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May 2020
Ontario Region: FEC Family Meet-Up & Conversation
Our FEC Family Community: Together at Home Enjoy Social Distancing with Distant Socializing! Join us online for a casual chat with other family business members about what’s happening with your family and family enterprise during this unprecedented time. Your FEC Community is here to support, encourage and engage. We’ll take this time together to discuss what’s most important to you, share your insights and what’s on your mind. Stay connected, lean in and we will weather this storm together!! And, always…
Find out more »FBN Community Conversations
As the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, many of us are still in full crisis management mode, we are impacted in our families, our businesses and our communities. Now, more than ever, we are here to offer business families a place to share with, learn from and be inspired by each other. In a time that we are all required to implement social distancing, we invite you to practice “distant socializing”. Therefore, we have planned an FBN online conversation, designed to…
Find out more »Webinar: Understanding Grief
The current pandemic has given rise to a wave of emotions that many of us have little experience of dealing with and often do not even know what they are. To help us better understand what me may be feeling and how to manage our feelings as well as help others, we are delighted to sit down with Dawn Schooler, counsellor, coach, teacher and FEA who will provide insights on grief: what it is, how it shows up and offer…
Find out more »June 2020
FBN Canada Community Conversation
We would like to welcome you to join us for our next FBN Canada Community Conversation hosted by members; Pierre Morrisette, Founder and Executive Chairman, Pelmorex Corp and featuring Patricia Saputo, Chief Financial Officer of Placements Italcan Inc. As members of two of Canada’s most well-known business families, and ‘Pioneers’ both, in establishing Family Offices, our conversation will focus on their unique perspectives and experiences, touching on their family governance structures, family meetings, creating and nurturing culture in the Now…
Find out more »July 2020
FBN Canada Community Conversation – From Status Quo Philanthropy to Strategic Social Investing
"Ultimately, it is individual leaders, making strategic decisions every day, that propel our people and planet forward—or set us back for generations." Join us for our next FBN Canada Community Conversation with our guests, Lisa Wolverton President, Wolverton Family Foundation & Chair, Board of Directors, and Renee Kaplan, CEO from The Philanthropy Workshop; a not-for-profit, charitable international organization dedicated to the mission to ‘Accelerate social impact by mobilizing a global network of strategic investors united by their commitment to unlock…
Find out more »September 2020
FBN Canada – Community Conversation on Exploring Unity vs. Harmony in Enterprising Families
Unity or Harmony? Siblings bring with them natural differences in skill sets, style and personality traits. If these varieties to life and business are seen as complications rather than strengths, the family can start to feel fragmented and uneasy. Long-lasting business families achieve alignment by recognizing and applauding differences in family members and investing energy in finding the highest and best use for each person. One family member may excel in financial management, another in esthetics, another in engineering, another…
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