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Marni Johnson
Bernadette Lonergan
Bill Stevens
Margaret Ann Strus

 

Marni JohnsonFor the past 13 years, Marni has been involved in Organizational Development in a number of sectors: manufacturing, health care, food production, call centre, hospitality, municipal and government offices and information technology.

With her business partner Judith Bond, she established Workplace Training & Services (WTS) Inc., a leader in Communication Training. After conducting comprehensive organizational needs assessments, Marni has designed and delivered training in the areas of Workplace English as a Second Language, Customer Service, Diversity, Clear Language and Design, Business Writing, WHMIS, Pronunciation Training and Ontario Human Rights Training. As a facilitator, Marni has helped companies align their human resource practices to the goals and visions of the organization. Due to the excellent track record of WTS Inc., the company was asked to participate in the TVOntario video project, “Falling Through the Cracks – Workplace Literacy.” In addition, WTS has been involved in several federal and provincial curriculum design projects, most notably in the publication of Canada Works, which was commissioned by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

As well as curriculum design and training, Marni has conducted Job Task Analyses to assist with the creation of recruitment tools specifically designed for hiring front line employees in a multicultural work environment.

Biographical History

After completing her undergraduate degree in Visual Arts at the University of Western Ontario and her Bachelor of Education Degree in Toronto, Marni taught English for six years and then joined Nelson Canada Publishing as their National Language Consultant. In 1989, after extensive experience doing workplace training, she became the Co-ordinator of Workplace Programming for the Etobicoke Board of Education. In 1995 she was nominated for the Etobicoke Board of Education’s Award of Excellence.

Marni is a member of the Ontario Society for Training and Development (OSTD). She is co-author of “Behind the Scenes – Demonstration Tasks for the Workplace,” a book which analyzes the competency levels required for workplace success in the field of Health Care, Manufacturing and Hospitality. Over the last several years she has been a presenter at several Canadian and international conferences including the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) New York; Moving Forward – A Forum on Workplace Education Conference, Toronto and Workplace Education Conference, Montreal.

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