CPA & CAPG Shared Governance Summit
Session Overview
How we keep our communities safe has undergone significant change in recent years, with new challenges emerging that require innovative leadership and governance. There has also been increased public scrutiny on police governance. To this end, it is vital that boards of police services work together to share information and best practices related to management challenges.
In a world where policing has become the most visible and contested profession, how can we as the civilian oversight of police services begin to address some of the most significant challenges in police culture? This session will explore the leadership and governance issues related to policing culture in Canada. It will outline the application of a conceptual framework for understanding and addressing police culture, with a focus on the tensions and entanglements between the three spheres – individual, collective, and organizational – that comprise it.
Policing is an incredibly complex profession that requires thoughtful visioning, close scrutiny and regular analysis. This involves being open to not only researching what works; but also what doesn’t seem to work as well as it should or could. Finally, we will discuss the importance of community inclusion in formulating a vision of policing (and in developing related strategies) that exists within a larger societal context. Once developed, strategic police visions must reflect the principles of good governance (accountability, transparency, authenticity), key elements of which are necessary for positive police-community interactions.
Effective policing is essential for the continued health, safety and wellbeing of our communities. Ineffective policing, by contrast, presents a mounting risk to public health and safety as citizens lose trust in their police forces leading to an even greater public safety challenge. This national forum brings together leaders from across Canada who have firsthand knowledge of the challenges facing our police services. Join them as they explore the culture of policing organizations, examine best practices of governance in policing, share insights on strategic planning in a changing environment and discuss what is needed to be effective in the future.
Speakers
A. Edward Aust
Senior Strategic Advisor, Aust Legal Inc.
Mr. Aust has been associated with Aust Legal Inc. as Senior Counsel since 2010. In 2015, he became Senior Strategic Advisor, when he ceased practicing law.
His legal practice focused on the laws affecting organizational behavior, including director responsibilities, executive employment and labour relations.
After graduating from the Law Faculty of McGill University, he completed his articling and joined the international law firm of Stikeman Elliott in Montreal where he worked for 20 years. He was a member of the Executive Committee, Chair of the Employment Law Group.
He resigned as Senior Partner at the end of 1997 and accepted the offer to become Senior Advisor to its Senior Executive Committee of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police reporting to the Commissioner. In this position, he was involved with the realignment of national headquarters. He returned to private law practice in 2000.
During his career, Mr. Aust has represented clients before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Court of Appeal of Quebec, various trial courts and numerous administrative tribunals.
He led several independent inquiries into private and public institutions, including a major university’s administration, Health and Safety in the Canadian Grain Industry and the Competitive Position of Canadian Ports Relative to USA Ports and on three occasions headed inquiries into the methods of establishing compensation for the RCMP. He has been a guest expert and/or lecturer at national institutions and universities and in the USA, China, Russia, Japan, UK, Switzerland, Mexico, Jamaica and Tunisia.
In 2013, he was a sessional visiting professor of Organizational Analysis and Innovation in the International Tsinghua-MIT MBA program, at the School of Economics and Management in Beijing.
Mr. Aust is founding Editor-in-Chief and co-author of Executive Employment Law, a loose-leaf service published by LexisNexis since 1992 and which continues today. He is a co-author of several legal publications in English, French and Chinese. These include Le contrat d’emploi, published by Éditions Yvon Blais-Thomson Reuters in 1988 when it set sales records for legal publications. The third edition was published in 2013.
He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law McGill University, B.C.L., 1975 and the Faculty of Arts (Pol. Sc. (Hons.) of Sir George Williams University, 1972.
Thomas Laporte Aust,
Lawyer, Aust Legal Inc.
Thomas Laporte Aust established Aust Legal in 2010, after moving on from one of Canada’s most prominent national law firms, McCarthy Tétrault.
Mr. Aust represents leading corporations in a wide range of mergers and acquisitions (private and public), corporate finance and other commercial law matters.
He also represents key executives in employment law matters and is a co-author of Le contrat d’emploi, a book published in October 2013 by Éditions Yvon Blais Thomson Reuters. The book attempts to bridge the gap between corporate law and employment law and deals, among other subjects, on the obligations of good faith, incentive compensation plans, as well as restrictive provisions.
Mr. Aust is a member of the Barreau du Québec, an associate of the American Bar Association (ABA) and a member of the Mount Royal Club..
Bar Admission
Quebec, 2006
Ontario, 2021
Education
Université Laval, LL.B., 2004
Queen’s University, B.A. (Hons.), 2001
Experience
Acting for Canadian, as well as foreign-owned businesses, with respect to the acquisition of assets in Canada and shares of Canadian corporations;
Implementing tax-driven corporate reorganizations for privately-held companies in Canada and the U.S.;
Drafting and negotiating shareholder agreements;
Advising on business succession planning and short and long term exit strategies;
Representing a privately held company with respect to its sale to a TSX listed company;
Drafting of incentive compensation plans for key employees, including stock option plans and earn-outs;
Advising on the use of restrictive covenants as regards to competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality;
Negotiating of services and licensing agreements; and
Resolving shareholder disputes and drafting of out-of-court settlements.
Rachel Huggins
Deputy Director, Executive Lead Cannabis Legalization
Ontario Provincial Police
Rachel joined the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, as the Deputy Director-Executive Lead, Cannabis Legalization in June 2018. She is responsible for developing and implementing policy and operational plans to support organizational requirements under the legal cannabis regime, and other enforcement and government priorities.
Rachel is the Co-Chair of the Ontario Association Chiefs of Police Substance Advisory Committee and was recently appointed Co-Chair of the Canadian Association Chiefs of Police Drug Advisory Committee.
Prior to joining the OPP, Rachel spent 16 years at Public Safety Canada leading and managing a variety of complex horizontal policy issues related to policing and public safety, including cannabis legalization; drug impaired driving; the opioids crisis; contraband tobacco; the economics of policing; and rail and urban transit security.
Dale McFee
Chief of Police, Edmonton Police Service
On February 1, 2019, Dale McFee was sworn in as Edmonton’s 23rd Chief of Police for the Edmonton Police Service.
Chief McFee has an extensive background in policing , including 26 years as a police officer in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (nine years as Chief of Police) and six years as the Deputy Minister of Corrections and Policing in the Ministry of Justice for the Saskatchewan government.
From 2011 to 2014 he served as President and Past President of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. He has previously held the positions of President of the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police, President of the Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers, and Director of the Canadian Police Association.
Chief McFee has received several commendations in his areas of expertise, including the appointment and subsequent promotion by the Governor General of Canada to the Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces. He is a recognized Governor General Leadership alumnus, former citizen of the year within his home community, and the recipient of a provincial policing leadership award for “Leadership in Multi-Agency Community Mobilization”.
In addition to his extensive policing background, Dale has considerable experience managing small- to mid-size businesses, and has lectured nationally and internationally on the topics of leadership and change management in private and public sector organizations. Chief McFee speaks with first-hand knowledge and expertise about policing, community engagement, data and analytics, social finance and impact investing. He is a former member of Entrepreneurs International and served in the capacity of moderator for groups of business leaders within Saskatchewan.
Dale is married with three daughters and is an active member in his community. He has considerable Board experience including three years as a member of the Parkland Health Board. He is the Past President and current Director of the Western Hockey League’s Prince Albert Raiders.
Cal Corley, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Cal has been CSKA’s Chief Executive Officer since its inception in July 2015.
He is a former Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. During his career, he gained extensive experience in both operations and executive management, serving in such areas as national security, criminal intelligence, drug enforcement, human resources, and leading strategic reform initiatives. He also served at Canada’s Privy Council Office and at Public Safety Canada. From 2008 – 2014, he was head of the Canadian Police College. During this time he also served as the RCMP Senior Envoy to Mexico and the Americas.
*SOLD OUT*
The Canadian Police Association (CPA) and the Canadian Association of Police Governance (CAPG) invite you to a one-day Police Summit to talk about leadership training for police in Canada.
The Summit will take place in Vancouver, BC at the Delta Hotels Vancouver Downtown Suites on Tuesday, November 21, 2023:
Delta Vancouver Downtown Suites,
550 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 1L6
Mount Pleasant Meeting Room
Pre-reading and final agenda to be distributed by November 14th, 2023.
Registration fee of $250.00 per person will cover the cost of meals and meeting room rentals. 8:00am – 4:00pm PST (Time subject to change)
True leadership is an act of service.
We expect a lot from our police services. Police are recruited, trained and retained across the country. We want the best candidates. The people who will become leaders in the future. But what makes a great police leader? Aside from their personal attributes, skills, knowledge and experience, what other training are future leaders getting in Canada? The purpose of this one-day Policing Summit is to do a review of police leadership competencies and dive further into a deeper discussion on the training available across the country. This overview will allow the national police organizations to assess what is working well, what can be scaled down or up to meet the needs of every size of service and where there might be gaps in training. This is another area of policing where everyone seemingly operates in silos. The intention of this conversation with police associations, police governors and police leaders, is to work collaboratively and bring forward some shared perspectives.
Expected to be a deeper dive of the discussion we have at our October webinar “Power of Police Associations – Real or Perceived Threats to Police Leadership & Governance” This summit is sure to provide value to attendees at every level!
We know there is good training available for people looking to be promoted in police services but:
– Who evaluates leadership training?
– How is leadership training evaluated?
– What are the standard competencies needed in a recruit and in a leader?
– What are the competencies that police leaders believe they need to succeed?
– What are the competencies that governance bodies want in their leaders?
– What are the competencies that associations want in their leaders?
– What is the role of public accountability in training and ensuring tax payers money is
spent wisely?
– How do recommendations from inquiries and commissions around education and training of police impact future programs?*
If leadership is about taking care of those in your charge, then the health and wellbeing of every police organization depends on those who strive to be in leadership roles who in turn will recognize and cultivate the next generation of visionary leaders.
Presenters & Panelists:
Sandy Sweet, President, Canadian Police Knowledge Network (CPKN)
Tom Stamatakis, President, Canadian Police Association (CPA)
Andrew Minor, President, Canadian Association of Police Governance (CAPG)
Danny Smyth, President, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP)
Joshua Murphy, Researcher, Police Studies Centre, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Moderator:
Barb Mantello
*Excerpts from Morden, Ipperwash, Tulloch, MMIWG, Epstein, Public Order Emergency Commission, Independent Expert Panel to Thunder Bay
About the CAPG Governance Summit Series
CAPG Virtual Governance Summits are a distinct learning experience that blends our popular webinar series with the practical and interactive structure of our in-person Governance Summits. By providing attendees with solid, actionable skills and materials, we aim to offer a firm foundation on which boards and commissions can build an effective strategy for overseeing their police services.
Registration includes up to 10 attendees for a single price.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this or any of our other events, please contact us at communications@capg.ca
Shared Summit Fees
CAPG Member – $250.00 CAD + HST (per organization, up to 10 individuals)
CAPG Non-Member – $250.00 CAD + HST (per organization, up to 10 individuals)
Summit FAQs
How Pricing Works
Summit sessions are priced as a one-time fee per Board/Organization per session (to the maximum of 10 participants). Non-Board/Organization affiliated individuals are also invited to participate.
How long are the summits?
Our virtual summit sessions run for 2 hours unless otherwise indicated.
Joining a Zoom Session
A link that will allow registrants to join the summit will be distributed a day prior to the session. If you were registered by your Board/Organization Liaison, summit information will be sent to them to distribute to participants. Participants can join using any device, including mobile, tablets, PC, and Macs. Participants do not need to be in the same location to access the summit.
Is the summit fee per person or per board/commission/organization?
The summit fee is a one-time fee per board/commission/organization (to a maximum of 10 participants) not per individual. Participants must be current members of the organization and must be registered.
I already registered and paid for a session, can I invite others to attend?
In order to invite other participants, they must hold current positions on your board/commission or organization. Additionally, these participants must be registered in order to gain access to a session as summits have a limited number of seating. In order to add an individual to the registration, please contact us at: communications@capg.ca.
Does my board/commission/organization have to be in the same room to access the summit?
No. Summits can be accessed on any device from and location. However, we do ask that any intended participants register their name for the session so that there is a space reserved for them.
I have a question that has not been covered here, who do I contact for more information?
For more information, please contact communications@capg.ca
