About this course

  • $79.00
  • 1.5 CPD hours
  • October 20, 2026 - 12:00 PM ET

Instructors

Jim Kibble

Jim Kibble is an independent fee-only estate planner (i.e. sells no insurance or investment products) and founder of Ontario Estate Consulting Solutions Inc. with offices in New Hamburg, Kitchener, and Hamilton. He holds credentials as a chartered accountant, trust and estate practitioner, and certified executor advisor.

Jim is also the resident estate planner at Henry Walser Funeral Home Ltd. in Kitchener, where he assists families with estate planning and estate administration matters following the loss of a loved one.

Jim's community involvement includes the Rotary Club of Kitchener Westmount, Kitchener-Consestoga Probus Club, Country Hills Church, Waterloo-Wellington Estate Planning Council, Estate Planning Council of Canada, Canadian Association of Farm Advisors and the K-W Racquet Club. Jim enjoys doubles squash and leads a music program for over 20 seniors.

Tyler Hortie

Partner, Cohen Highley LLP

Called to the Bar in 2007, Tyler is the Practice Group Leader for the Firm’s Real Estate, Wills and Estates Group and manages the Cohen Highley Kitchener office. In his own words:

“I am passionate about helping people – whether that’s buying or selling a house or apartment building, negotiating a commercial lease, implementing an estate plan, administering an estate, or starting a business. I enjoy working with people, making connections and becoming a trusted advisor to my clients and their businesses.”

Tyler has developed an impressive reputation of being an inspired problem solver. He considers many different approaches to help clients with their problems, and ultimately finds solutions that are creative, innovative, and effective.

Tyler works on many high-profile transactions, including recently closing the acquisition of a portfolio of apartment buildings for a client at a purchase price of $190M; but, he finds his work estate planning for parents with disabled children, advising small and medium businesses, and advising executors in the complexities of administering estates equally fulfilling.

Tyler was born in Ottawa and raised in Uxbridge, Ontario, leaving to attend Western University in 1999. In 2005, he graduated from the Richard Ivey School of Business with an Honours of Business Administration, with distinction, and in 2006 he obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) with a concentration in tax law. While at Western Law School, Tyler worked as the Director of Sport Solution, a free legal clinic for Canadian Amateur Athletes.