Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI)
The Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) is a professional, not-for-profit association of executives responsible for communication between public corporations, investors and the financial community.
With four Chapters and 600 members across Canada, CIRI is the world’s second largest society of investor relations professionals.
Our Mandate:
CIRI contributes to the transparency and integrity of the Canadian capital market by advancing the practice of investor relations, the professional competency of its members and the stature of the profession.
Our Vision:
CIRI will be recognized as the Canadian authority on investor relations, committed to enabling fair and efficient capital markets.
Our Mission:
CIRI is dedicated to advancing the stature and credibility of the investor relations profession and the competency of its members.
Our Goals:
Professional Development
Provide a full range of high-quality professional development programs for Canadian Investor relations professionals to keep members current on investor relations issues and best practices.
Voice in Public Policy
Take a leadership role in Canadian capital markets to represent the views of CIRI members.
Recognition
Continue to raise the stature of investor relations across Canada to ensure that CIRI is recognized as the authority on investor relations.
Membership
Attract, retain and involve CIRI members to ensure the ongoing vitality of the organization and of the investor relations profession.
Financial Stability
Manage CIRI’s finances prudently in order to build and maintain sufficient capital to sustain CIRI through economic downturns and to support future growth.
Historic Overview
During the mid-to-late 1970s, CIRI was but a gleam in the eye of a small group of Canadian investor relations (IR) practitioners who had joined the Washington-based National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) to help their companies respond to increasing demands from the investment community by learning more about IR.
These corporate communicators met with increasing frequency, in Toronto and Montreal, to share ideas. Among participants were representatives from Bell Canada, Northern Telecom and Alcan. They soon realized the importance of formalizing their efforts, and in 1979 established the first non-U.S. NIRI chapter, NIRI Canada located in Toronto.
