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AIC Ontario Webinars 2024-2025

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Tuesday April 1st, 2025| Navigating Ontario’s Financial Services Regulatory Landscape

Title: Navigating Ontario’s Financial Services Regulatory Landscape

Details:

FSRA plays an indirect but essential role in real estate appraisal by shaping the regulatory environment in which financial institutions, mortgage brokers, and insurers operate.

Staying informed on FSRA regulations helps appraisers navigate industry changes and maintain compliance with evolving financial standards.

 

Date: Tuesday April 1st, 2025

Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM EDT

Cost: Free

Credit(s): This webinar is anticipated to earn 1 CPD Credit

Speaker: Antoinette Leung, Head, Financial Institutions and Mortgage Brokerage Conduct (FSRA)

Speaker Bio: Antoinette is the Head of the Financial Institutions and Mortgage Brokering Conduct team. Her team is responsible for conduct supervision of the credit unions, mortgage brokerages and mortgage administrators, and related policy making. Antoinette also chairs the Mortgage Broker Regulators’ Council of Canada. MBRCC is a forum for Canadian regulators to cooperate and share information to identify trends and address common issues. Prior to joining FSRA, Antoinette was a member of the senior management team at the Ontario Securities Commission. She had extensive experience in compliance, risk and policy making with respect to mutual fund dealers, investment dealers, clearing agencies, trade repositories, self-regulatory organizations and investor protection funds. She had chaired and represented the OSC on various international and domestic regulatory committees driving harmonization in policy and application. She completed a secondment at Payments Canada in 2017-2018 as Director of Financial Market Risk, where she was responsible for leading the development of the risk and settlement models for Canada’s wholesale, retail batch and real time payment systems in collaboration with the financial sector and the Bank of Canada. Antoinette is also a CPA, CA and a CFA charterholder.


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Expand Your Practice: Machinery and Equipment Valuation

Title: Expand Your Practice: Machinery and Equipment Valuation

Details:

In today’s dynamic economic environment, professional appraisers have unprecedented opportunities to diversify their income streams. This webinar is designed to equip appraisers with innovative strategies and practical tools to expand their revenue potential beyond traditional appraisal services. Machinery & Equipment (M&E) Valuation is a specialized niche within the appraisal profession that offers great income potential. As industries evolve and businesses seek precise asset valuations for various purposes, the demand for skilled M&E appraisers is growing.

Our speaker, Arlene Blake, CRA, P. App, will focus on how changing your mindset can upgrade your business into new territories and offer you other income streams.

Date: Wednesday August 21, 2024

Time: 11:00AM- 12:00PM EDT

Cost: Free

Credit(s): This webinar is anticipated to earn 1 CPD Credit

Speaker: Arlene Blake P.App, CRA

Speaker Bio: Arlene is a CRA Designated Appraiser with the Appraisal Institute of Canada since 1997 with over 25 years of property valuation experience in the private sector. Arlene is a Professional Competency Interviewer for the AIC and is qualified to complete Insurance Replacement Reports; Machinery & Equipment Valuations; Property Condition Reports; Commercial, Agricultural & Residential Appraisals.


Expand Your Practice: Trust and Estate Planning

Title: Expand Your Practice: Trust and Estate Planning

Details:

AIC-ON, together with STEP Canada, presents a new webinar in the Expand Your Practice Series focused on Trust and Estate Planning.

Our appraisers provide an objective and impartial assessment of property value, which is crucial for a variety of estate and financial planning needs. STEP Canada represents nearly 3500 trust and estate professionals countrywide who are dedicated to helping families and individuals plan for their best possible futures.

Join us for this engaging and informative webinar session!

Date: Wednesday December 11th, 2024

Time: 11:00AM- 12:00PM EDT

 

Speaker:

Rachel L. Blumenfeld, Partner, Aird Berlis & Chair of STEP·Aird Berlis & STEP

Speaker Bio:

Rachel advises clients on estates, tax and succession planning matters. By asking the right questions and listening carefully, Rachel gets the information she needs to structure her clients’ affairs effectively. She is an active speaker and participant at conferences and professional development events, ensuring she remains a leader on rapidly changing legal tax rules and regulations.

 

Community Benefit Charges: A discussion on new growth funding tools

Title: Community Benefit Charges: A discussion on new growth funding tools

Details:

The Association of Ontario Land Economists (AOLE) and the Appraisal Institute of Canada – Ontario (AIC – ON) welcome you to a free webinar panel discussion on Community Benefit Charges (CBCs) a new financing tool under the Planning Act. A one-time fee paid upon building permit, is based on a rate of 4% of land value, intended to fund growth related public services not covered by development charges or parkland dedication.  The panel will discuss the various methods for establishing land value, how the applicable services will be defined, and how this will impact future development in the region.

Date: Tuesday December 17th, 2024

Time: 12:00PM- 1:00PM EDT

Cost: Free

Credit(s): This webinar is anticipated to earn 1 CPD Credit

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A Better Understanding of U.S. imposed Tariffs

Title:A Better Understanding of U.S. imposed Tariffs

Details:

Adam Jacobs, Head of Research at Colliers Canada will delve into some crucial topics regarding the new US tariffs and their potential effects on Ontario. Given the complexity of tariffs, it will be interesting to hear how they impact trade flows, supply chain discruptions, consumer prices, economic growth and employment.

Date: Wednesday March 5th, 2025

Time: 12:00PM- 1:00PM EDT

Cost: Free

Credit(s): This webinar is anticipated to earn 1 CPD Credit

Speaker(s):

Adam Jacobs, Head of Research Colliers Canada

Speaker Bio(s):

Adam is Colliers Canada’s head of research, and leads a cross-country team of 20 mapping, analytics and research professionals. He formerly was the head of Canada research at Cushman Wakefield and Director of Analytics at Oxford Properties. Adam has been featured in mainstream publications such as the Toronto Star, industry publications and podcasts. He Specializes in the big picture and the fundamentals driving real estate – demographics, the macro environment and the global economy.

 

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