Essential Skills - National Adult Literacy Database

Essential Skills and the Northern Oil and Gas Workforce Final Report and Resource Guide
Pat Salt
Pat Salt is the Coordinator of Special Projects at Bow Valley College (Calgary). In 2005, she
completed a five year award-winning CIDA-funded project in Zimbabwe which focussed on
the creation of an integrated entrepreneurship training model for vocational centres, the
establishment of occupational standards for apprenticeship and trade testing, and the
incorporation of Workplace Essential Skills into training and assessment practices. Pat is
currently managing a similar project in Namibia for the College. As a private consultant, she
develops and delivers training curricula, works as an essential skills profiler and reviewer for
HRSDC, writes proposals and reports, and edits and writes manuals. Pat has conducted
training sessions across sub-Saharan Africa, in the former Czechoslovakia, in Germany, Chile
and Brazil.
Yvette Souque
Yvette Y. Souque is Program Manger responsible for Business-Labour Partnerships and
Workplace Literacy at the National Literacy Secretariat (NLS). From 1991 to 2002 Yvette
worked in the NLS federal-provincial/territorial partnership in the four western provinces and
three territories. Prior to joining the government, Yvette worked in refugee and immigrant
settlement, treatment of emotionally disturbed children and psychiatric nursing. Yvette holds
a M.A. in Social Welfare, BSW with focus on Community Development, and is a Registered
Psychiatric Nurse.
Rosemary Sparks
Rosemary Sparks had an 18 year career with the Ontario Provincial Government before
leaving in 1989 to start her own consulting firm. For the next 13 years Rosemary was a
consultant with the majority of her work in the construction industry. She specialized in
human resource and labour market issues helping organizations with planning, research,
group facilitation, and program evaluation. In 2002 Rosemary began working as a consultant
for the Construction Sector Council and subsequently joined the staff of the council in 2005
as the Director of Projects.
Celina Stroeder
An accomplished manager accustomed to working and living in the Canadian North, Celina
Stroeder moved south to Ft. McMurray, AB in 2004 and joined Albian Sands Energy as the
Manager of External Affairs. Ms. Stroeder previously lived in the Northwest Territories for 16
years. Her last position was with the territorial government as the Assistant Deputy Minister
responsible for the Mackenzie Valley Development Project. Prior to transferring to her
position in Yellowknife, Ms. Stroeder was the Regional Superintendent, Resources, Wildlife &
Economic Development based in Norman Wells, NT. In Norman Wells she managed a staff
of 25 in a 286,000 square kilometer region that included five communities with only air
access. Her responsibilities included forest fire management, resource management, land
claim implementation, oil and gas and economic & business development. Now happily living
in Fort McMurray and continuing her northern adventure, Ms. Stroeder enjoys the extended
summer season to ride the Harley Davidson motorcycle with her partner Rick Doyle.
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