 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|||||
|
||||||
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
 |
Frequently Asked Questions Who should register for the Chartered Director
(C.Dir.) program?
Directors serving on a corporate board and candidates who intend to serve on corporate boards who are interested in, and committed to, mastering the structure and dynamics of corporate governance.
It is strongly recommended that participants have board experience. For participants who do not have board experience, business experience at a senior level is essential. Participants who do not have board experience or experiences at senior levels of business are examined on a case-by-case basis to ensure they are suitable candidates for the C.Dir. designation or participation in the second track option.
The registration fee of $4000 per module includes all sessions over the 2 1/4 day period, copies of prepared handouts and available texts, and all meals and accommodation during the session. It does not include travel to and from the module location. There are five modules required to complete the Chartered Director program, so participants who are pursuing the C.Dir. designation will pay a total of $20,000 in registration fees.
All fees must be paid in advance of the module date. Registration fees can be paid by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or enRoute/Diners card) via our online registration system. Please note that if you register for all five modules at once, your credit card will not be charged for all sessions simultaneously. Unless otherwise requested, the credit card provided will be charged approximately 4-6 weeks prior to the start date of each module. Participants may also pay by cheque; cheques should be made payable to
"The Directors College" and mailed to: The Conference Board
of Canada, 255 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M7. If you are paying by cheques,
please ensure your cheque is mailed two weeks in advance of the session
date to ensure the payment is processed before the start of your session.
Cancellations received up to two weeks prior to the starting date of a module may transfer their registration to the next available module for an administration fee of $300.00 or are subject to a full cancellation fee of 50% of the module fee. Cancellations received less than 2 weeks prior to the starting date of the module are subject to a full forfeit of the module fee. The Directors College has sessions available in Ontario and British Columbia. The majority of sessions in Ontario are held at White Oaks in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The location of the B.C. sessions has not yet been determined, but they will be in the Lower Mainland area of BC. Participants should also note that they are welcome to attend part of their program in Ontario and part of their program in B.C., if they are unable to schedule all five modules in one province.
Participants are responsible for arranging their own travel to and from the session. The Directors College does not endorse or recommend any particular travel company or means of transportation. However, we get a number of requests from participants looking to book taxis or sedans, so some options available for travel to the Niagara Region include: Award Limousine (sedan service): 905-525-8679; Niagara Airbus (sedan & shuttle service): http://www.niagaraairbus.com/ or 1-800-268-8111; and 5-0 Taxi (taxi service with flat rates for airport travel): (905) 685-5463. The Directors College can not guarantee the quality of any of the services listed as we are not affiliated with any of these companies.
All sessions are run from Thursday to Saturday. Modules 1, 2, 4, and 5 begin between 4 and 5pm on Thursday; Module 3 begins at 1pm on Thursday. All sessions officially end between 4 and 6pm on Saturday. However, all participants are welcome to stay for the final dinner on Saturday night; accommodations are provided from Thursday afternoon to Sunday morning and meals include Thursday dinner and all Friday and Saturday meals.
For those participants who intend to pursue the C.Dir. designation attendance at all sessions of all modules is mandatory. If you have a special situation that you feel may warrant an exception to this policy, please advise The Directors College management team at info@thedirectorscollege.com that you would like to make an official request for an exemption to this policy. All such requests will be examined on a case-by-case basis and you will receive notification of the outcome of your request. In most cases, exemptions to this policy will not be granted, as attendance at all portions of the program is essential.
At this time there are no plans to expand the program outside of Ontario and British Columbia and attendance through video or teleconference is not permitted. A number of individuals do travel from other provinces to attend the five module C.Dir. program. These out of province participants are permitted to write the final exam in a major city within their home province, subject to the availability of suitable exam space and proctors.
Chartered Director delegates can complete the program as quickly as our program calendar permits (normally 3 to 8 months, depending on the selected start date). Module 1 is strongly recommended as the first course of the program and Module 5 must be taken as the fifth and final course of the program; Modules 2, 3, and 4 may be taken in any order. Chartered Director candidates who began the program prior to January 2005 must complete all five modules within a 24 month period to be eligible for the C.Dir. designation. Candidates who attended their first session after January 2005 must complete all five modules within an 18 month period to be eligible for the C.Dir. designation. If you have a special situation that you feel may warrant an exception to this policy, please email The Directors College management team at info@thedirectorscollege.com to make an official request for an exemption to this policy. All such requests will be examined on a case-by-case basis and you will receive notification of the outcome of your request. In most cases, exemptions to this policy will not be granted, as timely completion of the program is essential to the learning process.
The final exam is scheduled approximately two months after each offering of Module 5. At Module 5, delegates are provided with a list of ten consecutive business days available for the exam and they must provide three date selections within the pre-selected two-week window. Although every effort is made to accommodate the first choice of each delegate, room and proctor availability may require scheduling the exam on their second or third choice of dates. Exams can be scheduled in major cities across Canada including Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Saint John, St. John's, or Halifax. |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
