Clients & Activities:
April 2008
- UNDP Afghanistan. Writing Strategic Plan for the Operationalization of the Afghanistan Civil Service Institute.
- Pearson Peacekeeping Center Ottawa. Project design and proposal writing for a capacity development facility to support peace operations
- Communications Security Establishment Ottawa. Awareness sessions to establish a valuing-diversity corporate culture in CSE.
- Canadian Forces Leadership Institute Kingston. Writing Warriors and Nation Builders, a training aid for senior officers on development-military collaboration in a counterinsurgency campaign.
- Comprehensive Care International Toronto. Project Management and organization development for the start-up of a new children's cancer hospital in Cairo, Egypt.
- UNDP Afghanistan Chief technical advisor, Capacity for Afghan Public Service (CAP) project.
- Pearson Peacekeeping Centre Ottawa Faculty, United Nations Integrated Mission Staff Officers Course, Cornwallis.
- Strategic Advisory Team Afghanistan. Capacity Development Specialist embedded in a Canadian military team providing strategic planning supports to the Government of Afghanistan.
- United Nations Development Program Qatar. Capacity Development specialist on an assessment team drafting a framework for UNDP support for Qatar's human development program.
- Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Capacity Development Expert, Project Design Mission, Office of the Auditor General, Bangladesh
- Canadian International Development Agency. Capacity development specialist.
- CANADEM. Screening observers for Ukrane presidential elections using on-line Multicultural Personality Questionnaire.
- Consulting & Audit Canada. Evaluation of Embracing Change Initiative a program to increase visible minority representation in the Federal Public Service.
- Mood Disorders Society of Canada. Process evaluation of emerging network of mental health NGOs.
- National Network for Mental Health. Facilitation of strategic planning for national network of mental health NGOs.
- Canadian Hunger Foundation - Partners in Rural Development. Strategic planning design and facilitation for rapidly growing international development NGO.
- MDS Nordion, Fleurus, Belgium. Cross cultural change management in the pharmaceutical sector
- WestWind Pictures, Toronto. Design assistance with children's media initiative in Africa
- House of Commons Canada Employment Equity Policy development
- National Defence Canadian Forces recruitment in a diverse and changing society
- Canadian International Development Agency Evaluation of a development project serving Roma in Slovak Republic
- KPMG Toronto. Organizational analysis and team building for National Recruiting Team.
- City of Ottawa. Workplace climate analysis supporting human rights and harassment prevention.
- Habitat for Humanity. Impact evaluation training for Habitat's Global Training Team, Bangkok.
- Department of National Defence. Research on contributions of visible minorities to Canadian military history.
- Department of Justice Canada. Preparation of Results-based Management and Accountability Framework (RMAF) for the Access to Justice and Emerging Issues Fund.
- Health Canada HIV/AIDS Strategy. Assessment of HIV/AIDS Strategy Public Accountability Framework, development of an Accountability Framework for the Aids Community Action Program (ACAP).
- Citizenship & Immigration Canada. Valuing Diversity training for CIC staff.
- Rural Response for Healthy Children. Qualitative evaluation of Health Canada funded CAPC volunteer training and management project
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Standing offer for qualitative program evaluation.
- Canadian International Development Agency. Writing Belief and Culture in Development Framework, and facilitation of planning retreat for Indigenous Peoples Program network.
- Office of the Auditor General of Canada. Presentation on Day for the Elimination of Racial Prejudice: Subtle factors in minority-group marginalization.
- Metro Toronto Housing Corporation. Diversity in the Community training for security personnel.
- Labour Adjustment Committee (Ontario Ministry of Training). Design and production of Labour Adjustment Committee Handbook and Roadmap.
- Natural Resources Canada, Information Management Branch. Training design and delivery: Managing your Electronic Mail.
- Citizenship & Immigration Canada - Settlement Branch. Design and facilitation of national settlement meeting: Working Together to Settle Future Citizens.
- Metro Toronto Housing Authority. Analysis and remediation of race and equity problems in MTHA's Security Service.
- Natural Resources Canada, Information Management Branch. Managing Diversity and team building training.
- Pearson Peacekeeping Centre. Training design for Gender and Peace Operations.
- Citizenship & Immigration Canada - Citizenship Branch. Design and facilitation of national staff meeting: Working Together to Get the Job Done: Building and Belonging
- Public Service Commission. Training and definition of performance indicators: Recruitment for a representative public service.
- NORTEL. Change, Teams, Conflict, Creativity and Productivity for recently merged technical groups.
- National Defence, Canadian Forces Diversity Office. Leaders Diversity Guide for Commanding Officers, SME (Subject Matter Expert) for Diversity & Gender Integration planning session.
- Natural Resources Canada, Legal Surveys. Intercultural relations with First Nations.
- UNDP/UNOCHA - Afghanistan. Implementation plan for Common Programming in Afghanistan
- Office of the Auditor-General of Canada. Employment Systems Review for employment equity
- National Defence, Leadership and Recruit School. Diversity and gender equity training for trainers of Canadian Forces officers and recruits
- United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) - Afghanistan. Documentation of community development strategy in Mazar-e-Sharif and other cities in Afghanistan.
- Atomic Energy Control Board. Organizational analysis and employment equity program development
- Solicitor-General of Canada (CSIS). Intercultural awareness training
- RCMP North Vancouver & West Vancouver Police. Policing in a diverse and changing society
- Indian & Northern Affairs Canada. (Lands and Trust Services) Work group analysis & organizational change
- Public Service Commission of Canada, Yukon. Diversity Issues Awareness & Education Project
- Citizenship & Immigration Canada. Institution-building National Conference Facilitation and Interim Secretariat Services: Canadian Language Benchmarks Project
- National Defence NHQ. Managing Diversity/Managing Change training
- Department of Justice. Reward & recognition system analysis, team diagnosis & staff retreat facilitation, management training, (Diversity, Work Groups & Change and Employee Performance Evaluation), Senior management committee consultation process training
- NORTEL. Work Group Diagnosis and Team Building for new and expanding work groups
- Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Analysis of Barriers to Equity of Access to Opportunity (Communications Bureau)
- Canadian Human Rights Commission. Training-of-Trainers for Equity and Diversity
- Solicitor-General of Ontario. OPP Senior Managers' Conference keynote presentations: Stereotyping: A Paradox; and Organizational Change Toward Participatory Management.
- Privy Council Office. Work Group Diagnosis and Team Building retreat facilitation
- Manitoba Telephone Co. Employment Equity and Team Building Training for senior managers
- Natural Resources Canada. Training: Beyond Survival and Renewalconcepts and tools for managing people in turbulent times, and People Skills in a Diverse and Changing Organization
- Health Canada. Training of Trainers for managing diversity and supporting employment equity
- Public Service Commission, Diversity Directorate. Training for marketing special measures innovation fund (SMIF)
- Ontario Training & Adjustment Board (OTAB). Diversity Addendum for OTAB Adjustment Manual
- Ottawa Board of Education. Systemic Approach to Increasing School Effectiveness in a Changing Community: field test research and project design
- CIDA Re-engineering unit work group diagnosis and team building training, (Briefing Center) Exchange of Skills training for co-operants and spouses.
- Sault Tribe, Sault Ste Marie, MI. Tribal enterprise organizational analysis and management training
- NWT Department of Justice. Senior management retreat facilitation, work group diagnosis and team building
- Human Resources Symposium. Navigation Principles for Handling Ambiguity and Change
- Poundmaker's Adolescent Treatment Center, St. Paul, Alberta. Work group analysis & Managing Diversity training
- Revenue Canada. Race relations and cross-cultural sensitization training
- Transport Canada. Diversity awareness training for Air Traffic Controller recruiters and Flight Service Specialists
- Supply & Services Canada. Diversity, Work Groups & Change training
- Immigration and Refugee Board. Managing Diversity training
- Canadian Centre for Management Development. Work Groups & Teams, and Managing Diversity
- Health & Welfare Canada, Health Protection Branch. Managing Diversity training
- Laboratory Centre for Disease Control. Work Group Diagnosis for participatory management
- Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada. Design & facilitation of symposium on integration of 1st generation immigrants
- Ottawa Board of Education. Managing Diversity training for ESL personnel
- University of Guelph. Anti-racism training for university personnel
- Kingston & Frontenac District Housing Authority. Race relations training for social housing personnel
- Ontario Metis Aboriginal Association. Institution-building: work group diagnosis, corporate mission statement definition, organizational and community development program design
- Comptroller-General of Canada. Work group diagnosis and Managing Diversity training
- Iron Ore Company of Canada. Improving senior level work groups: diagnosis of team blockages.
- Canadian Human Rights Commission, Bank of Canada, National Archives, Rent Review Hearings Board (Ontario), Government of Yukon. Managing Diversity training
- Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Eastern Canada. Native/Cross Cultural Awareness workshops for DIA personnel (in French and English).
- Tungavik Federation of Nunavut (TFN Training) Ottawa. Leadership training for Inuit land claims training program, Land Claims Liaison Worker training.
- Employment & Immigration Canada Ottawa. Culture, Employment Equity and Organizations: training for Federal Employment Equity Program staff.
- Indian & Northern Affairs - Self-Government Branch, Ottawa. Design, facilitation and report preparation of a National Symposium on Education for Indian Self-Government.
- Bell Northern Research Ottawa. Communication and Cultural Awareness skills; technical personnel.
- The Management Centre, Algonquin College Ottawa. Team Building and organizational analysis.
- Catholic Immigration Centre Ottawa. Team building and organizational development
- Algonquin College and Cambrian College Ottawa and Sudbury. Intercultural relations training
- Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Bethel, Alaska. Management training and program design for a community-based alcohol and drug abuse program.
- Teslin Indian Band Teslin, Yukon. Cross-cultural workshop to improve relationships between school staff and Band Education Committee.
- Council for Yukon Indians, Whitehorse. Planner and advisor of the Good Spirits Festival; Consulting assistance with CYI Social Programs Department.
Evaluation and Program Design
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- Consulting & Audit Canada. Evaluation of Treasury Board Secretariat's Embracing Change initiative, a program to increase participation of visible minorities in the federal public service.
- Mood Disorders Society of Canada. Process evaluation and capacity development of an emerging network of mental health NGOs.
- CIDA Slovak Republic. Evaluation of Canadian International Development Agency project serving Roma in Svinia, Slovakia.
- ACCO - Assemblée des Centres culturel de l'Ontario. Assessment of training and organizational development needs of Francophone cultural centers in Ontario.
- UNDP/UNOCHA (Afghanistan). Design and test of an independent community-based monitoring & evaluation process for Common Programming in Afghanistan
- Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. Research & drafting position papers for parliamentary committees on social development and economic development
- Revenue Canada, Taxation. Design Consultant: Prospering Through Diversity program
- University of Guelph. Educational Equity program design
- Catholic Immigration Centre Ottawa. Evaluation of refugee and immigrant settlement services
- Ontario Metis Aboriginal Association. Training and Human Resource Development program design and implementation for culturally-appropriate economic development
- Cornwall & District Multicultural Council. Need assessment for newcomer settlement services in Cornwall
- Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. Research for national Aboriginal health policy, Youth development program design
- OCISO and Secretary of State (Women's Directorate). Gender Equity and Newcomers: Implications for Training of Service Providers
- United Nations Association in Canada Ottawa. Refugee Issues Curriculum Development Project
- ATII Training Ottawa. Evaluation of TFN Training Program (Assessment of a training program for Inuit managers)
- Employment & Immigration Canada Federal Contractors Program. Assessment of impact of employment equity programming on smaller firms.
- Department of Agriculture Ottawa. Feasibility study for a Native Education Support Program.
- Department of Immigration Ontario Region. Research and program design for a new Refugee Reception House system in four cities in Ontario.
- Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Evaluation Branch, Ottawa. Research and program development for a systematic and participatory approach to the evaluation of band and federal schools.
- NNADAP Yukon (National Native Alcohol & Drug Abuse Program). Participatory research project: Identification of Yukon Native Cultural Content for Alcohol & Drug Abuse Program Design.
- NEDAA Northern Native Broadcasting, Yukon, Whitehorse. Research & preparation of a background paper: Alcohol Abuse in Northern Native Communities: an Overview of Major Issues and Approaches script development for a four-part television series on northern native alcohol & drug abuse.
- Health & Welfare Canada, Medical Services Branch, Whitehorse. Evaluation and drafting of the 2nd edition of The Real Gold: Yukon People, a cross-cultural orientation manual for health professionals working with native people in the north.
- University of Alaska (Fairbanks) College of Human and Rural Development. Participatory evaluation of Bernard Van Leer Project, Alaska Parenting Education and Community Development in Rural Alaska.
- Secretary of State, Canada (with Whitehorse Boys and Girls Club). Research project design and direction assessing Conditions of Youth in Yukon
- DPA Consultants Ltd., Calgary. Research, design, and data analysis for a northern native management education system.
- University of Lethbridge Four Worlds Development Project. Research, analysis and writing related to a culturally-appropriate native-oriented formal and non-formal social, education and community development support program.
- Department of Indian Affairs, Education Branch, Yukon Region, Whitehorse. Parenting Education Program Development, Ross River, Yukon.
- Dene Nation, Yellowknife. Design of a research program to assess the extent and nature of alcohol and drug abuse problems in native communities in the western NWT.
- National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, Yukon. Evaluation and development of rural social and community development projects; Design of Needs Assessment research program.
Other Development Activities: Non-Government Organizations & Overseas
- FUNDAEC, Cali, Colombia. Proposal preparation and monitoring of a $1.4M CIDA project to support expansion of tutorial learning program (SAT) serving some 60,000 secondary students in the region.
- Asociacion Bayan, La Ceiba, Honduras. Assistance with culturally-appropriate tutorial training program for rural development in La Mosquitia, Honduras.
- Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Improving intercultural relations in the community. Race relations project panelist, guest speaker, seminar leader.
- Kenya, Uganda & Zambia. Primary Health Care Program Design and Management: Collaboration with African NGOs to secure funding from Canadian Public Health Association, and assistance with implementation and management of rural PHC/Immunization projects.
- India. Administration assistance with rural education and economic development project.
- Management Training for Development, Uganda. Design of culturally-appropriate field-based training for indigenous managers of African development projects.
- Assemblée Nationale des Bahá'’s de Burkina-Faso. Hygiene and Nutrition Training Project, Phase 2: Project monitoring and design assistance (in collaboration with a CIDA-affiliated NGO).
- Community Radio Otavalo, Otavalo, Ecuador. Assessment of a rural development project in Otavalo area, Ecuador.
- Anis Zunuzi School, Lilavois, Haiti. Evaluation of operation of Anis Zunuzi School, and planning assistance with integrated rural development project (in collaboration with a CIDA-affiliated NGO in Canada).
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