When I joined Queen’s IRC in 2006, I was appointed as Director of the Centre for a five-year term. I was renewed in 2011, and I am delighted to report that I have again been reappointed as Queen’s IRC Director for an additional five years.
I am proud of the work we have done at Queen’s IRC in the past five years. Our practitioner-focused research has included the State of HR in Canada, the State of Labour Relations in Canada, as well as the State of HR in the Caribbean. We have continued to provide relevant articles authored by subject matter experts in our E-News and Research Briefs newsletters, and we have an extensive collection of articles on our website.
In 2011, we introduced the Advanced Labour Relations Certificate, and in 2012, we introduced the Advanced Human Resources Certificate. In response to the needs of HR and LR practitioners, we have introduced a number of new and innovative programs, most recently Linking HR Strategy to Business Strategy and HR Metrics and Analytics.
In the past five years, we have continued to expand our programs to more cities across Canada and help many organizations through our custom training options. We established a partnership with the University of the West Indies, enabling us to share our knowledge with HR professionals in Trinidad and Barbados as well as across Canada. I have had the opportunity to speak at conferences on topics such as raising the bar on HR, succession planning and the future of work.
We are in a time of fundamental change in the workplace. At the IRC, we remain committed to developing new programs to address the needs of human resources and labour relations professionals as they navigate the new world of work. I hope that you will stay connected with Queen’s IRC and our work, as we continue to develop and deliver programs and research that will give you the skills that you need to thrive in the future. The next five years promise to be exciting and I look forward to continuing my work with the IRC.
Please feel free to contact me at Paul.Juniper@QueensU.ca or follow me on Twitter @paul_juniper.
I have personally witnessed HR’s evolution from the back room to the board room, from tactics to strategy, and to assuming ownership of the business and its outcomes. The HR profession has advanced dramatically since the days when I began my career as a recruiter, and we certainly have come a long way from the days of the “Personnel Department” managing things like payroll or vacation requests, and reporting into finance and accounting. I am proud of this evolution which I refer to as the professionalization of the human resources profession.
Philip C. Wilson, CHRL, CHRE, gained over thirty years of progressively responsible experience in business and the HR field. He is currently Director Corporate Services (formerly the Chief Human Resources Officer) for DST Consulting Engineers Inc. where he is responsible for the quality and depth of talent that differentiate DST in the marketplace, while supporting their ability to deliver on strategic goals. At Felix Global Corp., he provided board governance consulting advice, coached executives, delivered career transition support and facilitated business strategic planning. He provided global leadership as Vice President H.R. at Corel Corp. As Senior Vice President H.R. at CIBC Phil led a global, multi-functional team of HR professionals (125) responsible for CIBC’s executive leadership and training programs, organizational development, executive resourcing, global recruitment strategies, and business process outsourcing. Philip received the Queen’s University IRC Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Human Resources Industry at the 2015 HR Awards.