- The Canada Ontario Job Grant — eligibility and access
- Organizations that have used the grant and the difference employee training has made
- How Algonquin College Corporate Training can help your organization take advantage of this opportunity
- Review the relationship between managing benefits and portfolio project management
- Explore the central role that benefits realization plays in success of change initiatives
- Lean some common barriers to managing benefits and how to respond to them
- Cover key elements of APMG-International Benefits Management™ best practice approach to implementation, tracking, and sustaining progress in relation of benefits, which leads to more successful change initiatives.
- Receive an overview of the program and its three focus areas.
- Learn how you can develop the knowledge and gain recognition for your expertise in sustainable facility management practices while impacting your organization’s triple bottom line.
- Learn how the Sustainability Facility Professional credential prepares you to improve facility efficiency and how to align resource-optimizing projects with corporate strategy.
- Find out about the program’s requirements and best practice on how to successfully complete the program.
- Facility management practitioners with a baseline knowledge of facility management industry knowledge
- Facility management professionals who are transitioning into sustainability-related positions
- Related industry practitioners such as architects, designers and safety engineers
- Facility-related product and service providers
- Anyone who has taken the Facility Management Professional® Credential Program (FMP) and is interested in expanding the depth of their expertise in the area of sustainable facility management
“Abbott Point of Care has been working in partnership with Algonquin College for the past four years. While working with their Corporate Training Centre I found their level of Customer Service, attention to detail, [and] competence truly professional. The facilitators are independent, dynamic, knowledgeable and adaptable which are essential traits to successfully develop and deliver learning in our environment. We are currently providing training for 400 employees who are completing a 3 year Apprenticeship Program in Micro-Electronics. Recently, we have structured an agreement to continue this partnership with Algonquin College Corporate Training Centre for another 4 years” C. Lewis, APOC
Web Age Solutions Inc. and Algonquin College Corporate Training have signed an agreement to offer many of Web Age Solutions’ technology courses to our Corporate Training clients. The collaboration strengthens our ability to provide technology offerings in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. Individuals can enrol through Corporate Training to attend a variety of Web Age Solutions technology courses or make arrangements for team training at their own location.
Web Age Solutions Inc. is a leading provider of instructor-led technical training, collaborative mentoring and custom curriculum development to many of the world’s largest organizations. They offer a full suite of technology education and mentoring services and have earned “Preferred Vendor” status with the Fortune 100 global leaders as a result of their highly progressive approach to education. Web Age Solutions uses industry-standard methodologies to help their clients by providing comprehensive, focused solutions.
Algonquin College Corporate Training leverages the College’s vast educational expertise and state-of-the-art training infrastructure to provide exceptional results-oriented learning services locally, nationally and internationally at times and locations convenient to its clients. Algonquin’s Corporate Training division offers an extensive calendar of training programs and industry-recognized certifications through its Training Centre located in downtown Ottawa, and provides learning services to more than 500 client organizations annually.
For more information on the Web Age Solutions course offerings available through Algonquin College Corporate Training. Look for courses with “WA” referenced in the course title.
We are pleased to offer PRINCE2 Agile in our Open Enrolment schedule starting in November 2016. If you are a certified PRINCE2 Practitioner you are eligible to take the course and sit the PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner exam.
PRINCE2 Agile is being offered through Advantage Learning, a part of Okazy Conseils ATO and classes will be held at Algonquin College Corporate Training Centre. Register online or call us at 613-727-7729.
Algonquin College Corporate Training and Friesen Kaye and Associates Team up to Strengthen Their Global Learning Services Capabilities
Friesen, Kaye and Associates and Algonquin College Corporate Training have signed an agreement to collaborate on a range of business development initiatives to promote, market and sell each other’s learning and consulting services, workshops and certifications in North America and internationally. This strategic affiliation allows both organizations to broaden their selection of offerings to adult learners who are seeking to enhance their skills and credentials with trusted industry leaders in workplace learning and performance.
“Friesen, Kaye and Associates strategic alliance with Algonquin College’s Corporate Training unit will broaden the selection and range of learning services and solutions for our clients in today’s global economy. As experts in knowledge transfer and client collaboration, our affiliation will proactively support our client’s business needs and workplace learning and performance initiatives.” — Michael Nolan, President, Friesen, Kaye and Associates
“Through this strategic affiliation with Friesen Kaye and Associates, our clients gain ready access to an even more comprehensive selection of learning services, digital, virtual and classroom training capabilities, and industry-recognized certifications. Together, we will seek new opportunities to provide high impact learning experiences to meet the talent development and business needs of clients in Ottawa, across Canada and beyond.” — Joe Ranieri, Director of Business Development, Algonquin College
Friesen, Kaye and Associates is a globally recognized leader in workplace learning with over 50 years of experience in delivering high impact learning solutions that help clients achieve measurable business results. Friesen, Kaye and Associates offers an extensive calendar of training programs in most major cities across North America and online, and was first to market with Microsoft MCT and CTT+ certification programs; CTT+ Exam Simulator; and Trainer Certification. They have trained and certified over 75,000 professionals.
Algonquin College Corporate Training leverages the College’s vast educational expertise and state-of-the-art training infrastructure to provide exceptional results-oriented learning services locally, nationally and internationally at times and locations convenient to its clients. Algonquin’s Corporate Training division offers an extensive calendar of training programs and industry-recognized certifications through its Training Centre located in downtown Ottawa, and provides learning services to more than 500 client organizations annually.
For more information on the affiliation and Friesen, Kaye and Associates course offerings.
On August 17, 2017 Algonquin College and HealthCareCAN announced their partnership in a multi-level agreement for delivery of online health-science and health-related professional development programs. The partnership will allow Algonquin College to broaden its program offerings to adults working in the health care sector who are seeking to upgrade their skills through professional development. To read the full press release.
As of September 1st, 2017, students enrolled in HealthCareCAN‘s Health Information Management (HIM) and Food Service and Nutrition Management (FSNM) programs will be working towards certificates of achievement that will be jointly conferred by Algonquin College and HealthCareCAN. This agreement marks the first step of a multi-phased affiliation. The partners will be exploring the shared development of additional health-related training, collaborating on applied research and funding opportunities, and establishing learning pathways and articulation agreements between HealthCareCAN courses and the College’s credit and non-credit programming.
By partnering with Algonquin College, HealthCareCAN will broaden the scope of its professional development service to its pan-Canadian members and stakeholders. This affiliation will also add to the quality of CHA Learning’s programming, which will align its curriculum with Algonquin College.
HealthCareCAN is the national voice of healthcare organizations and hospitals across Canada fostering informed and continuous, results-oriented discovery and innovation across the continuum of healthcare. To learn more about HealthCareCAN.
For media requests, contact:
Chris Lackner, Communications Officer
Algonquin College
lacknec@algonquincollege.com
T. (613) 727-4723 x 2091
Attend our Information Session on Friday, September 15 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at 340 Albert Street, 11th floor.
Business Relationship Management Professional (BRMP®) embodies a set of competencies (knowledge, skills, and behaviors) to foster an effective business value-producing relationship between a service provider and its business partners. It helps IT Departments and their Business Partners find common grounds by analyzing the bigger picture of collaboration, monitoring stakeholder impact and workflow improvements to enhance the relationship between all parties. The BRM role is a crucial link between a service provider and the business acting as a connector, to orchestrate and navigate between the service provider and one or more business units.
Business Relationship Management Professional (BRMP®) training is a world-class professional development program designed to provide solid foundation-level knowledge of Business Relationship Management. You are invited to attend this Information Session to learn more about this certification.
Who should attend: Aspiring to intermediate-level business relationship managers, project managers, business analysts, external service providers, representatives from shared services organizations including IT, HR, Finance, Sales, Strategic Planning and anyone interested in business value maximization.
About the
Speaker:
President and BRM Practice Leader of IT Chapter (Montreal), Ms. Svetlana Sidenko spent over 17 years in IT management. She led teams towards full Service Management , Governance of IT and Business Relationship Management implementation in various organizations. She participated in numerous Business Transformation initiatives, and implementations of processes improvements. Also she has trained hundreds of students in BRMP®, ITIL®, COBIT®, TIPA®, and other disciplines. She is a graduate of the John Molson School of Business with her MSc. (Admin) in MIS.
There is no charge to attend this event. Refreshments will be served.
Location: Algonquin College, 340 Albert Street , 11th Floor, Ottawa, ON, K1R 7Y6
Information Session Agenda
9:00 a.m. Registration & Networking
9:10 a.m. Session begins with Svetlana Sidenko, President, IT Chapter (Montreal)
10:40 a.m. Questions & Answers
11:00 a.m. Session Wraps Up
To register for this information session, contact Mark Luckett, Tyson Cook or Joan Cleary at (613) 727-7729 or register online under the course titled Information Session (morning).
IT Chapter will offer Business Relationship Management Professional (BRMP®) training at Algonquin College Corporate Training Centre starting in September 2017.
BRMP® is a Registered Trade Mark of Business Relationship Management Institute, Inc. The BRMI and Accredited Partner APMG.
Attend our Future of Work Speaker Series event on January 23, 2020 from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at Algonquin College Learning Centre featuring Konval Matin, Chief of Staff to the Chief Product Officer, Shopify. Konval will speak on Embracing Change in Ambiguity.
For eight years, Konval Matin has helped develop and drive Shopify’s corporate culture. Konval will share insights into how to build and sustain a future-ready workplace by embracing change in ambiguity.
About the Future of Work
The future of work is change: a continual process of transformation driven by technological advances, demographic shifts and intensifying competition. Keeping up with the change requires innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset. It demands a willingness to do things differently and tackle challenges head-on.
The Future of Work Speaker Series is designed to help leaders in organizations of all kinds optimize their workplaces for the dynamic world of tomorrow’s work.
Register online. There is no charge to attend this event. Register Now. SOLD OUT!
Title Sponsor
Many organizations today find it challenging to stay abreast with the pace of change. The right people are in place but technology or legislation have changed and this requires employee retraining.
There has never been a better time to invest in your workforce. The Canada Ontario Job Grant helps employers train employees for minimal cost. The Canada Ontario Job Grant covers up to two-thirds of the cost of training, up to a maximum government contribution of $10,000 per employee.
If you are a private-sector or not-for-profit employer you will be interested in attending this information session on how you can access the Canada Ontario Job Grant to make a difference in your organization’s performance through employee training.
There is no charge to attend this event. Continental breakfast and refreshments will be served.
Location: Algonquin College (Woodroffe Campus), 1385 Woodroffe Avenue, Building P, Room 107.
You will be provided with a voucher for the Visitors’ Parking Lot when you attend the event. The Visitors’ Parking Lot is just next to Building P.
Information Session Agenda
8:30 a.m. Registration & Networking
8:45 a.m. Session begins
10:30 a.m. Session ends
To register for this information session, contact Mark Luckett, Tyson Cook or Joan Cleary at (613) 727-7729 or register online under the course called Information Session.
Our multi-dimensional approach will help your employees develop the skills needed to transition into emerging or more senior roles. Start the conversation today with one of our Senior Learning Consultants by calling (613) 727-7729 or read more about the grant and how we can help.
The Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG) provides direct financial support for employers to invest in training for existing and new employees. The grant allows employers to choose the training that meets their workforce development needs and the individuals to be trained. Employers may receive up to $10,000 per person trained to re-skill or bridge skills gaps. Employers provide one-third of the total costs with some flexibility for in-kind contributions by small business employers.
Algonquin College Corporate Training (ACCT) provides the short-term training that your employees need to remain productive and to meet your organization’s strategic goals.
For more information this training opportunity for business, read more. Start the conversation today with one of our Learning Consultants who can help you navigate the requirements for the grant. Call 613-727-7729 or email training@algonquincollege.com.
ACCT is one of 22 training providers that participated in the launch of Course Conductor — a new digital platform that enables trusted professional reviews about courses in the global project management industry. Course Conductor now boasts that every training provider certified by the Project Management Institute and AXELOS Limited is now listed on CourseConductor.com. Founded by Craig Kilford, co-author of Management of Portfolios (MoP®), to address a gap faced by everyone in the project management world as a way to inspire people to share their feedback, through the form of thoughtful reviews. After all, we all use reviews to select the best hotels and restaurants, so why should professional training be any different?
ACCT participants who have taken selected courses will be offered the opportunity to post a review on CourseConductor for the courses that they have taken with us. Once on the site all you need to is to Click on the “Write a Review Now” stars to write and submit your review.
What’s interesting about Course Conductor is that only people who sign up to Course Conductor with a LinkedIn Profile are permitted to write a review about a course. The Course Conductor team reads every single review before approving and posting it to Course Conductor to ensure that all reviews come from “real” people and they comply with Course Conductor guidelines.
ACCT has posted 8 courses to Course Conductor: Fundamentals of Business Analysis, Facilitation Techniques for Business Analysts, Lean Principles I, Introduction to Project Management, Project Risk Management as well as Foundation and Practitioner courses for Change Management™, PRINCE2®, and Managing Benefits™.
Sharing your intelligent feedback helps your peers make more informed decisions about their next training course. As your training provider, your review will help us quantify the quality of our courses.
Date: Wednesday, November 30 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Algonquin College Corporate Training Centre, 360 Albert Street, Suite 201, Mezzanine Level, Constitution Square, Ottawa
Chief executive and information officers, directors, departmental chiefs, policy leads, senior project managers, and senior-level managers in charge of change, strategic planning or business case development are invited to attend this Executive Briefing on Managing Benefits. Guest speaker, Russ McDowell, M. Eng., Managing Benefits, MoP, MSP, will talk about this process-based approach for managing benefits.
As W. Edwards Denning stated about organizations: “You don’t need to change, survival is not mandatory.”
Organizations today, both public and private, face pressures to be more “agile”, that is:
“to identify and quickly respond to new market conditions, applying technology in innovative ways in existing business areas or address new opportunities in a timely and effective way.”
In this brief session, you will:
SESSION AGENDA
1:00 Registration & Networking
1:10 Welcome and Russ McDowell will present
2:40 Questions and Answers
3:00 Session Wrap
Seating is limited.There is no charge to attend this executive briefing. RSVP by November 24, 2016 by calling Joan Cleary, Mark Luckett or Tyson Cook at 613-727-7729 or register online.
The APMG-International Managing Benefits is a trade mark of The APM Group Limited, used under permission of The APM Group Limited. All rights reserved.
Algonquin College Corporate Training is part of the Government of Canada Commercially Available IT Training Services (CAITTS) Standing Offer and Supply Arrangement.
Government of Canada employees registering for our Corporate Training courses are now eligible for a 10% discount on Algonquin College Corporate Training courses and programs.
Once you have completed your first course in a program, you may choose to declare your enrollment in the certificate program making you eligible for an additional 5% discount on the remaining courses in the program. Corporate Training offers six certificate programs: Business Analysis Essentials, Fundamentals of Leadership, Information Systems Security Officer, Lean Management, Project Management Essentials, and Transformational Leadership.
These discounts cannot be combined with any other offer(s).
Standing Offer provides commercially available training to individuals: E60ZH-140001/034/ZH
Supply Arrangement enables the purchase of group or customized training: E60ZH-140001/035/ZH
To avail yourself of the Standing Offer and Supply Arrangement discounts, please contact a Learning Consultant at (613) 727-7729 or email training@algonquincollege.com
Attend our Knowledge Builder learning event on linking project outputs to organizational benefits and dimensions for measuring project success.
Date: Friday, April 21, 2017
Time: 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Location: 360 Albert Street, Suite 201 (Mezzanine Level), Ottawa
Fee: No Charge
This presentation will be of interest for project managers and sponsors, program managers and those who are responsible for operationalizing outcomes into the organizational structure.
Topics:
– Define a model for linking project delivery to organizational strategy
– A model for defining benefits resulting from a project
– An approach to establishing a means of measuring benefits in the long term
Guest speaker, Ted Timmons, PMP, is a seasoned project management consultant and instructor working with a range of clients in the public and private sector.
Register for this complimentary Knowledge Builder online or RSVP to Mark, Tyson or Joan at (613) 727-7729 by April 14th.
AGENDA
09:00 Networking and Introduction
09:10 Presentation – Linking Project Outputs to Organizational Benefits
10:40 Q&A and Info on the Project Management Essentials certificate program
11:00 Session Wrap up
For more information on the event, email training@algonquincollege.com – or call (613) 727-7729.
To view our Open Enrolment schedule or to download course outlines: http://www.algonquincollege.com/corporate
“I am responsible for coordinating the academic courses for Ottawa Police Service and I can attest that Algonquin College Corporate Learning has delivered excellent training to both our officers and to our civilians. They are professional, dedicated and well organized when they deliver courses to our membership. I would certainly recommend their services, and in addition we look forward to a continued partnership with them.”
Sergeant M. Besner, Professional Development Centre – OPS
ACCT is pleased to host this year’s Project Management Institute Ottawa Valley-Outaouais Chapter Mentoring Program on June 8, 2017 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Algonquin College Corporate Training Centre, 340 Albert St., 11th Floor, Ottawa.
The mentoring program provides interested members with mentoring support that helps them on their journey to become effective project management practitioners.
For more information on how you can be a mentor or a protégé, check Mentoring Services on the PMI OVOC website.
“I approached Algonquin College Corporate Training because I needed resources and assistance in delivering six of our federally mandated courses. From the get go, they demonstrated a high level of client focus and professionalism. They were able to provide state of the art training facilities, easy and customized on-line registration, attendance tracking, bound hand-outs, evaluation forms and reports, but most importantly effective facilitators in both official languages. The Mint has booked 30 sessions with Algonquin; hence all of our staff will be trained. This partnership has been most positive and it continues to be painless. Algonquin College Corporate Training has become my number one resource in regards to training.”
J. Voyer-Messier – Senior Advisor, Training, Development and Talent Management
Algonquin College Corporate Training is pleased to offer IIBA Ottawa-Outaouais Chapter members and PMI Ottawa Valley Outaouais Chapter members a 10% discount on regularly-priced Open Enrolment courses. For more information or to register for an Open Enrolment course, call 613-727-7729 or email training@algonquincollege.com
Attend our Information Session on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. at 700 Sussex Drive, 2nd Floor, Ottawa.
To register for this information session, contact Mark Luckett, Tyson Cook or Joan Cleary at (613) 727-7729 or register online under the course titled Information Session – SFP. RSVP on or before December 5, 2019.
The International Facility Management Association™ (IFMA) Sustainability Facility Professional® (SFP) Credential Program equips facility management professionals and product or service providers with the knowledge and competencies needed to address the 8 categories of sustainable facility management: energy, water, materials and resources, workplace management, indoor environmental quality, quality of services, waste and site impact. The three focus areas of the program are Strategy and Alignment for Sustainable Facility Management, Managing Sustainable Facilities, and Operating Sustainable Facilities.
During this session, you will:
Who should attend:
About the Speaker: John Vinken, MSc. Eng., FMP, CFM, SFP CEM, CRSP, CET
John Vinken holds his Facility Management Professional, Certified Facility Manager and Sustainable Facility Professional certifications from the International Facility Management Association. John is an accredited instructor with IFMA for the FMP, SFP and CFM credentials. He has extensive experience in all aspects of facility management focused on hard services, business development and strategic planning, including support services related intellectual property and business critical infrastructure management. Retired from full time work in 2015, John now actively mentors and teaches developing professionals in the achievement of their professional goals and consults for various global organizations on making their FM sustainable.
There is no charge to attend this event. Refreshments will be served.
Location: Algonquin College, 700 Sussex Drive, 2nd Floor, Ottawa, ON, K1N 1K4
Parking available across the street at the Rideau Centre. Save on parking by taking the LRT to the Rideau Station stop.
Information Session Agenda
8:30 – 8:50 a.m. Registration & Networking / Continental Breakfast provided
8:50 – 9:00 a.m. Introduction of Algonquin College Corporate Training & Speaker John Vinken
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Presentation by John Vinken
10:30 – 10:50 a.m. Question & Answer Period
10:50 – 11:00 a.m. Session Wrap Up
Algonquin College will offer the Sustainability Facility Professional® (SFP) Credential Program at its facility on February 24 to 28, 2020.
IFMA is a trade mark of the International Facility Management Association.
SFP is a registered mark of the International Facility Management Association.
Accelerate your readiness to lead from the middle. Bring your authentic leadership to your role every day to build high-performing teams that operate in an atmosphere of trust and integrity. If you are looking to lead with passion, to maximize your team’s strengths and to effectively motivate others to accomplish goals, you will want to know more about Algonquin College’s Transformational Leadership certificate program.
Join us to learn about the program and experience a “learning nugget” from Leading Authentically, on the theme of the “Inquiring Leader.”
Date: Monday, November 5, 2018
Time: 8:30 to 11:15 a.m.
Location: Algonquin College Corporate Training Centre, 340 Albert Street, 11th Floor, Constitution Square, Ottawa
The Transformational Leadership program enables mid-level leaders to transform their leadership abilities and behaviours to meet the needs of today’s workforce and the strategic goals of their organizations.
Learn how the practice of inquiry helps you to make intentional, conscious choices. Discover how your moment-to-moment interactions affect the way you think, feel, behave and speak.
Also, learn how questioning tools are used to set and reset yourself in a Learner Mindset.
Presenter Irene Wright, President of WrightVista, is the lead architect of the Transformational Leadership program. Join Irene for a high-impact learning experience that will engage you from beginning to end.
You’ll also hear from a recent graduate about what he learned and how he changed as a leader during his six-month leadership journey.
Areas of greatest impact identified by graduates of the program included coaching, strengths-based leadership, being an inquiring leader, communication, strategic thinking and execution, and leading change, among others.
“[It] has exposed me to a variety of concepts, models, theories and practices that have helped me improve my individual performance as well as my team’s overall performance.”
“Overall the program was first rate…assignments were practical and really aided the learning.”
Session Agenda
8:30 Registration, Networking & Continental Breakfast
8:45 Welcome & Introduction of Speaker
8:50 Session Commences
10:40 Hear from a recent program graduate
11:15 Q& A Session and Wrap-up
Seating is limited. There is no charge to attend this event. Register online by November 1, 2018. For more information call Joan Cleary, Mark Luckett or Tyson Cook at 613-727-7729.