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Ken Fredeen General counsel and secretary to the board, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Toronto Ken Fredeen is involved in a number of community and diversity initiatives. He is responsible for Deloitte's corporate responsibility mandate, chairs the firm's diversity and inclusion council, and sponsors the Deloitte LGBT people's network. Under his leadership, Fredeen and his legal department were last year awarded the Canadian General Counsel Award for social responsibility. Fredeen was recently the chairman of the government's Panel on Labour Market Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, and he is an executive member and co-founder of Legal Leaders for Diversity, a group of more than 70 general counsel dedicated to supporting diversity. He was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal in 2012 for his community work. REGISTER TODAY! CLE What voters had to say: "Ken does an unbelievable amount of work for Legal Leaders for Diversity and is in many ways the engine of this group." Practical. Relevant. Accessible. SEPTEMBER * Starts October 23, 2013 *Osgoode/FCO Essentials for Ombuds September 16 - 20, 2013 *Drafting Clearer Contracts – Calgary October 24, 2013 Teleseminar Series: Key Issues in Privacy and Information Management September 16 - December 2, 2013 *Canadian Securities Law and Practice September, 19, 26 and October 3 & 10, 2013 †Evidence Law for the Civil Litigator October 29 - 30, 2013 *Anti-Corruption Compliance September 24 - 25, 2013 Leslie O'Donoghue * te in Procurement Law and Practice Starts October 28, 2013 NOVEMBER Emerging Mobile Payment Systems November 4 - 5, 2013 *Personal Injury Law and Practice September 27, 2013 Executive vice president, corporate development and strategy, and chief risk officer, Agrium Inc., Calgary *Drafting Clearer Contracts – Toronto November 6, 2013 OCTOBER *Small Claims Court Practice October 4, 2013 In her role at Agrium, Leslie O'Donoghue is responsible for handling several core areas of the agriculture giant's business. She recently helped Agrium emerge victorious from a 10-month proxy battle with the hedge fund Jana Partners, Agrium's largest shareholder. O'Donoghue helped prevent Jana from installing its own board members and breaking up the company. She established the Agrium Women's Leadership Group, an organization created to provide mentoring, networking, and developmental opportunities for women within the company, and she is a member of the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network's leadership council. What voters had to say: "What a terrific year Leslie has had . . . proxy battles are a TEST!" *Perfect Your PPSA Skills November 7, 2013 *Recent Developments in Child & Spousal Support October 7, 2013 Starts November 18, 2013 *10th Intensive Wills and Estates Workshop October 10, 17 & 24, 2013 *Partnerships, Limited Partnerships and Joint Ventures October 17, 2013 *Technology Crime and Electronic Evidence October 19, 2013 DECEMBER *Improv(ed) Legal Skills: Improvisation Workshop for Lawyers December 2, 2013 Administrative Agencies, Boards & Tribunals December 9 - 13, 2013 *Administrative Law and Practice October 23 - 24, 2013 To Register: www.osgoodepd.ca; Or Call: 416.597.9724 or 1.888.923.3394 Or Email: opd-registration@osgoode.yorku.ca Osgoode Professional Development, 1 Dundas Street West, Suite 2600, Toronto * Includes Professionalism; New Member CPD eligible † Professionalism hours pending Priority Service Code: 13-99OR ntitled-4 1 www.CANADIAN L a w ye r m a g . c o m august 2 0 113-07-16 12:40 PM 3 37

