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Sylvia P Harris Consulting
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Lethbridge
Prior experience before becoming a consultant I have worked as a Red Seal Industrial Millwright Mechanic since 1986 and finished my Blue Seal of business competencies with Alberta Apprenticeship branch in 2006. My dream that I have been fulfilling is to illustrate to Indigenous youth and women in general is that we can do anything we put our desire and effort in. We can change the world. Project that I have worked on: Peace Keeping program for Pelican Narrows; Economic Development with Pelican Narrows and Cumberland House; Career Counseling and Apprenticeship Manager for Northlands Collège; freelance writing: Forced Serialization – Covid-19 Concerns – Human Trafficking – Saskatchewan Raising Hope program; working with 5th on 5th Youth Services…..as a few examples.
Wanting to be a role model for women has lead me to complete more education:
Academic Qualifications:
Indigenous Governance & Business: Diploma: current courses: Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Family Business Sustainability
Indigenous Governance and Business: Certificate from (U of L): CACE: Certificate of Adult Continuing Education
CANDO – Certified Aboriginal Economic Development Officer – 2018 – TAED 2020
MNGD (Master) – Northern Governance and Development, completed 2014 (specializing in Aboriginal concerns and northern issues)
B.A. Management: minor Human Resources, May 2006 (U of L)
Project Management Certificate: NAIT 2008
CSO Certificate for Safety: CSTS and OSSA (Oil Sands Safety Association)
IP Journeyed Industrial Maintenance Millwright Mechanic: George Brown College (Gold Seal – Red Seal – Blue Seal….business competencies)
- Diploma: Mount Royal College, May 2003
4th Class Power Engineering
Heavy Oil technician
Tool and Die Apprentice (3 years)
Indigenous Leadership Development Institution (ILDI):
Indigenous Life Skills Coach Training – Train the Trainer – Partnership Protocol &
Social Media
Awards and Recognition
CAF Presentation: Addressing Barriers with Northern Saskatchewan Apprentices – May 2013
The Northern Apprenticeship Committee (NAC) as a joint training committee indentures northerners: would like to present what we do for Saskatchewan’s remote communities and how we address barriers. Our strategic plan is critical to our 16 year success.
Employee Development in Northern Communities: Corporate Investments in Northern Skills and Training – master’s Final paper 2013
- This paper reviewed how employee development in northern communities needs corporate investment to improve: educational issues, opportunity for employee development, collaborative agreements, and how ‘Skill and Training Agreements’ have changed the dynamics of northern communities
- Studied Impact Benefit Agreements (IBA) training agreements to create employment readiness and sustainability
Personal Volunteer Work: Community Consultant: Women in Trades and Technology
- Assisted and facilitated formal meetings
- Advised on Employment Equity information……career advisor
- Public speaker as an Alberta National Coordinator…….role model for years
- Community role model in movies, commercials, newspaper articles, radio guest, my story profiled in Flin Flon paper and profiled on (Federal Job Site as a Millwright)
- Skills Canada presenter, commercial for World Competition, calendar, and Skill Canada judge
- Presently: Writing my memoirs: The Journey of a Female Pioneer
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Sylvia P Harris Consulting
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