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Queen's IRC Senior Fellow Dr. David Weiss Garners International Accolades
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Creative collaboration: Queen’s IRC and The Banff Centre join forces
October 16, 2007
The Conductive Organization: Leveraging Knowledge to Build Capability
August 29, 2007
Vic Pakalnis of Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is Amethyst Fellow at Queen’s SPS
May 25, 2007
Queen's IRC Launches Ottawa Alumni Chapter
May 12, 2007
IRC Alumni Event in Halifax May 23, 2007
April 9, 2007
Queen’s IRC Granted $1 Million by Ontario Government for Contributions to IR Practitioner Education
March 15, 2007
HR Meeting of the Minds: Queen's Conference in Kingston
November 23, 2006
CBC’s HR/IR Leader Shares the Secrets of Strategic Negotiations
October 31, 2006
After the (Program) Rush: IRC Survey Shows How Organizational Learners Are Supported
October 30, 2006
Queen's IRC Launches First Alumni Chapter
October 24, 2006
CBC’S George Smith Presents Don Wood Lecture Nov. 9
August 3, 2006
Richard McKinnell of OPS Joins School of Policy Studies as a Fellow
July 19, 2006
New Director: Paul Juniper
June 9, 2006
Managing Across the Generations
June 1, 2006
Roy Heenan's Contributions Recognized with Award
May 29, 2006
Diversity Is the Spice of Organizational Life
May 19, 2006
Steve Lehrer Appointed NBER Research Fellow
March 21, 2006
Queen's IRC Symposium Papers Now Online
Feb 22, 2006
Queen’s MIR Program Welcomes New Professor
Feb 11, 2006
Buzz Hargrove on the State of the Unions
Oct 05, 2005
High Performance Professional Teams: A Symposium
Aug 25, 2005
IRC Director: The search for Dr. Beatty's successor begins
Aug 2, 2005
Popular SPS Fellow Is Going to the Senate
July 21, 2005
Former Queen's Business professor passes away
April 28, 2005
IRC has “Vision”: Centre wins major HR award
February 22, 2005
Change Management - Clinics
July 14, 2004
“Teams” Research Grants Announced
May 1, 2004
Industrial Relations Centre has a New Queen's Partner
April 15, 2004
Call for Research Papers: High Performance Professional Teams
January 6, 2004
Queen's IRC Makes Its Mark in School Board Reform
22 October 2003
OD Certificates: Presenting the IRC’s #1 Alumnus
June 22, 2003
IN MEMORIAM: Dr. William Donald Wood
May 15, 2003
Queen’s IRC Introduces Organization Development Training for HR Managers
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January 6, 2004
For immediate release
Queen's IRC Makes Its Mark in School Board Reform
A sweeping Ontario school board reform initiative, shaped and facilitated by the Queen's Industrial Relations Centre (IRC), has been adopted by the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board (ALCDSB).
The initiative, known as Students First – Excellence For All, was undertaken to determine how best to organize the Catholic school system of southeastern Ontario to support optimum student learning and spiritual formation. It generated a series of recommendations that was approved by the ALCDSB trustees on December 8, 2003 . Among other things, it called for: the grouping of schools based on common goals and geography; a commitment to collecting and interpreting data on school improvement and student achievement; a focus on leadership development and peer coaching for principals; greater professional development for teachers; and new committees to focus on long-term planning to boost student learning and formation.
The ambitious reform package was the result of an exhaustive and engaging consultative process designed by Queen's IRC. ALCDSB Director of Education Dr. Gregory Cosgrove approached the Centre early in 2003, attracted by its experience with organization development. “The Centre's expertise in change management process nicely complimented the Board's internal expertise in education reform,” says Brenda Barker, a facilitator at the IRC and principal consultant on the Students First project.
Barker designed the process that brought together students, parents, principals, teachers, parish and other key stakeholders in more than 10 focus groups, using a variety of techniques to tease out a collective vision of “ALCDSB at its best.” The Queen's IRC also spearheaded the research into best practices among schools boards in North America . By the end of the process, one trustee was moved to say, “I have been a trustee for 5 years, and by far this has been the most positive initiative I have been involved in to enhance student learning.”
The School Board and IRC will be discussing their partnership at the annual Council of Directors of Education conference in Toronto on January 22, 2004.
The ALCDSB has a student population of almost 15,000. Its jurisdiction covers 13,578 square kilometres from Seeley's Bay in the east to Trenton in the west to Picton in the south and Whitney near Algonquin Park in the north
Established in 1937, Queen's IRC is a leading provider of practitioner training in the fields of industrial relations and human resource management. The IRC introduced the organization development certificate program in September 2003. The IRC also conducts research in the areas of dispute resolution, teams, and change management, is a major developer of multimedia adult learning simulations, and has a growing online publishing program.
To review documents relating to the Students First – Excellence For All initiative, go to: http://www.alcdsb.on.ca/students_first/studentsfirstmain.htm
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Alan Morantz, Manager
Communications and Development,
Queen’s Industrial Relations Centre
Phone: (613) 533-6000, ext. 77010
Fax (613) 533-6812
Email: morantz@post.queensu.ca
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