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FEBRUARY 2012 • The Canadian Business Journal
TRAIN CANADA
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There is a continuing need for training
especially in the areas of Information
Technology and Business Skills.
CORPORATE TRAINING SOLUTIONS are the
domain of ctc TrainCanada. A privately-owned
organization, ctc TrainCanada is the country’s
largest full service provider of corporate training solutions, with over twenty years of training
and development experience with locations
nation wide.
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According to Rick Shore, Vice President,
always finding new and exciting ways to develop
ctc TrainCanada’s vision has always been to
and deliver innovative technology solutions, mak-
deliver professional training and measurable
ing them true leaders in their respective fields.”
benefits to organizations. In December 2010,
“While I had the honour of accepting the
ctc TrainCanada was awarded the Learning
award…it was given to ctc TrainCanada,” said
Competency Partner of the Year at the 2011
Mark Peterson, President of ctc TrainCanada.
Microsoft Partner Network IMPACT Awards. The
“We have a winning team and a winning formula
annual IMPACT Award recognizes excellence
and now the recognition from Microsoft as Learn-
across the large and diverse community of
ing Competency Partner of the Year.”
Microsoft Canadian technology partners.
“Our annual IMPACT Awards celebrate the
Over the years ctc TrainCanada has continued to expand and enhance their suite of busi-
great work done in the partner community to
ness skills. Ctc TrainCanada understands the
help customers respond to their business chal-
strategic importance of developing partnerships
lenges through the benefits of technology,” said
that foster innovative leadership and unique
Eric Gales, President of Microsoft Canada Inc.
collaborative solutions and In February 2010,
“Technology partners like ctc TrainCanada are
they announced its partnership with Canadian
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Management Centre for streamlined education
services exclusive to Canada Post.
The list of ctc TrainCanada approved courses
includes over 100 soft skills topics provided by
CMC, which range from leadership and management to communications and administrative
skills, can all be found through the Canada Post
Training Registration System (TRS) or by contacting ctc TrainCanada or Canadian Management
Center directly.
“As a company, our goal is to provide Canada
Post with the best training solutions available
in the market. As part of our relationship with
Canada Post we are always looking for like-minded Off-the-Shelf Training providers and we are
excited to partner with Canadian Management
developed over the past 22 years, Shore said
Centre. We feel that the superior training solu-
generally employees come to the work force
tions they bring to the table will add significant
established with a fair degree of computer savvy.
value to Canada Post and provide more options
However, there has been an increasing need for
to employees who are looking to improve their
technical and business courses. In particular
skills,” said Royce Robbins, Canada Post Team
leadership and management, communications,
Account Executive, at ctc TrainCanada.
presentation, and negotiation skills are now a ne-
“I think the differentiator with our training
cessity to function effectively in any supervisory
at the desktop level is that we are very student
or management position. Ctc TrainCanada has
centric in our training. We teach you how to use
positioned itself accordingly and has developed
the program more efficiently within your job,”
the expertise to meet these needs. CB
said Shore. “We ask, ‘What are your job requirements? What do you want the software to do?’”
When asked how the business industry has
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