Education and Learning Case Studies – Conference Board of Canada

E-learning is helping the North Atlantic oil refinery on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula keep up with rapidly changing technology and regulations.

The refinery processes 105,000 barrels of oil a day and is closer than any other refinery in North America to international sources of crude oil in the North Sea, West Africa, and the Arabian Gulf.

E-learning provides the solution to the time challenges faced by busy employees at RBC Financial Group.

RBC’s human resource strategy has shifted from classroom-based learning to workplace learning, self-directed learning, and learning activities mapped to general competencies. At the same time, RBC Financial Group’s self-directed learning and blended learning use both e-learning and classroom delivery.

Since 1999, Canada’s leading employer services company, Ceridian, has used e-learning to provide training to employees scattered over a broad geographical area.

Ceridian provides payroll and human resource management solutions to businesses of all sizes. About 16 per cent of the Canadian workforce is paid through Ceridian payroll services.

SaskTel has launched a number of initiatives to help its employees make full use of the new technologies that shape its business.

SaskTel is Saskatchewan’s leading full-service telecommunications company, employing more than 4,000 people in more than 50 communities throughout the province.

Textile manufacturer Hafner Inc. is committed to using technology to enhance learning in the workplace.

Hafner Inc., which manufactures textiles for home furnishing and apparel markets in North America and Europe, employs about 500 workers at its mills in Granby, Quebec.

Cisco Systems’ field e-learning connection is a unified framework that delivers training activities and communications to the company’s sales force quickly and effectively.

The Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council’s (CTHRC’s) Ready-to-Work (RTW) program combines pre-employment entry-level skills training and career planning with workplace experience and on-the-job training.

The Software Human Resource Council’s (SHRC’s) Information Technology Support Associate (ITSA) program is a career-awareness and skills development initiative that helps high school students prepare for careers in IT and, at the same time, helps meet the growing demand for skilled IT workers in every sector of the economy.

The FITTskills program developed by the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) offers training in the fundamental aspects of international business, building the competencies needed to compete in global markets.

The Environmental Skills Internship (ESI) project established by the Environmental Careers Organization of Canada (ECO Canada) provides wage subsidies to environmental businesses based in Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton region.