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Flying Colours

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Boeing Canada Technology, a leading manufacturer of commercial-airplane components, believes its investment in workplace education is key to differentiating itself from its competitors in the marketplace. The company's award-winning, lifelong learning philosophy is a blueprint for better business.

Testing its Mettle

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As manufacturer Diversified Metal Engineering discovered, workplace education is a way of welding higher productivity to better teamwork. Peter Toombs reveals his company's philosophy on creating a motivated workforce by providing employees with the tools to perform at a higher level.

Mining Potential

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Saskatoon-based uranium miner Cameco Corp. overcame challenging geographic and environmental hurdles to set up a rewarding in-house education program that helped build both a more capable workforce and a stronger community.

Deep-Seated Commitment

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Palliser Furniture CEO Art DeFehr believes that given the right training, people who start out with little education or relevant experience can end up ranking among the most motivated and dedicated employees. This unique approach is paying off through lower attrition and higher productivity but most of all, explains DeFehr, it just makes good business sense.

Northern Exposure

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Faced with the ongoing challenge of finding good local managers for its extensive retail operations in northern Canada, North West Company set strategy to train its own personnel locally. CEO Edward Kennedy shares the company's road map for establishing best practices for workplace training and building a knowledge worker in the North.

In for the Long Run

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Besides running the largest apprenticeship program in Ontario, integrated-steelmaker Dofasco Inc. also considers a company-wide, essential skills program to be a valuable component of its business strategy. Former CEO, John Mayberry comments on going the distance to invest in people.