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SUMMARY:2026 Spring Conference & Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:PGO Conference Chair Lisa Darling invites all members and partners to the 2026 Spring Conference & AGM. Police Governance Ontario’s 2026 Spring Conference and AGM is being held in person! \nOPP Detachment Boards:\nJune 1 – 2\, 2026 \nMunicipal & First Nations Boards:\nJune 1 – 3\, 2026 \nThe Brock Niagara Falls – Fallsview\nNiagara Falls\, Ontario Canada \n\nEarly Bird Member: $899\nEarly Bird Non-Member: $999\nCompanion Meal Package: $225\nOne Day Pass: $550 \nEarly Bird pricing ended April 10\, 2026 at 11:59 PM. \nMember: $999\nNon-Member: $1099\nCompanion Meal Package: $250 \n\nCANCELLATION & SUBSTITUTION POLICY\nCancellations must be received in writing. Cancellations received by March 31\, 2026 will be eligible for a full refund\, less a $25 administrative fee. \nCancellations received between April 1 and May 1\, 2026 will be entitled to a 50% refund. \nNo refunds will be granted after May 1\, 2026. \nIn all cases noted above\, delegate substitution is permitted with written notice to PGO. \n\nPROGRAM\nMonday\, June 1:\n\n\n\nTime\nProgram\n\n\n7:30 AM – 9:00 AM\nHot Buffet Breakfast\nSponsored by York Regional Police Service Board\n\n\n8:15 AM – 8:45 AM\nOPP Detachment Boards\nWelcome Remarks\nDeputy Commissioner Chris Harkins\, Ontario Provincial Police\nLisa Darling\, Executive Director\, PGO\n\n\n9:00 AM – 10:15 AM\nOPP Detachment Boards\nBreakout Session 1A:\nOPP Boards – Getting Organized for Governance\nLisa Darling\, Executive Director\, PGO\n\n\n9:00 AM – 10:15 AM\nOPP Detachment Boards\nBreakout Session 1B:\nOPP Boards – Rules\, Transparency\, & Accountability\nAnitra Basant Sisavang\, Trainer\, PGO\n\n\n9:00 AM – 10:15 AM\nOPP Detachment Boards\nBreakout Session 1C:\nOPP Boards – Understanding Your Role in Community Safety\nNatalie Champagne\, Trainer\, PGO\n\n\n\n10:15 AM – 10:30 AM\nNetworking Break\n\n\n10:30 AM – 11:45 AM\nOPP Detachment Boards\nBreakout Session 2A:\nOPP Boards – Getting Organized for Governance\nLisa Darling\, Executive Director\, PGO\n\n\n10:30 AM – 11:45 AM\nOPP Detachment Boards\nBreakout Session 2B:\nOPP Boards – Rules\, Transparency\, & Accountability\nAnitra Basant Sisavang\, Trainer\, PGO\n\n\n10:30 AM – 11:45 AM\nOPP Detachment Boards\nBreakout Session 2C:\nOPP Boards – Understanding Your Role in Community Safety\nNatalie Champagne\, Trainer\, PGO\n\n\n\n12:00 PM – 1:00 PM\nLunch\nSponsored by Toronto Police Service Board\n\n\n1:00 PM – 2:15 PM\nAll Boards\nPGO Annual General Meeting: Professionalizing Police Governance\nElections\nRestricted to Member Boards & Their Staff\n\n\n\n2:15 PM – 2:45 PM\nNetworking Break\n\n\n2:45 PM – 4:30 PM\nAll Boards\nPGO Strategic Update: Building Governance Architecture\nLisa Darling\, Executive Director\, PGO\nJeanine Lassaline-Berglund\, Director of Communications & Engagement\, PGO\nLinda Skoyles\, Director of Curriculum & Training\, PGO\n\n\n4:45 PM\nBy Invite only\nPGO Board of Directors’ Meeting\nElection of Officers\n\n\n6:00 PM\nPGO Welcome Reception & Conference Dinner\nFeaturing Rose City Dueling Pianos!\nPresented by Niagara Police Service Board\n\n\n\nTuesday\, June 2:\n\n\n\nTime\nProgram\n\n\n7:00 AM – 9:00 AM\nHot Buffet Breakfast\nSponsored by York Regional Police Service Board\n\n\n8:15 AM – 9:00 AM\nAll Boards\nOpening Ceremonies & Remarks\nNiagara Police Service Chief’s Colour Guard & Piper\n\n\n\n9:00 AM – 10:15 AM\nAll Boards\nFrom Compliance to Governance: Why the Shift is Challenging in Practice (Panel)\nModerator: Lisa Darling\, Executive Director\, PGO\nPanelists:\n– Melanie Fix\, Partner\, Advisory Services\, MNP\n– Cal Corley\, CEO\, Community Safety Knowledge Alliance\n– Stephanie Johannsen\, Chief Governance Officer\, London Police Service Board\nSponsored by London Police Service Board\n\n\n10:15 AM – 10:35 AM\nNetworking Break\nSponsored by Owen Sound Police Service Board\n\n\n10:35 AM – 10:50 AM\nAll Boards\nGoverning the AI Era: What Police Service Boards Need to Know\nStefan Schurman\, Director of Sales\, Axon Public Safety Canada\n\n\n10:50 AM – 12:00 PM\nAll Boards\nGovernance Under Pressure: Lessons from Peel (Panel)\nModerator: Robert Serpe\, Executive Director\, Peel Police Service Board\nPanelists:\n– Al Boughton\, Chair Finance Committee\, Peel Police Service Board\n– Mark Dapat\, Deputy Chief\, Community Safety & Well Being\, Peel Regional Police Service\n– Dyson Smith\, Superintendent\, Peel Regional Police Service\nSponsored by Peel Police Service Board\n\n\n12:00 PM – 1:00 PM\nLunch\n\n\n1:00 PM – 2:00 PM\nMunicipal Boards\nBreakout Session 3A:\nBudgeting for Governance – Strengthening Board Oversight & Decision-Making\nCaitlin Brown\, Partner\, MNP Community Safety & Well-Being Practice\n\n\n1:00 PM – 2:00 PM\nOPP Detachment Boards\nBreakout Session 3B:\nUnderstanding the OPP – Structure\, Roles\, & the Board’s Place in the System\nLisa Darling\, Executive Director\, PGO\n\n\n1:00 PM – 2:00 PM\nFirst Nations Boards\nBreakout Session 3C:\nFirst Nations Police Governance – Understanding the CSPA\, Options\, & Practical Implications\nJeff Cooper\, Inspectorate of Policing\nDylan Kekanovich\, Police Services Advisor\, Indigenous Policing Unit\, Ministry of the Solicitor General\nDeputy Grand Chief Mike Metatawabin\, Nishnawbe Aski Nation\nFrank McKay\, Nishnawbe Aski Police Service Board\n\n\n2:00 PM – 2:30 PM\nNetworking Break\nSponsored by Waterloo Regional Police Service Board\n\n\n2:30 PM – 3:45 PM\nOPP Detachment Boards\nBreakout Session 4A:\nUsing Data to Inform Community Safety & Governance Decisions\nDubi Kanengisser\, Inspectorate of Policing\n\n\n2:30 PM – 3:45 PM\nOPP Detachment Boards\nBreakout Session 4B:\nOPP Detachment Commander Performance Evaluation – Governance in Practice\nLisa Darling\, Executive Director\, PGO\nLinda Skoyles\, Director of Curriculum & Training\, PGO\n\n\n\n2:30 PM – 3:45 PM\nFirst Nations Boards\nBreakout Session 4C:\nFirst Nations Police Governance – Defining Roles\, Responsibilities\, & Relationships\nAnitra Basant Sisavang\, Trainer\, PGO\nNatalie Champagne\, Trainer\, PGO\n\n\n3:00 PM – 4:45 PM\nMunicipal Boards\nMunicipal Boards Joint Sessions with OACP\nOACP-Run Sessions at the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel\n\n\n3:45 PM – 4:00 PM\nNetworking Break\n\n\n4:00 PM – 5:00 PM\nOPP Detachment Boards\nBreakout Session 5A:\nUsing Data to Inform Community Safety & Governance Decisions (repeat)\nDubi Kanengisser\, Inspectorate of Policing\n\n\n4:00 PM – 5:00 PM\nOPP Detachment Boards\nBreakout Session 5B:\nOPP Detachment Commander Performance Evaluation – Governance in Practice\nLisa Darling\, Executive Director\, PGO\nLinda Skoyles\, Director of Curriculum & Training\, PGO\n\n\n\n4:00 PM – 5:00 PM\nFirst Nations Boards\nBreakout Session 5C:\nFirst Nations Police Governance – Building Effective Relationships with Police Leadership\nKai Liu\, Executive Director\, Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario (IPCO)\nJeanine Lassaline-Berglund\, Director of Communications & Engagement\, PGO\n\n\n5:00 PM – 6:30 PM\nFree Time\n\n\n6:30 PM – 9:30 PM\nPGO Networking Reception\nPresented by AXON\n\n\n\nWednesday\, June 3:\n\n\n\nTime\nProgram\n\n\n7:00 AM – 8:30 AM\nHot Buffet Breakfast\nSponsored by Ottawa Police Service Board\n\n\n8:30 AM – 9:30 AM\nMunicipal Boards\nOpening Remarks\nLabour Relations & Bargaining: Emerging Pressures & PGO’s Path Forward\nLisa Darling\, Executive Director\, PGO\nJessica Barrow\, Partner\, Perley-Robertson\, Hill & McDougall\nLarry Vieira\, General Counsel-Office of the Chief\, DRPS\nSponsored by Medallion Group Insurance\, by McFarlan Rowlands\n\n\n9:30 AM – 10:30 AM\nMunicipal & First Nations Boards\nStrategic Planning as a Governance Tool:\nSetting Direction & Measuring Progress\nNeil Dubord\, Leadership Expert\, Former Chief of Police\, Author\nSponsored by Consilium Public Sector Services\n\n\n10:30 AM – 11:00 AM\nNetworking Break\n\n\n11:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nMunicipal & First Nations Boards\nGovernance in a Reactive World: Applying the Principles That Matter\nLisa Darling\, Executive Director\, PGO\nJeanine Lassaline-Berglund\, Director of Communications and Engagement\, PGO\nSponsored by Infinit Drones\n\n\n12:00 PM\nClosing Remarks\n\n\n\n\nALTERNATE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS\n\nCourtyard by Marriott Niagara Falls (3 minute drive)\n5950 Victoria Ave\, Niagara Falls\, ON L2G 3L7\n(905) 358-3083 \nCLICK HERE TO BOOK \n\n\nDoubletree Fallsview Resort & Spa (4 minute drive)\n6039 Fallsview Blvd\, Niagara Falls\, ON L2G 3V6\n(289) 932-1990 \nCLICK HERE TO BOOK \n\n\nHilton Niagara Falls/Fallsview Hotel & Suites (5 minute drive)\n6361 Fallsview Blvd\, Niagara Falls\, ON L2G 3V9\n(905) 354-7887 \nCLICK HERE TO BOOK \n\n\nSPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES\nThere are sponsorship opportunities available for the 2026 PGO Spring Conference! Please contact Holly Doty at holly@policegovernanceontario.ca or 1-800-831-7727. \n\nMEMBER SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES\n \nCORPORATE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES \n\n\nTHANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
URL:https://policegovernanceontario.ca/event/2026-spring-conference-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:The Brock Niagara Falls – Fallsview\, 5685 Falls Ave\, Niagara Falls\, Ontario\, L2E 6W7\, Canada
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