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Essential Skills and the Northern Oil and Gas Workforce Final Report and Resource Guide
Hildy Hanson
Hildy has worked in a copper mine in the Yukon, as a ranch hand in southern Alberta, as a
high school teacher and for Dow Jones in Dallas, Texas. For the past 15 years, she has been
employed at Keyano College in a variety of divisions, most recently in Workforce
Development. Hildy took over Essential Skills training (including the Syncrude Canada Ltd.
ERIC–Safety and Workplace Reading program, SAM–Syncrude Applied Math, and WWF–
Workplace Writing Fundamentals) at the College in 2000. Her responsibilities also include
the English as a Second Language (ESL) programming at the College, Construction Safety
and Training Systems (CSTS) testing and TOWES testing for industry. Hildy has worked
closely with oilsands industry stakeholders and other partners to meet the training needs of
a diverse clientele including labour, trades, skilled immigrants, Aboriginal organizations and
the federal and provincial governments.
Margaret Imrie
Margaret Imrie has been with Aurora College for 10 years and is currently the Vice President
Academic at the College. During her time with Aurora, Margaret has worked at all three of
the campuses; Yellowknife, Inuvik and Fort Smith. A long time resident of the north,
Margaret has lived in locations throughout the Territories and Nunavut.
Colin MacGregor
Colin MacGregor is Chief Human Resource Officer for the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and
a Director of the Aboriginal Futures Society, a partnership consortium. Colin is also a
member of the Inuvik District Education Association and the Inuvik Regional Training
Partnership. Colin has held senior human resource positions in a number of major
organizations including Nova Corp., Raytheon Canada, Spar Aerospace, Conestoga College
and Casco Inc. He has extensive experience in organization design, organization alignment,
employee development and succession planning in both Canada and the United States. Colin
has taught part-time for 10 years and holds the distinction of being the first Community
College Graduate in Ontario to become Chairman of the Board of Governors. He received a
Bachelor of Science in Business from Syracuse University and a Diploma in Business from
Lambton College.
Robert Marshall
Robert Marshall, a professional engineer, is currently the Technical Director for the
Aboriginal Pipeline Group (APG). Mr. Marshall has over thirty-five years of experience in
infrastructure development primarily related to natural gas transmission systems worldwide.
Prior to joining the APG, Mr. Marshall spent several years in South America as a Director of
Engineering and later as construction manager for the Gas Pacifico pipeline which traversed
the Andes Mountains between Argentina and Chile. More recently he spent almost four years
working for the Minerals, Oil & Gas Division of the GNWT as a senior pipeline advisor helping
the government to prepare for their role in a future Mackenzie Gas Pipeline. Robert is the
industry representative on the Board of Directors of Aboriginal Futures and a member of the
POTC Committee.
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