Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) - Rotman Directors Education Program (DEP)

Optimize your governance mission and fully exercise your leadership potential as a board director. 

• DEP Alumni benefit from becoming part of a national network of 7,300 program graduates and more than 16,500 ICD members across Canada. 
• A dynamic learning environment rich with peer-to-peer insights, director dilemmas, board and committee simulations and case studies. 
• Benefit from the collective knowledge and experience of an unparalleled faculty - national and local academics, seasoned directors and leading governance experts. 
• Expanded networking opportunities with an unparalleled group of professional peers, locally and nationally. 
• Flexible scheduling to meet your unique needs - modules may be taken in any of the eleven cities where the DEP is offered. 
• The first step towards the ICD.D designation upon completion of a written examination and a board meeting simulation chaired and vice-chaired by some of Canada's most senior directors. 
• Non-members of the ICD receive a one-year membership upon application. 
• The ICD is a founding member of the Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI), opening the door to the global director community.

The DEP is not an entry-level director education course. It has been developed for experienced directors who wish to hone their skills and be more effective. 

The course itself is focused primarily on for-profit governance with an emphasis on the governance of publicly-traded corporations. As such, the course is most appropriate for directors with for-profit governance experience or those directors and professionals with near-term opportunity to serve on for-profit boards.

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