Monthly Meetings
Time: 6:00 p.m. Networking, 6:30 p.m. Dinner, 7:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker (see below for details).
Location: Bryston's-on-the-Park, Terrace Room 5, Creighton Road, Copper Cliff.
Cost: (Includes Dinner) Members $20.00, Students $20.00, Guests $25.00.
To confirm attendance, please call Troy Hazlehurst-Walker at (705) 522-9200 ext 265 or e-mail walkert@sdhu.com
Remember that attending SHRPA Dinner Meetings counts as two points toward your CHRP recertification.
Discussion Topics
2007 Meetings
November
The Health Unit - Wellness
January
Dana Randall (arbitrator) - Preparing for Arbitration
February
Kathleen Stokes/Geoff Jeffery (Weaver Simmons) - Proposed Changes to the Human Rights System
March
Christine Shirota (The Speaking School) - Networking
April
Brenda Ranger (RDMS) - Current Hot Topics and WSIB
May
Marcel
Faggioni (Integrity Consulting) - Organizational Psychopaths
Previous Meetings
Speaker
- Antoinette Blunt
Speaker
- TBA
Speaker
- Human Rights Commission
Speaker
- Jack Braithwaite
Speaker
- Michelle Richard
Speaker
- Panel from WSIB
- Annual General Meeting
Brief Agenda:
Audited 2004 Financial Statements
Committee Reports Presentations
Speaker
- Employment Practices Branch of the Ministry of Labour
Speaker
- Lucio Fabris
Med-I-Well Services
Speaker
- Jackie Thoms
Northeastern Ontario Medical Education Corporation
A Registered Nurse by career, Jackie has been involved in the health care system in Northeastern Ontario for 35 years. She assists communities across northeastern Ontario in developing and implementing strategies aimed at improving recruitment and retention initiatives of physicians and allied health care providers in northeastern Ontario.
Speaker
- Kathleen Stokes
- GeoffJeffery
Mr. Jeffery was born and raised in Ottawa and has lived in Sudbury since 1998. He practiced law in Southern Ontario for six years before specializing in labour and employment law for employers in the North.
Speaker
- Chuck Jacobs
Priority Management
Chuck has over 25 years of training and management experience in both the public and private sectors. As a Provincial Leadership Development Specialist with the Ontario government, he designed and presented workshops for staff and organizations throughout Ontario on communications, effective meetings, time and stress management, organizational development, group dynamics and volunteer management.
Speaker
- Christine Brown
HRN Consulting
Christine Brown is a Sudbury-based performance coach and key note speaker. She owns and operates HRN Consulting, a business that helps individuals improve their public speaking skills through personal coaching and corporate training. She has been a member of Toastmasters for several years and has had a lifelong interest in this thing she calls "presentation panic". There's no need to experience presentation panic anymore... prepare yourself for professional presentations instead.
Speaker
- Marjorie Collie
Sudbury & District Health Unit - Landa Koski
Sudbury & District Health Unit
Marjorie graduated from Post RN at Laurentian University. She is a member of the Workplace Wellness team at the Sudbury & District Health Unit and has many years experience in both community and hospital nursing. In particular, she is interested in assisting workplaces to develop Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion and Heart Health in the Workplace.
Landa graduated from Laurentian University with a BScN. She previously worked in the hospital and is presently a member of the Workplace Wellness team at the Sudbury & District Health Unit. In particular, she is interested in Health Promotion and building relationships with workplaces who are developing Comprehensive Workplace programs.
Also, tonight we recognize our past Presidents and our Volunteers. Come out and help us celebrate.
Annual General Meeting
At Bryston's-on-thePark at 6:00 p.m.
Brief Agenda:
- Audited 2004 Financial Statements
- Committee Reports
- Presentations including SHRPA's first Distinguished Member Award (Diana Dean)
Speakers
- Christopher Sheedy
Manager, Membership Development
- Christine Tworo
CA - Professor
Speaker
- Jacky Evans
Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Employee benefits - trends and cost management.
Speaker
- Jack Braithewaite
Gatien-Braithewaite Law Firm
The new Bill that is coming into effect today, March 31st, 2004 is Bill C-45 entitled Criminal Liability for Organizations. Information about the Act includes:
"The new Act, an Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal liability of organization) increases the risk of exposure to criminal liability in respect of workplace health and safety above and beyond the existing obligations and liabilities under Occupation Health and Safety legislation. The Act imposes a duty on employers and those with the power to direct how others work to take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of the persons performing the work and of the public. Employers need to ensure that they have implemented good workplace health and safety policies and practices, including employer due diligence. They must also ensure that these practices are being consistently followed by senior officers as well as their employees and all other representatives. A review of health and safety policies and practices is highly recommended including training and education".
Speaker
- Joan Burton, Manager, Health Strategy
Industrial Accident Prevention Association
The topic for this evening will be Workplace Health. Balancing Work and The Rest of Life Work-Life harmony. Work-Family balance. We all talk about it, we all bemoan the fact that whatever "it" is, we don't have it! This presentation will outline the situation in Canada based on the latest work-life balance research findings. It will discuss and explore ways employees can encourage positive change in their lives. But the presentation will go beyond that to look at ways that proactive employers can support this balance in their employees' lives while also increasing productivity and profit.
Joan Burton(BSc, RN, MEd) is IAPA's Manager, Health Strategy. She began her career with the IAPA in 1994, bringing increased emphasis on the "health" in "health and safety" within IAPA itself, and within its programs, products and services. She was responsible for developing and establishing IAPA's internal health and wellness program, which was recognized as part of the reason that IAPA has been named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for the fourth year in a row in 2003.
Joan has developed a specialization in leadership issues and psychosocial risk management, and has recently been given responsibility for establishing national and international partnerships to promote workplace health. In September 2003, she was recognized for her work in this field by being awarded the Canadian Workplace Wellness Pioneer Award at the annual Health, Work and Wellness Conference in Ottawa.
Speakers
- Kathleen Stokes, LLB, Gatien-Braithewaite Law Firm
- Marion Melville, LLB, Gatien-Braithewaite Law Firm
The topic for this evening will be PIPEDA (known formerly as Bill C-6). Can references be given without consent? Who has access to appraisal / assessment information? What are the restrictions now placed on companies collecting, making use of, storing, and releasing personal information? Need some informed answers? You shouldn't miss this one.
Speaker
- Natasha Legault
Organizational Effectiveness Consultant
Human Resources Branch, Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
The topic for this evening will be Succession Management. What is Succession Management? What is a feeder group candidate? What are the benefits to the individual, to the organization? What does a sucession planning strategy look like? Is there an opportunity to think out of the box when it comes to developing our leaders?
If you are interested in hearing more about Succession Management and an innovative real-organization approach that has been adopted for leadership development and continuity, then this session is for you.
Speaker
- Dan Stapleton
CEO of HRPAO - Arlene Insch
Registrar
The topic for this evening will be certification and the recertification protocols for CHRP designation. If you have any questions, this evening's discussion will be an excellent venue for getting answers.
At this meeting we will also host SHRPA's past Presidents and recognize our volunteers for 2003.
Dan Stapleton has been CEO of HRPAO since 2000. During that time, HRPAO has become the first professional association in Ontario to be certified under the quality management system, ISO 9001:2000. The Association has an ambitious strategic plan which to date has involved a variety of initiatives including a restructured Board of Directors, a greater emphasis on online information through the web site, and an increased portfolio of professional development opportunities. Membership in the Association is growing at over 10% per year. He is also a member of the Board of the Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations (CCHRA).
Prior to joining HRPAO, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer with the Canadian Physiotherapy Association where he was also responsible for the Secretariat of the North America / Caribbean Region within the World Confederation for Physical Therapy. In addition, Dan was the founding Executive Director of the Ontario Community Support Association, an Assistant Vice President with the Ontario Cancer Institute / Princess Margaret Hospital, and Director of Social Work with Toronto East General Hospital.
Along with a Bachelor of Science and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Toronto, he has a Certificate in Health Services Management and also hold the professional designation of Certified Health Executive (CHE). He is a member of both the Canadian and American Societies of Association Executives, the Society for Human Resource Management (US), and the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (UK).
- CHRP Practitioners and those working toward their professional designation.
- Other HR Practitioners keeping current on HR issues.
- Students working toward their CHRP designation.
- Organizational managers and key employees doing HR related work duties.
- People contributing work to the profession such as Lawyers, Accountants, Specialists or Consultants.
- Anyone with a genuine interest in promoting positive workplace practices.
- YOU!