Skills And Learning At Work For B.C.

Conference Presentations

Please refer to the conference program for speaker and presentation abstracts.

Plenary: Understanding the Issues

• T. Scott Murray, International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey
• Peter Larose, Human Resources and Social Development Canada

Plenary: Benefits and Partnerships

• Herman Hansen, Boeing
• Lynda Fownes, SkillPlan BC
• Bob McConkey, Douglas College, and Stephanie Jewell, Vancouver Community College

Dinner Guest: Craig Alexander, TD Financial Group

Guest Speaker: Louise Wignall, Wignall Consulting Services, Australia: ‘BUILT-IN NOT BOLTED-ON’ policy of integration of language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) into training packages as well as into other key policy documents.

Guest Speaker: Satya Brink, Human Resources and Social Development Canada

Concurrent Sessions: Successful Practices

• Francesca de Bastiani, Marlene Rice, Liz Jimmie and Colleen Yamamoto, Aboriginal Human Resource Development Agreement
• Jessi Zielke, Industry Training Authority, and Michael Herzog, TOWES, Bow Valley College
  
• Joe Brown, Nova Scotia Department of Education