Yvonne offers eighteen years of human resources strategic and hands-on experience in developing and implementing strategies, programs, and policies. As a recognize expert with vision and energy to manage multiple priorities complemented by strong interpersonal skills and political savvy, Yvonne leads and inspires others to implement effective solutions to complex human resources challenges.

As a President and Chief Consultant, Yvonne leads development and implementation of effective HR strategies, programs and innovative initiatives in the following areas: Compensation, Pay Equity, Employment Equity, Performance Management, Incentive Compensation linking corporate success with individual performance. As part of Business Research, Yvonne specializes in market research, competitive profiles, focus groups and developing new business streams most notably with Canadian Standards Association and CSA International.

Yvonne has held senior human resources positions in organizations such as: CIBC - Information Technology, Toronto Hospital, Royal LePage, The Permanent Trust, RCMP Pay Council, Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal -Adjudicator. In 2003, Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario awarded Yvonne the Fellow level of CHRP designation, the highest Human Resources award for an exceptional and profound impact on the human resources profession, and achievement of the highest level of human resources excellence. Among Yvonne's many accomplishments, some of the most interesting include:

• Consultant to The 1999 Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel under Justice de Forest
• Founding partner with The Globe And Mail of National CEO Forum on HR issues
• Ontario Hospital Association Advisory Board on Pay Equity
• Judge - Vision Awards Ottawa
• Founder of Federal Government Affairs Forum
• Advisory Council to Pay Equity Commission of Ontario

PUBLICATIONS

• The Globe And Mail: ON THE MOVE
• PAY EQUITY GUIDE - Editor-in-Chief/writer
• COMMUNICATIONS & PAY EQUITY COMPLIANCE MANUALS

PUBLIC SPEAKING EXAMPLES

• Competitive Flexible Benefits Plan Conference: Human Resources Strategy and Context for Global Competition
• Refocusing the HR Function: How to Reward and Recognize your Workforce
• Strategic Compensation & Benefits: Summit 2003

PLEADERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATIONS

• Past President
• Past Vice President, HR Research Institute (York University)
• Past Chairperson, Board of Directors

• Past President
• Past Chair, Government Affairs

Fiorella focuses on our market research, market segmentation initiatives, and knowledge events including How To Workshops and Employment Equity compliance. With over ten years experience in marketing, market research data and delivering insightful recommendations including industry specific projects such as research on marketing tactics and approaches that were used by CSA for the 2006 CE Code pre-launch marketing campaign including mailings, press releases, media articles, e-Mail promotions, product highlights on the CSA web site. Prior to joining CP&B she has been working for SunMedia 24 HRS in advertising and marketing area.

Petr offers Eastern European expertise as a multinational team builder and experience as a policy analyst, researcher, and course instructor, experienced in a comparative analysis of Canadian policies of labour migration and policies regulating migration flows and labour utilization in the European Union.He holds two Master Degrees from Masaryk University, Brno, The Czech Republic and Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.
Petr is fluent in Czech, Slovak, English, and Russian.

Presentations:

• "EU Harmonization of Immigration Policies vs. Convergence of Integration Policies." Canadian Political Science Association, Winnipeg, 2004.
• "Illegal Immigration in Central and Eastern Europe." American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Toronto, 2003.
• "The Czech Policies of Immigrant Integration." Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, NY, 2003.
• Guest lecture: "Dilemmas of Canadian Multiculturalism." University of Toronto, Scarborough, 2002.
• "The Czecho-Slovak Divorce and the Canadian Federal Discord." American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Crystal City, VA, 2001.

Publications:

• "The Poles in Britain 1940-2000: From Betrayal to Assimilation," ed. Peter D. Stachura, Frank Cass Publishers, 2004. A book review in Nationalities Papers, Cerfax Publishing, Taylor and Francis Ltd., July, 2004.
• "Ehnic Cleansing and Stability in the Balkans," The Council for European Studies, Columbia Universtiy, the CES Press, 2001.
• "Canadian Right or Wrong: The Crisis of Canadian Federalism," Canadian Studies in Europe Journal, Vol. 2., 2000.

Essyn offers expertise on the politics of cultural diversity, social equality and minority rights in North America and Central and Eastern Europe. Her current focus is on leadership, learning and retaining talent,employee relations and skills development. She holds two Master Degrees from University of Bucharest, Romania and Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.
She is fluent in Romanian, English, and Spanish, and has a working knowledge of French, Italian, and German.

Presentations:

• "Does Justice Require Territorial Autonomy for Hungarians in Transylvania?" American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, November 2003, Toronto.
• "The Role of External Pressure in Romania's Minority Rights Protection." The European Union's Eastern Enlargement: Surveying the Social and Economic Divides, February 2002, University of Toronto.
• "Education of Romani Children in Europe." Tolerance, Respect, and Human Rights, Globea Transborder Initiative, May 2001, Prague, the Czech Republic.

Publications:

• "Can Western Models of Minority Rights Be Applied in Central Eastern Europe?" Translation of an article by Will Kymlicka, in POLIS, Romanian Quarterly of Political Science, January 2001.
• "Hidden Minorities in the Balkans: The Vlachs of Greece and the Pomaks of Bulgaria, in Alternative Information Network, Athens, Greece, 2001.
• "How Can Multiculturalism Be Applied in Romania?" - Interview with Fulbright Fellow Professor Gary Holcomb, in Vineri, supplement of Dilema, April 1999, Bucharest, Romania.