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Why join CIRI? Because CIRI provides:

Professional Development Opportunities - At Reduced Member Rates

• Essentials of Investor Relations Seminar (2-day)
• Annual Conference (3-day)
• Webinars
• Executive Insight
• Chapter Events - Luncheons, Workshops, Breakfasts, Dinners

Publications - Some Free to Members

• A Guide to Developing an IR Program
• Compensation and Responsibilities Survey
• Standards and Guidance for Disclosure including a Model Disclosure Policy template
• Newsline, a bi-monthly member publication with columnists covering regulatory and accounting issues, capital markets and IR practices.
• IR Focus, published six times annually and distributed with Newsline, IR Focus aims to provide a comprehensive framework for effectively addressing a single key professional issue or challenge.

CIRI Website

• Volunteer Advisory Network - experienced IROs who have advice for you
• Full access to articles and materials published online - fully searchable
• Issues Bulletins - regular updates to members on regulatory issues that affect the practice of investor relations
• Member Directory
• Job Postings of available IR jobs

A Voice Representing Investor Relations

• From emailed Issues Bulletins to help you keep up-to-date with regulatory guidelines to committees drafting comment letters to regulators stating the IR point of view. CIRI is your voice.

CIRI is dedicated to advancing the stature and credibility of the investor relations profession and the competency of its members.

"To be an efficient Investor Relations Officer, one has to be credible, reliable and trustworthy. By providing timely and comprehensive information as well as in-depth analyses, CIRI helps IROs to fulfill their mandate."

Yvon Charest, President and CEO
Industrial-Alliance Insurance and Financial Services

"If there is one thing we have all learned over the past couple of years, it is the importance of high quality corporate reporting to the efficient operation of our capital markets. A sound investor relations program is a key element of achieving effective corporate disclosure."

David Brown, Q.C., Former Chair
Ontario Securities Commission