Joanna French Email & Phone Number

Organizational Development and Change, Systems Thinking and Strategic Planning ,Public Engagement , Transformative Learning Designs, Research and Innovation, Personal and Career CoachingProjects Include: LEADERSHIP IN ACTION Certificate design and Course Development , Algonquin College; Career Assessment workshops, CMHC Performance Management, Organizational Development, Conflict management workshops, Union Of Electrical Workers

Progress Campus, School Of Business

Work with the world every day-in the classroom. Amazing!Use group projects and Social Media to enhance and engage students.Provide personalized feedback on a one-to -one basis. Build relationships and emphasize necessary balance between professional work skills and social intelligence.Support transition from College to work with specialized employment skills training.

Helped mature adults across York Region to adjust to the new realities of the workplace after the recession. Provided Workshop and facilitation guide resources to Employment Resource Centres across the region.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada funded a $700,000 15 month Action Research Project that provided training and a volunteer placement in York Region District School Board. Almost 125 participants worked collaboratively with VISION Project Staff: to improve social and economic integration processes for newcomers . Wrote a Research Paper, FROM RESEARCH TO ACTION: Transformative practices for Newcomer Integration and a Toolkit & Train the Trainer Manual , FROM BRIDGING TO BELONGING:An Innovative program to Support Newcomer Integration

Manager, Community Outreach and Program DevelopmentLabour Market Analysis and Organizational Development. Activities included : Research regional funding patters; Proposal writing, Year Long Organizational review Career Services Division, Strategic planning, Not for Profit YRDSB agency, Development of Career Planning Modules for graduating students, presented research to multiple York Region Community Services 'Tables' and Working Groups.

Worked as Management Consultant with a number of large organizational initiatives:Performance Management , Air Canada and IATALeadership Development, Alberta Urban Municipalities AssociationTeam Coaching, Public Service CanadaOrganizational Best Practices, Research and Study Tour

Created on-line modularized Leadership in Action Certificate for Algonquin College , Continuing Education DivisionProvided Consulting Servies for ACERRA the Management arm of Algonquin College with Strategic Transition Services , DFAIT in IT divisionOrganizational Redesign

Provided career assessment services for 3 Employment Services Offices. Provided Career evaluation and planning with following instruments: General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Strong Interest Inventory and Values Assessment. Facilitated weekly groups of 10 clients and carried a load of approximately clients for individual counselling and followup.

Itinerant Career Consultant working across York Region providing employment services, support for training requests, provision of workshops for New Canadians and Youth