Past Events

Join your fellow FEC members for our Holiday Social at Red Truck Beer Company! Enjoy a brewery tour and hear all about the fascinating history of this well known family business. Learn more below.

Please join your fellow FEC members at the Kelowna Golf & Country Club to celebrate the season! We will also hear from Sasha Carter, Director of Legacy Giving with the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation, who will share the story of JoeAnna’s House - "a home away from home that will keep families together when they need it the most”​.

The Polar Express rides again from Mossleigh, AB. Take this one hour train trip to the North Pole with FEC Calgary. More details are below!

FEAs Webinar with Jim Burton

FEC Family Members and families not yet part of the FEC community are invited to a unique event centered around one of the most important skills that make Personal Advisory Groups so beneficial - effective listening. All guests will connect and network with other family business members, while learning tactical ways to improve their personal and professional lives, from a subject matter expert. An event not to be missed!

Gain valuable insights from expert resources and other manufacturers on best practices on successfully transitioning ownership / leadership in family owned businesses at this exclusive breakfast learning and networking session, delivered to you by the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) with experts at Family Enterprise Canada (FEX), Blackwood Family Enterprise Services, Thompson Dorfman Sweatman (TDS), Acumen Corporate Development Inc, and BDO Canada LLP. Learn more below.

We invite you to attend our Introduction to P.A.G Fundamentals event on Wednesday, February 12 while enjoying some lunch at the Highlands Golf Club. You will connect with local family businesses and trusted FEAs while learning about the benefits and commitments of joining a P.A.G near you. You will also hear current P.A.G members share their experiences in the program and in their own family businesses. This event is sold out!

Join us for the 16th Annual Family Enterprise of the Year Award (FEYA) Luncheon Celebration in London as we recognize the significant achievements of Southwestern Ontario Family Businesses. Sarah Jones, Managing Editor, Business London Magazine will be our host and special guest, Domenic Primucci, President of Pizza Nova will be in conversation with the award finalists. Learn more below.

FEA Golden Horseshoe Networking Breakfast

​Join us for a highly interactive and collaborative session exploring our decision making under pressure. We will uncover how and why we make decisions as advisors and identify strategies to manage these types of scenarios.

On our next webinar, we will look to explore the sale of family businesses and how it can be a traumatic experience. Join us for a conversation with Wendy Sage-Hayward and Jay Hughes as we learn about his findings around the answers to the paradox of apparent gain and actual loss. He will also share with us three actions that families can take before the sale of the business to mitigate the risk of trauma to the family. Learn more…

This training program is open to all FEC P.A.G Members, and those awaiting placement in a P.A.G. The program focuses on training all members on how to make the most out of their P.A.G experience by exploring important topics including effective communication techniques, roles and responsibilities of members and the policies that govern successful P.A.Gs across Canada.

Please join us for our annual Family Enterprise of the Year Award (FEYA) Dinner Celebration held at the locally-owned Flores and Pine. This evening is an opportunity for our incredible FEC community to connect, socialize and support Alberta’s business families. Sold Out!

Being Our Best Selves in the Time of Corona Virus: Building Community During Crisis

Addiction will impact approximately 45 million individuals and 120 million families in the US, including owners and heirs of family firms. Research conducted by ReGENERATION indicate that approximately 50% of family firms that retain a professional family business consultant have an embedded addictive disorder within their family. Owners and advisors who work with a family enterprise will likely have to address an addictive disorder to prevent chaos in the business. Jim Hutcheson is the recognized leader on addictive disorders in…

This is an unprecedented time. For many of us, the anxiety - our own and our clients - is palpable and preoccupying. As advisors to family enterprises, we can find ourselves immersed in complex conversations with our clients feeling woefully unprepared and unsure what to say or do. If you are feeling the pressure of caring for your clients, your family, and your business, you are not alone. Jim Grubman has generously offered to share his perspectives, experiences, and practical recommendations…

The FEA Program Candidates from the Toronto 1 Cohort share experiences, tips and tools on working from home and helping their family enterprise clients.

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.

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.

The FEA Program Candidates from the Toronto 2 Cohort share experiences, tips and tools on working from home and helping their family enterprise clients.

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.

Join David Lansky PhD and FEA Wendy Sage-Hayward for an interactive conversation to address the social, emotional and physical responses we are all having to social – physical distancing and quarantine situations. We will discuss coping strategies, tip & tools for you and your family to implement immediately. Learn more below.

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.

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.

Join the FEC community as Greg McCann and Tom Epperson will take a deep dive into the complexities of family enterprise leadership and share strategies to lead effectively during uncertain times. Learn more below.