Who we are

Douglas Taylor P. Ag., Associate

Douglas has 30 years of experience in many aspects of human development strategic planning, and program operations management primarily in the agri-food sector. Doug has an undergraduate and graduate degree in agriculture and a Certificate of Adult and Continuing Education from the University of Alberta. Doug has been involved in all aspects of competency-based program development from facilitating the community to determine its skills and standards, through designing and managing workplace learning systems, and on to designing and operating assessment and certification systems. He has extensive experience in working with government departments in industry-wide programs in food production skills and career training, having played a pivotal role in developing and operating a unique skills program called Green Certificate. Community-based programming has meant facilitating project development with many NGO and industry associations and groups. In addition, Doug has experience as a training manager on a $15 million Canadian International Development Agency project in China, where he has also taught competency-based program development capacity building. His prime philosophy is that people development is a key factor in building and sustaining a business.

    Doug's special expertise:

  • Human development & management, through facilitating customer owned, strategic and operations planning and policy
  • Occupational skills analysis and performance standards documentation
  • Design and operations management of workplace learning systems
  • Group facilitation and adult teaching and training practice
  • Program support and training materials production
  • Performance assessment – competence certification
  • Marketing of skill and career development and training
  • Facilitating workforce recruitment through the development and operation of school to work programs with industry
  • Job site occupational health and safety
  • International project operations management
  • Building human capacity through creative and innovative solutions to problems and needs.

President:

Jim Tallman

Managing Partner:

Dan McFaull

Associates:

Gunnar Mardon

Curt B. Cain

Taruna Goel

Michael McGrath

Cindy Mooney

Cory Chen

Thom Quine

Winsome Parris

David Lemiski

Kathryn Barker

Doug Taylor

Yvonne Stiver-Macleod

Linda Waddell

 

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