Calian Learning has over 20 years of experience in all phases of education, entry level to advanced. We follow a proven process including: analyzing, designing, developing, delivering and evaluating/validating effectiveness of educating individuals, teams or large groups. Our instructors are experts in adult education and skilled in teaching both in-class and scenario-based formats.
Learning Clients include: NATO, Canadian Army Simulation Centre (CASC), Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics (CFSCE), Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE), Military Personnel Generation (MPG), Army Learning Support Centre (ALSC)), Defence companies, provincial and municipal governments, Indigenous communities, water and waste management and various public and private organizations.
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Don Whitty
Don is a Certified Training and Development Professional (CTDP) with a passion for learning, technology and innovation. He brings learning industry expertise from national and international markets and has extensive business experience helping clients innovate learning, close competency gaps and achieve and maintain compliance.
Don is a Certified Training and Development Professional (CTDP) with a passion for learning, technology and innovation. He brings learning industry expertise from national and international markets and has extensive business experience helping clients innovate learning, close competency gaps and achieve and maintain compliance.
Don joins Calian understanding the learning and development landscape beyond the company’s current markets. He has run programs for pharma, publishing, telecom and oil and gas, and has large private enterprise experience having worked on the learning programs of many Global clients.
Throughout his career, Don has undertaken visiting faculty engagements at universities in Canada, the United States and Ireland, and has conducted research on next-generation learning including gamification, augmented reality and knowledge engineering. Don was CEO of Mosaic Technologies before serving as Director of Information and Knowledge Management for Suncor Energy from 2009 to 2015, and then Chief Learning Strategist for Tata Interactive Systems until the end of 2017.
Hal Rivington
Hal has been with Calian for over 34 years and is very knowledgeable about Calian’s core competencies, corporate history. He has been instrumental in winning many of Calian’s largest Defence contracts in Training and Healthcare. Hal executes much of the competitive analysis work on existing and new business interfacing with his peers in government and industry concentrating on large business opportunities.
Hal has been with Calian for over 34 years and is very knowledgeable about Calian’s core competencies, corporate history. He has been instrumental in winning many of Calian’s largest Defence contracts in Training and Healthcare. Hal executes much of the competitive analysis work on existing and new business interfacing with his peers in government and industry concentrating on large business opportunities.
David Pierce
Before joining Calian Learning in 2019, David was the Director of Willis College and the Willis Cyber Academy. His understanding of curriculum development and delivery using the latest approaches and technologies is supported by close to two decades working in and with the federal government, with areas of expertise in the portfolio’s of Health Canada and the Public Health Agency, Industry Canada, Treasury Board, Veterans Affairs and National Defence. With a pan-Canadian network of learning specialists, content subject matter experts, and a broad range of technology partners, David offers clients a one-stop shop for all their Learning needs.
Before joining Calian Learning in 2019, David was the Director of Willis College and the Willis Cyber Academy. His understanding of curriculum development and delivery using the latest approaches and technologies is supported by close to two decades working in and with the federal government, with areas of expertise in the portfolio’s of Health Canada and the Public Health Agency, Industry Canada, Treasury Board, Veterans Affairs and National Defence. With a pan-Canadian network of learning specialists, content subject matter experts, and a broad range of technology partners, David offers clients a one-stop shop for all their Learning needs.
Richard Moreau
Richard is a bilingual retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Canadian Armed Forces, with over 30 years’ experience in defence, security, and emergency management.
Richard is a bilingual retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Canadian Armed Forces, with over 30 years’ experience in defence, security, and emergency management.
Ian Becking
Ian Becking has had a long career in government service with both military and civilian aspects of Canada’s public safety. Ian has experience with emergency management exercises from counter terrorism live exercises with international partners, to technological trials involving social media and emergency management along with deployable public safety broadband technology in various locations in Canada and the US.
Ian Becking has had a long career in government service with both military and civilian aspects of Canada’s public safety. Ian has experience with emergency management exercises from counter terrorism live exercises with international partners, to technological trials involving social media and emergency management along with deployable public safety broadband technology in various locations in Canada and the US.
Vanessa Howard
Vanessa Howard is an Emergency Management Representative with Calian Group. She has 13 years of emergency response experience as a first responder, educator and facilitator. Her academic background includes exercise program development, the four pillars of emergency management, critical infrastructure protections, and risk management. She serves on the Professional Development Committee of the International Association of Emergency Managers.
Vanessa Howard is an Emergency Management Representative with Calian Group. She has 13 years of emergency response experience as a first responder, educator and facilitator. Her academic background includes exercise program development, the four pillars of emergency management, critical infrastructure protections, and risk management. She serves on the Professional Development Committee of the International Association of Emergency Managers.
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