Board of Directors’ Meeting
September 14, 2022
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET
CIRA Offices
979 Bank Street, 4th Floor
Directors attending: Liza Aboud (via Webex), Iris Almeida-Côté, Colleen Arnold, Gwen Beauchemin, Anne Butler, Andrew Escobar, Eric Hill (via Webex), Jill Kowalchuk (Chair), Crystal Nett, Samantha Ventresca, Alourdes Sully, Rob Villeneuve
Advisors: John Demco, Heather Dryden (ISED), Byron Holland
Corporate Secretary: Brigitte LeBlanc-Lapointe
Recording Secretary: Lynn Gravel
Guests: Sanita Alias, Albert Chang, Adam Eisner, Marc Fares, Jon Ferguson, Jane Fulford, Tanya O’Callaghan
1. Approval of the Agenda
2. In-camera Session
3. Chair’s Remarks
4. Consent Agenda
4.1 Approval of the Draft Minutes of the July 20, 2022 Board of Directors’ Meeting
4.2 Report on Statutory Obligations
4.3 Q1/FY23 Financial Report
4.4 Q1/FY23 Risk Management Report
4.5 ESG Strategy Update
4.6 Report from the Services Strategy Committee
4.7 CIRA’s Policy, Advocacy and Stakeholder Processes and Activities
5. Management Report
6. Committee Reports
6.1 Report from the Governance Committee
- Board Charter
- Corporate Secretary
- Ad Hoc Committee Policy
- Director Compensation Policy
- Board Orientation
6.2 Report from the Community Investment Committee
7. Strategic Plan Update
8. Other Business
- Review of Action Items Register
9. Next Meetings
- Annual General Meeting – September 15, 2022
- Meet and Greet – New Board – Week of September 26, 2022
- Director Orientation Session – October 27, 2022
- Board of Directors’ Meeting – October 28, 2022
10. In-Camera Session
11. Adjournment
