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Archives:
April 16, 2008
Queen's IRC Road Show Heads West
January 29, 2008
Change management for feds: Program jointly developed with CSPS
December 17, 2007
Queen's IRC Senior Fellow Dr. David Weiss Garners International Accolades
November 15, 2007
Creative collaboration: Queen’s IRC and The Banff Centre join forces
October 16, 2007
The Conductive Organization: Leveraging Knowledge to Build Capability
August 29, 2007
Vic Pakalnis of Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is Amethyst Fellow at Queen’s SPS
May 25, 2007
Queen's IRC Launches Ottawa Alumni Chapter
May 12, 2007
IRC Alumni Event in Halifax May 23, 2007
April 9, 2007
Queen’s IRC Granted $1 Million by Ontario Government for Contributions to IR Practitioner Education
March 15, 2007
HR Meeting of the Minds: Queen's Conference in Kingston
November 23, 2006
CBC’s HR/IR Leader Shares the Secrets of Strategic Negotiations
October 31, 2006
After the (Program) Rush: IRC Survey Shows How Organizational Learners Are Supported
October 30, 2006
Queen's IRC Launches First Alumni Chapter
October 24, 2006
CBC’S George Smith Presents Don Wood Lecture Nov. 9
August 3, 2006
Richard McKinnell of OPS Joins School of Policy Studies as a Fellow
July 19, 2006
New Director: Paul Juniper
June 9, 2006
Managing Across the Generations
June 1, 2006
Roy Heenan's Contributions Recognized with Award
May 29, 2006
Diversity Is the Spice of Organizational Life
May 19, 2006
Steve Lehrer Appointed NBER Research Fellow
March 21, 2006
Queen's IRC Symposium Papers Now Online
Feb 22, 2006
Queen’s MIR Program Welcomes New Professor
Feb 11, 2006
Buzz Hargrove on the State of the Unions
Oct 05, 2005
High Performance Professional Teams: A Symposium
Aug 25, 2005
IRC Director: The search for Dr. Beatty's successor begins
Aug 2, 2005
Popular SPS Fellow Is Going to the Senate
July 21, 2005
Former Queen's Business professor passes away
April 28, 2005
IRC has “Vision”: Centre wins major HR award
February 22, 2005
Change Management - Clinics
July 14, 2004
“Teams” Research Grants Announced
May 1, 2004
Industrial Relations Centre has a New Queen's Partner
April 15, 2004
Call for Research Papers: High Performance Professional Teams
January 6, 2004
Queen's IRC Makes Its Mark in School Board Reform
22 October 2003
OD Certificates: Presenting the IRC’s #1 Alumnus
June 22, 2003
IN MEMORIAM: Dr. William Donald Wood
May 15, 2003
Queen’s IRC Introduces Organization Development Training for HR Managers
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22 October 2003
For immediate release
OD Certificates: Presenting the IRC’s #1 Alumnus
Meet trailblazer Kathy Pals, the first recipient of a Queen’s Industrial Relations Centre Certificate in Organization Development (OD).
Kathy, a senior human resources consultant at the Workers Compensation Board of Alberta in Edmonton, knows the value of big-picture HR – and what it takes to align people systems with strategic purpose inside her organization.
“ I would definitely recommend the certificate to my colleagues here in Alberta, and beyond,” Kathy says. “It was a great experience, and I have the bonus of being the first graduate.”
Kathy received her new credentials after taking part in the Queen’s IRC’s first OD Foundations program in Kingston in early October. She had earlier attended both Change Management and Building Smart Teams (formerly Building High-Performance Teams), the other two required programs in the Certificate. And what did she think of the debut program? “The historical review of OD put its development into perspective with global and organizational evolution,” she says. “The whole systems philosophy challenged the group to take learning to a higher level, and the application of theory to our specific organizational challenges was extremely valuable.”
Queen’s IRC is Canada’s leader in OD practitioner training, offering both the Certificate in Organization Development and the advanced Organization Development Master Certificate, which focuses on specialist areas and high-level facilitation skills.
In 2004, why not join Kathy and the Queen’s IRC in breaking new ground by attending the following OD seminars:
March 29-April 2, 2004 and September 26-Oct. 1, 2004: OD Foundations – the blueprint for aligning people systems and strategic purpose
November 2-4, 2004: Designing Organizations for OD Practitioners - key concepts and skills for creating effective organizational designs
If you have questions about the OD seminars or certificates, please contact Brenda Barker, the Queen’s IRC faculty member who designed the program, at 613-533-6000 x77086 or via email at bb7@post.queensu.ca. For brochures, visit our web site at www.IndustrialRelationsCentre.com |
