by Brian | Aug 9, 2025 | Corporate Knights, Governance and Business
Sisters Natasha and Elysia Vandenhurk are cofounders of Three Farmers Foods, Saskatchewan-based manufacturer of roasted and seasoned pulse snacks Natasha Vandenhurk is having a good run. The Saskatoon-based entrepreneur heads Three Farmers Foods, a growth-stage,...
by Brian | Jan 15, 2025 | Governance and Business, Johnston Centre/Rotman
With the number of shareholder proposals related to environmental and social issues on the rise, boards and management have a greater need to understand the factors that influence how investors vote on those proposals. A new study by Leting Liu, Ph.D. student at the...
by Brian | Nov 15, 2020 | Governance and Business
We live in interesting times. The pace of change is accelerating. Markets are being disrupted. Customer preferences and needs are evolving rapidly. Businesses are striving to be agile in responding and adapting to this environment—and, of course, COVID-19 and its...
by Brian | Jan 15, 2020 | Governance and Business
Faced with a “hopelessly optimistic” management team, it’s the board’s job to track risk, bolster liquidity and avert disaster WHEN MOST INDIVIDUALS accept a directorship, they don’t join the board expecting that the business will hit hard times. But if an entire...
by Brian | Jul 15, 2017 | Governance and Business, Listed
Who Laura Quatela, chief legal officer of Lenovo Group Ltd. of China; director of Technicolor SA of France and co-founder of Quatela Lynch McCurdy, a Rochester, N.Y.-based IP asset and technology investment consultancy. Involvement In June, Quatela delivered the...
by Brian | Apr 1, 2015 | Governance and Business, Listed
Exploration companies have been dropping claiming stakes from helicopters for 30 years. But it’s never been ruled ok in Ontario, until now HEARING LAWYER RICHARD BUTLER describe it, one imagines only two things were missing in the airborne claim-staking blitz that KWG...
