Human Resources committee  I can tell you that a number of the organizations that are working with the institute are national and have many branch offices, and among our professional members and among individuals who are candidates for certification, there is a great deal of mobility between provinces. I c

Human Resources committee  The short answer to that is yes. I think there is a mobility, but you're very right in terms of citing the fact that it's not just one individual who's moving; it generally is families, and uprooting when you are still thinking that it's not likely a more permanent or sustainable

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. It's actually a huge range, anywhere from the entry level. You can work with skills and competencies that are very physical in terms of working in a warehouse and what's required there, but beyond that, what's happening is that there is a general level of sophisticati

Human Resources committee  In terms of the logistics workforce, depending upon how you define logistics, you could be working with a labour market that is upwards of 680,000 to 700,000 people in Canada. In terms of the workforce, again it's the both issues. There's a general shortage in terms of having e

Human Resources committee  There is a severe shortage there, and then right through to people who have systems thinking and process thinking to help sustain the competitive advantage for their organization.

Human Resources committee  Our labour market research takes a look at the larger contextual relationship, in terms of where employees come from and where the industries are that are employing logistics people. Our community asks our professional membership as well as general logistics practitioners. We sha

Human Resources committee  The sector councils really serve as a voice for the larger stakeholders. So with our labour market research, what we're doing for the organizations that work with us is making them aware of the fact that there are disparities among their female and male employees. We are very muc

Human Resources committee  We were originally funded under the sectoral partnership initiative by the federal government, and through that we developed programs, a number of resources, and standards. We've also done a great deal of research into the labour market based on that work. We no longer are funde

Human Resources committee  We're very pleased to be here today. Thank you very much for giving us this opportunity. I'm Karyn Ferguson, the program director with the institute. We'd first like to briefly familiarize you with our history as the Canadian Professional Logistics Institute and review a number

Human Resources committee  Thank you. We both are.