| 15. General and Administrative Expenses |
15. General and Administrative Expenses General and administrative expenses for the three-month periods ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 were as follows: | | November 30, 2021 | | | November 30, 2020 | | Professional fees | | $ | 650,164 | | | $ | 1,164,004 | | Employee compensation | | | 1,028,242 | | | | 945,889 | | Insurance | | | 1,193,554 | | | | 480,013 | | Other | | | 219,295 | | | | 134,110 | | | | $ | 3,091,255 | | | $ | 2,724,016 | |
General and administrative expenses for the nine-month periods ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 were as follows: | | November 30, 2021 | | | November 30, 2020 | | Professional fees | | $ | 3,138,611 | | | $ | 1,806,134 | | Employee compensation(1) | | | 2,357,769 | | | | 3,091,214 | | Insurance | | | 3,121,353 | | | | 1,455,954 | | Other | | | 750,319 | | | | 373,037 | | | | $ | 9,368,052 | | | $ | 6,726,339 | |
(1) | Includes stock-based compensation expense. In the nine-month period ended November 30, 2021, the Company recorded RSU forfeitures for an amount of $935,837 (2020 – $4,005) as a net reversal of stock-based compensation. |
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