Appendix A: Experts consulted by
the Task Force

Lynne BEZANSON (career and employment counselling)
Executive Director
Canadian Guidance and Counselling Foundation
Ron CONLON (prior learning assessment)
First Nations Technical Institute
Sandra DOBROWOLSKY (community-based training)
Executive Director
Ontario Network of Employment and Skills Training Projects, Toronto
Sid GILBERT (School Leavers Survey)
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Guelph
Sue HALPIN (cooperative education)
National Resourcing Centre
Northern Telecom
Sue HARPER (cooperative education)
Coordinator of Career Education Program
Surrey School District, BC
Doug HIGGINS (School Leavers Survey)
Education Division
Statistics Canada
Gail KOVACS (career and employment counselling)
President,
Career Probe Inc. and
Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Personnel
Margaret LAING (graduate survey)
Senior Research and Policy Analyst
Canadian Labour Force Development Board
Marileen McCORMICK (career and employment counselling)
Executive Director
Native Employment Services of Winnipeg
Danny MALLETT (cooperative education)
National Coordinator
Canadian Labour Congress
Jim O'CONNOR (cooperative education)
Executive Director
CCWEAC's National Co-operative Education Centre
Hilda POLLARD (cooperative education)
Co-operative Education Consultant Ltd.
Division of Program Development
Department of Education, Newfoundland
Gay RICHARDSON (overview of transition issues)
Director
Employment and Immigration Analysis
Policy and Program Analysis
Strategic Policy and Planning
Human Resources Development
Roland W. SCHNIPPERING (education and school-to-work transitions)
Coordinator
Training and Development with the Human Resources
Department of Siemens Electric
Wendy SWEDLOVE (occupational standards)
Senior Policy Advisor
Tourism Industry Canada
Jim WILSON (cooperative education)
Director of Co-operative Education
University of Waterloo
Paul ZAKOS (prior learning assessment)
First Nations Technical Institute
Elaine ZINMANMADOFF (assessment of foreign credentials)
Chef de la Division des équivalences
Ministère des Communautés culturelles et de
l’Immigration Gouvernement du Québec