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Women General Counsel Canada members are a formidable, inspiring, inclusive, and lively group of women in general counsel and executive leadership positions from across Canada. Through engagement with topics such as leadership development, board-readiness, effective mentoring, and living a healthy and fulfilling life, WGCC members are able to support and encourage the current and future women in-house leaders.

Each year, WGCC hosts a series of events across Canada, including networking sessions, social activities, panel discussions, and professional development workshops. WGCC members also have access to a confidential, members-only, discussion forum to share questions and concerns with other members.

Please see the different categories of membership below. If you are unsure which membership is most applicable to you, please email us at info@womengc.ca.

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WGCC Regular Membership $360.00 (CAD), prorated to $60.00 (CAD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st Automatic renewal (recurring payments) WGCC Regular Membership is open to women executive legal leaders who have legal executive responsibilities such as accountability for strategic legal advice, governance, and board engagement or who have oversight for the legal function (which may also include management of the legal budget for their organization) and meet the following criteria:
1. Are called to the bar (entitled to practice) in at least one province or territory in Canada; and
2. Are actively practicing law and/or managing a legal team in an organization (private or public sector); and
3. Work in the General Counsel role, Chief Legal Officer, or equivalent role as the most senior woman legal executive (division/subsidiary/affiliate) in Canada*.
Each WGCC Regular Member is entitled to receive notice of, attend, be heard, and have one vote on each action item for discussion at all regular meetings of WGCC. WGCC Regular Members are eligible to hold positions on the WGCC Executive Board and eligible (and encouraged) to join WGCC Committees. WGCC Regular Membership fees are annual. Members are required to inform WGCC Membership if a change in status occurs during the year which may impact the eligibility of the Member for Regular Membership.
Annual Fee: $360.00 (CAD) plus tax. Membership: January 1 to December 31, no partial payments or refunds are available during the membership year unless the application is not approved, in which case a refund will be provided. Annual membership is automatically renewed each January. Annual Fees are subject to change upon notice to Members.
*At the sole discretion of the WGCC Membership Committee, Regular Membership may be extended by exception to a woman executive legal leader who is not the ‘most senior woman’ in the organization. This exception is in recognition that some large organizations have several divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, and departments that although report up to one Senior Legal Executive (who may be the General Counsel), if considered independently, these applicants would qualify for membership.

WGCC Fellow Membership - $360.00 (CAD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st No automatically recurring payments WGCC Fellow Membership is open to women business executive leaders who have taken a role as a business executive and are no longer actively working in the legal field provided that, in their previous role, they would have qualified for WGCC Regular Membership. WGCC Regular Members may apply for WGCC Fellow Membership by requesting a “Change in Status” to the Membership Committee Chair. Individuals who are new to WGCC and wish to join as a WGCC Fellow must apply to the Membership Committee. Admission to WGCC as an WGCC Fellow is on recommendation from the Membership Committee and approval of the Executive Committee of the WGCC Board. Each WGCC Fellow Member is entitled to receive notice of, attend, and be heard regarding each action item for discussion at all regular meetings of WGCC. Although there is no dedicated WGCC Executive Board position for an WGCC Fellow (at this time), WGCC Fellow Members are eligible (and encouraged) to join WGCC Committees.
Annual Fee: $360.00 (CAD) plus tax. Membership: January 1 to December 31, no partial payments or refunds are available during the membership year unless the application is not approved, in which case a refund will be provided. Annual membership is automatically renewed each January. Annual Fees are subject to change upon notice to Members.

WGCC Emeritus Membership - Free Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st No automatically recurring payments WGCC Emeritus Membership is open to former women executive legal leaders who, although no longer actively working (i.e. Retired) held a previous role for at least ten years during which they would have qualified for WGCC Regular Membership. Emeritus Members are required to inform WGCC Membership if a change in status occurs during the year which may impact the eligibility of the Member for Emeritus Membership. Members who were once WGCC Regular members may apply for WGCC Emeritus Membership by requesting a “Change in Status” to the Membership Committee Chair. Individuals who are new to WGCC and wish to join as a WGCC Emeritus Member must apply to the Membership Committee. Admission to WGCC as an WGCC Emeritus Member is on recommendation from the Membership Committee and approval by the WGCC Executive Committee. Each WGCC Emeritus Member is entitled to receive notice of, attend, and be heard regarding each action item for discussion at all regular meetings of WGCC. There is one (1) WGCC Executive Board position for an Emeritus Member. WGCC Emeritus Members are eligible (and encouraged) to join WGCC Committees.
Annual Fee is Currently Waived for Emeritus Members. Membership: January 1 to December 31, no partial payments or refunds are available during the membership year unless the application is not approved, in which case a refund will be provided. Annual membership is automatically renewed each January. Annual Fees are subject to change upon notice to Members.

WGCC Senior Legal Leaders (SLL) $360.00 (CAD), prorated to $60.00 (CAD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: January 1st Automatic renewal (recurring payments) In addition to being offered to all WGCC members in good standing, eligibility to GCU shall be expanded to include all senior in-house leaders who report to their General Counsel or another senior legal executive and provide a related letter of support from their GC or senior legal executive for their enrolment ("Senior Legal Leaders Category").

All GCU participants in the Senior Legal Leaders ("SLL") Category are required to pay the WGCC annual fees for the Membership Year applicable to the start date for their Cohort. This SLL Category shall constitute a limited WGCC membership for GCU participants which shall permit them to only attend the WGCC Annual General Meeting (non-voting only) and WGCC National Flagship Conferences. Please note that this limited membership does not entitle them to:

(a) receive notice of, attend, nor vote at regular meetings of WGCC;

(b) hold positions on the WGCC Board of Directors or related Committees; nor

(c) attend any WGCC-organized event, including Coffee Connections and Networking Circles, other than as listed above.

GCU Graduates who do not meet the other WGCC membership categories shall be eligible to join this limited membership SLL Category.

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