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On Thursday, October 18, the National Centre for Business Law at the Faculty of Law University of British Columbia will hold its first Annual Meeting and Reception. Mr. Kevan Cowan, President, TSX Venture Exchange, will deliver the keynote speech on Free Trade in Securities. The meeting takes place from 5:00 to 6:30 pm at UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver.
Prior to assuming the role of President of the TSX Venture Exchange and as a Vice-President of the TSX Group, Mr. Cowan was the former Director of CDN and partner at Smith Lyons in Toronto, where he specialized in finance transactions under corporate and securities law. The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, former Justice, Supreme Court of Canada will chair the meeting, which will include a brief report on the Centre’s Activities by Dr. Janis Sarra, Director, National Centre for Business Law
TSX Group operates Canada's two national stock exchanges, Toronto Stock Exchange serving the senior equity market and TSX Venture Exchange serving the public venture equity market, Natural Gas Exchange (NGX), a leading North American exchange for the trading and clearing of natural gas and electricity contracts and Shorcan Brokers Limited, the country's first fixed income inter-dealer broker. TSX Group also owns The Equicom Group Inc., a leading provider of investor relations and related corporate communication services in Canada. TSX Group is headquartered in Toronto and maintains offices in Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver.
The National Centre for Business Law was founded in September 2006 to focus on cutting-edge, comparative, interdisciplinary and empirical research in business law. Its mission is to develop a world-class national centre for business law scholarship and teaching, and create a place where challenging ideas are engaged in an honest and open forum to advance the development of business law policy, appropriate for a leading market economy.
