We bring our real-time challenges to a table of our peers to overcome our day-to-day challenges by sharing solutions. Tap into the expertise of your peers and learn from their mistakes so you don’t have to make them. There is no agenda, just a live, casual, Q&A-style virtual meetup where you can leverage the collective wisdom of your peers.

We bring our real-time challenges to a table of our peers to overcome our day-to-day challenges by sharing solutions. Tap into the expertise of your peers and learn from their mistakes so you don’t have to make them. There is no agenda, just a live, casual, Q&A-style virtual meetup where you can leverage the collective wisdom of your peers.

Join us for the second part of a 2-part workshop with Melissa Griffiths who will explore proven, scientific tools and techniques that leaders can implement to manage stress and burnout, and receive psychological benefits such as enhanced well-being, greater life satisfaction, and reduced feelings of anxiety and depression.

Back by popular demand, we are offering another Time Management workshop just in time for our March Mental Health month! Join Paula Pepin, our certified professional coach for an hour coaching session on time management. After doing a self-assessment on your time management skills, you'll learn how to avoid common time-wasting habits and distractions and how to better manage your workload and be accountable to your goals.

Do you have questions on how to practically implement the new measures of Canada's Forced and Child Labour Act as part of your supply chain process? Join us for a facilitated Q&A session with Stephen Pike, partner at Gowling WLG to get to the nitty gritty answers of implementing the Forced Labour Act.

Join us for a 2-part workshop with Melissa Griffiths who will explore proven, scientific tools and techniques that leaders can implement to manage stress and burnout, and receive psychological benefits such as enhanced well-being, greater life satisfaction, and reduced feelings of anxiety and depression.

We bring our real-time challenges to a table of our peers to overcome our day-to-day challenges by sharing solutions. Tap into the expertise of your peers and learn from their mistakes so you don’t have to make them. There is no agenda, just a live, casual, Q&A-style virtual meetup where you can leverage the collective wisdom of your peers.

Join us for a 90-minute course with Cecilia Ziniti, an experienced GC and AI expert who developed the most popular legal GPT in OpenAI's GPT Store. You'll walk away with immediately useful learnings on actual AI promptings and how GPT works. Then we'll get our hands dirty with the tool implementing the practical tips and tricks we've learned.

Our Vancouver GCs are gathering once again for cocktails and dinner for our quarterly members dinner on February 8th at Carlinos, an Italian-inspired farm-to-table experience that sources the freshest seasonal ingredients from local farmers, fishmongers, foragers and ranchers in BC.

Embark on a purpose-driven, inspiring evening with your fellow GC peers as we collaborate with Soup Sisters to experience a hands-on cooking class at one of Toronto's finest culinary venues, while also contributing to a cause close to our hearts by making delicious, heart-warming soup to benefit shelters in the Toronto area.

There is lots of buzz about A.I., but let's cut through the noise and have a conversation on how A.I. can be a practical tool to help with your day-to-day tasks. Paula Pepin will facilitate a workshop with Gary Kalaci, CEO of Alexa Translations on how legal departments can effectively use A.I. without fear. We will discuss low-risk and high-reward opportunities to implement A.I., including how to ensure your team can properly adopt and adapt. This workshop will also help you get a pulse on what your peers are doing in their departments.

We bring our real-time challenges to a table of our peers to overcome our day-to-day challenges by sharing solutions. Tap into the expertise of your peers and learn from their mistakes so you don’t have to make them. There is no agenda, just a live, casual, Q&A-style virtual meetup where you can leverage the collective wisdom of your peers.

Join us on January 11th where you can learn from a sought-after Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) expert Lucy Bassli, lawyer and industry-recognized CLM guru, who will walk you through the most common CLM challenges and offer practical tips to help get you started on a new path.

In today's fast-paced business landscape, embracing technology is essential for legal departments to thrive and succeed. Join us for a discussion with Ashlyn Donohue, Director of Legal at LinkSquares as we delve into the critical topic of building a robust business case for legal tech.

At our monthly roundtables, the topics brought to the table for discussion are often crucial to success as the head of the legal department : budgeting and strategic planning for legal departments, succession planning for General Counsel, efficient time management, the intricacies of legal tech (including lessons learned from several implementation failures), and the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence in your day-to-day operations.

Overwhelmed with the idea of writing the strategic plan for your Legal Team ? This 3-part workshop series will be led by Jenn Smyth-Whelly, Strategy and Operations expert who has helped numerous Legal Departments build their own strategic plan. At the end of this series, you will be in a position to kick-off your department’s strategic planning and better articulate your department’s value proposition.

We bring our real-time challenges to a table of our peers to overcome our day-to-day challenges by sharing solutions. Tap into the expertise of your peers and learn from their mistakes so you don’t have to make them. There is no agenda, just a live, casual, Q&A-style virtual meetup where you can leverage the collective wisdom of your peers.

Managing the people-side of change can be an uphill battle. Most people are naturally change-averse, fearful of transformation, and reactive when pushed outside their comfort zone. Jenn Smyth-Whelly, one of our founders and change management expert, will lead this hands-on virtual workshop that will take you through the basics of managing people through transformative change, with applications for your real-life change experiences.

One of our firmly held beliefs is that GCs have a need to connect with other GCs. The GC Collective is all about facilitating connection and conversation amongst small circles of humans with diverse perspectives to share. We promise you will walk away feeling like you’ve made a friend or two.

We are excited to announce The GC Collective's inaugural private dinner for members on September 14th in Toronto. There’s no better way to be validated on our journeys than clinking a glass together with new friends who, on some level, get you.

This is not your average presentation. This will be time YOU spend addressing YOUR workload, priorities, distractions and time-wasting habits with a group of GCs who want to master time management too. We promise you will walk away with clarity, and implementable strategies to SAVE TIME.

We bring our real-time challenges to a table of our peers to overcome our day-to-day challenges by sharing solutions. Tap into the expertise of your peers and learn from their mistakes so you don’t have to make them. There is no agenda, just a live, casual, Q&A-style virtual meetup where you can leverage the collective wisdom of your peers.

Our monthly roundtables are right around the corner starting on August 11th! These virtual meet-ups are a place where you can bring your latest challenge to your GC peers (who are in a similar sized legal team) to discuss best practices and share war stories.

We bring our real-time challenges to a table of our peers to overcome our day-to-day challenges by sharing solutions. Tap into the expertise of your peers and learn from their mistakes so you don’t have to make them. There is no agenda, just a live, casual, Q&A-style virtual meetup where you can leverage the collective wisdom of your peers.