Past Appearances

Nora Spinks, president of Work-Life Harmony has delivered over 1000 keynote addresses, pleanry, panel and concurrent workshop presentations and lectures across Canada and around the world. Here are a sample of Nora's past presentations. 
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CONFERENCES
Keynote addresses, pleanry, panel, workshops
   
  • Alliance for Work-Life Progress and Association of Work-Life Professionals (AWLP)*
  • Association of Early Childhood Educators of Quebec*
  • Association of Fundraising Professionals
  • Awareness (EAP/EFAP)*
  • BC Council for Families*
  • Brant County Wellness Works (Public Health Unit)
  • Cambrian College
  • Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers
  • Canadian Association of Family Enterprises
  • Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Professionals
  • Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators
  • Canadian Employee Relocation Council
  • Canadian Grocery Producers Council
  • Canadian Labour Market Productivity Centre (National Seminar on the Changing Workplace)
  • Canadian Mental Health Association (NB)
  • Canadian Pediatric Society
  • Canadian Women in Communication
  • Caregiving in the Workplace
  • CARP-BC
  • CIBC Making It Work (Executive Women’s Network)
  • City of Burlington
  • Collaboration on Work-Life (BC)
  • Community Care Access Centres (Guelph)
  • Compupower Systems Limited
  • Confederation of Ontario University Staff Associations and Unions (COUSA)*
  • Conference Board of Canada (Work & Family Council, Work Force Solutions Council, Wellness Council)*
  • Connex Health
  • Creating a Family Friendly Workplace (Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Ottawa)
  • The Diversity and Employment Equity Professionals’ Association (DEEPA)
  • Durham Community Care Access Centres – Central East Case Management Conference
  • Durham Region Public Health Unit
  • Effective Management Strategies for Women
  • Employee Assistance Program Association – Toronto (EAPAT)* 
  • Employee Assistance Society of North America (EASNA)*
  • Executive and Administrative Assistants Annual Conference
  • Family Service Ontario
  • Family Service Canada Annual Conference
  • Family, Work, Community: The Partnership that Pays (Hamilton ON)
  • Financial Women International Annual Conference (Hawaii)
  • GTA Hospitals Regional Human Resources Management Group
  • Hamilton Wentworth District School Board Queen's Rangers School*
 
  • Health, Work and Wellness Conference* 
  • Homewood* (State of the Nation: Work, Family & Well-Being)
  • Human Resources Professionals Association of Niagara (HRPAN)
  • Human Resources Professionals Association Ontario (HRPAO)*
  • Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA)*
  • INPUT (Employee and Family Assistance Programs Annual Conference)*
  • INSIGHTS (EAP/ARS)*
  • International Association of Career Management Professionals
  • Lancaster House* (Federal Labour and Employment Law, Bargaining in the Public Service)
  • Legal Assistant Management Association
  • Millennium Excellence Award Program / Programme de bourses d'excellence Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation*
  • Muskoka Public Health Unit
  • National Association of Childcare Resource and Referral Agencies (US)
  • National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
  • North American Congress on Employee Assistance Programs
  • North Bay and District Health Unit
  • Nova Scotia EAP Association
  • Ontario Arts Council
  • Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres 
  • Ontario Federal Council Science Committee
  • Ontario Hospital Association (OHA)*
  • Ontario Long Term Care Association
  • Opportunities 2000 Network
  • Ontarion Public Service (OPS) CAOs
  • Purchasing Management Association of Canada
  • Queens University School of Business
  • Region of Peel Public Health Unit
  • Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario
  • Ryerson University 
  • Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists (SIOP)
  • Spirituality in the Workplace*
  • Strategic Leadership Forum
  • Succession Planning: Canadian Institute
  • The Flexible Workplace
  • The Institute of Public Administration of Canada
  • The Strategic Leadership Forum
  • Voices for Children
  • West End Social Services Team (W.E.S.S.T.)
  • Women Entrepreneurs of Canada (Women Entrepreneur of the Year Conference)
  • Women’s Leadership Summit*
  • Work-Life Conference (Federated Press)
  • World at Work*
  • YMCA of Greater Toronto* (Volunteer Appreciation Conference, Child Care Conference)
  • York Region Public Health Unit
UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE
Guest Lectures
   
  • Queens University, School of Business (Public Sector MBA, Queen’s Women In Leadership)
  • Richard Ivey School of Business University of Western Ontario, (Entrepreneurship Program)
  • Rotman School of Management University of Toronto (MBA Program)
  • Schulich School of Business York University
 
  • George Brown College (Community Services and Health Sciences – Health in the City)Seneca College, Early Childhood Education (Diploma Program)
  • Durham College (Schools of Business & Information Technology)
  • Lett Lecturer (Homewood Health Centre)
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Health Promotion Summer School)



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* = multiple appearances at annual and/or regional events or presentations at different events sponsred by the same organization.