TEACHING

GRADUATE / PROFESSIONAL

Member, Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University.

Member, PhD Examining Committee, “Strengthening the Stakeholder Principle: The Path of Corporate Law,” by P.M. Vasudev, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 28 January 2011.

Member, PhD Examining Committee, “Law, Development and Corporate Law Reform in China: Revealing the Embedded Social Values of the Corporation,” by Gil Lan, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 11 February 2011.

Dean’s Representative, LLM Defence, Victoria Torrie (Supervisor: Stephanie Ben-Ishai), entitled ”Analyzing the Canadian Third-Party ABCP Liquidity Crisis and Restructuring Through the Lenses of Securities and Insolvency Law,“ Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 15 April 2010.

Courses taught

GS/LAW 6749: Corporate Governance (with Poonam Puri), Part-Time LLM Specializing in Business Law, Osgoode Professional Development Program, York University (30 March - 1 April, 2011).

GS/FACC 6220: “Corporate Governance and Financial Accountability,” Master of Financial Accountability Program (MFAc), School of Administrative Studies, York University, (January - April, 2011).

LW/LAW 5170: Corporate Governance, LLB Program, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (January - April, 2011).

“Boards of Directors,” Joint Schulich-Kellogg EMBA Programs, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.

SMGT 6150: “Boards of Directors,” Schulich School of Business, York University, 1999-2002.

MGMT 6200: “Business Administration and the Law,” Schulich School of Business, York University, 1997, 2000.

MGMT 5250: “Managing in a Contemporary Context,” Schulich School of Business, York University, 1997.

UNDERGRADUATE

Courses taught

ADMS 2610: “Elements of Law: Part 1,” Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, July 2004 - 2010.

MGMT 1010: “Environmental Context of Management,” Schulich School of Business, York University, 1998-2004.

PLCY 4200: “Business Administration and the Law,” Schulich School of Business, York University, 1996-2000.

SGMT 4010: “Strategic Management,” Schulich School of Business, York University, 1997-1998.

Guest lectures in other courses

Guest lecture on developments in corporate governance, Business Ethics class, Ryerson University, March 9, 2011.

Joint Law-MBA Seminar, Osgoode Hall Law School and Schulich School of Business, York University, February 7, 2012; January 18, 2011; February 9, 2010; February 10, 2009; and January 29, 2008.

“Corporate Governance, Business Law and Technology,” CSE 3000 Professional Practice in Computing, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, York University, September 28, 2010.

“Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility,” School of Administrative Studies, York University, 2009.

“Law of Corporate Management,” Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.

MGMT 5250: “Managing in a Contemporary Context,” Schulich School of Business, York University; and MGT 2015-02: “Management Consulting,” Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

University of Chicago-Wharton-Stanford Directors Consortium, 2005.

EMBA Program – Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, April 2, 2004.

OTHER TEACHING-RELATED ACTIVITIES

Seminars, workshops presented

Workshop presenter, “Developing quality curricula, learning objectives, instructional activities & student evaluation methods for small classes of graduate or professional students,” Brown-Bag Research Series - Innovations in Teaching, to School of Administrative Studies, May 12, 2011.

Instructor, International Company Directors Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2005.

Guest speaker, “Effective University Teaching And Best Practices,” Briarcliffe College, April 22, 1999, Bethpage, NY.

Guest speaker, “Insights and Dialogue on Schulich Teaching,” by Richard Leblanc, February 3, 1999.

Guest speaker, Schulich School of Business, “Reflections on the Ivey Teaching Workshop,” by Richard Leblanc, November 17, 1998.

Professional Development

Solicitor of the Supreme Court (England and Wales), 2003; Barrister and Solicitor (Ontario), 2000; and Certified Management Consultant (Canada), 2000.

Developments in digital technology presentation by Jean Adams and Ron McClean, March 10, 2010; Carbon Finance Workshop, Centre for Environment, University of Toronto, 2009, the International Journal of Disclosure and Governance Conference, Rutgers Business School, SOX’s Fifth Birthday, 2007; various methodological courses, Institute for Social Research, York University, 2007; various board and committee courses, Corporate Board Member, Annual Boardroom Summit, 2008; National Association of Company Directors Conference, 2004-2006, 2008; National Association of Stock Plan Professionals Conference, 2006, 2008; Annual Proxy Disclosure Conference, 2008; Annual Executive Compensation Conference, 2006, 2008; Risk and Insurance Management Society Conference, 2008; Corporate Governance: Effectiveness and Accountability in the Boardroom, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2005; International Company Directors Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2005; The Directors’ Consortium (Chicago Graduate School of Business, Stanford Law School and the Wharton School), 2005; Stanford Directors College, 2002; Ivey Case-Teaching Workshop, Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario, 1998; and Ivey Directors Program, 1996.

Other

Vice Chair and Instructor, “Corporate Governance: What You Need to Know To Be a Better Director,” Division of Executive Development, Schulich School of Business, York University: May 19, 1999; January 20, 2000; December 4, 2000; February 5, 2001 (Russian Corporate Governance Program); May 31, 2001; December 3, 2001; May 16, 2002; February 20, 2003; November 27, 2003; and June 24, 2004.

Coordinator and instructor, “Working With Boards of Directors,” the 2001 and 2002 York Executive Program, June 4, 2001 and June 3, 2002.

COURSES TAUGHT AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS

Instructor, MGT 2015-08: “Boards of Directors: Governance Principles for Private, Public & Not-For-Profit Corporations,” MBA Program, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 1998, 1999.

Instructor, MGT 2005-08: “Advanced Concepts in Strategic Management,” MBA Program, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 1998.

Instructor, MGT C59S: “Management Ethics,” BA / BCom Program, University of Toronto at Scarborough, 1998.

COURSE/CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Undertook substantive curriculum revisions to three corporate governance courses: FACC 6220, LAW 5170 and LAW 6749, in the MFAc, JD and LLM Programs, respectively, 2010-2111.

Undertook substantive curriculum revisions to AK/ADMS 3620 3.00: “Elements of Law: Part 2,” Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, 2007 - 2009.

Undertook substantive curriculum revisions, in collaboration with the Undergraduate Program Director, School of Administrative Studies, to AK/ADMS 2610 3.00: “Elements of Law: Part 1,” (formerly ADMS 3610), Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, 2007 - 2009.

Developed two courses for the proposed Masters of Financial Accountability (MFAcc) Program, AK/ADMS 6160 3.00 "Corporate Governance and Financial Accountability," 2007 - present; and AK/ADMS 6120 3.00 "Corporate Responsibility and Ethics," 2007 - 2008.

PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION/DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED LEARNING

Internet-based course (developed with Randy Hoffman at York University), “Best Practices and Professional Standards in the Management Consulting Profession,” Canadian Association of Management Consultants, CMC Program, 2000 to present.

PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEACHING

Publications

Leblanc, Richard “Enthusiastic Teaching: A Conversation with Friends,” contributor to Chapter 15, in Robert T. Tauber and Cathy Sargent Mester, eds., Acting Lessons for Teachers: Using Performance Skills in the Classroom, 2nd ed. (Westport, CT: Greenwood/Praeger, 2007).

Leblanc, Richard, “Good Teaching: The Top Ten Requirements,” The Teaching Professor (June-July 1998), 1,7 and reprinted in: Insight: Advanced Learning Through Faculty Study, newsletter of the Teaching Excellence Centre, Rutgers University, Camden Campus (Fall 1998), 1, 2; The Point, newsletter of United Faculty of PBCC, (November 1998), 6; Briarcliffe College Faculty Newsletter, Briarcliffe College, Bethpage, NY (January-February 1999), 2; and Focus on Teaching, Newsletter of Buffalo State University of New York (Spring 1999), 2.