inc.
*Ricketts, Harris LLP
*Ricoh Canada Inc.
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