BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20210917T130000Z DTEND:20210917T143000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Business Support Series: Creating a COVID-19 Employee Vaccination Policy DESCRIPTION:Join members of MC Advisory\, a strategic advisory service for business and public sector\, for an engaging discussion with practical insights on the key issues that employers need to think about in creating workplace policies related to COVID-19.\n\n\n\nYou will leave this session with an understanding of the framework that guides employers in creating workplace policies\, 'where to start' in policy development\, and why all businesses and sectors should begin thinking about implementing a vaccination and related policies now to keep pace with the ever-changing landscape of COVID-19.\n\n\n\nThis webinar will ensure Halifax Chamber members and the business community has the knowledge and practical advice to protect their employees and customers by implementing a vaccination policy that suits their needs.\n\n\n\nRegister today and submit your question to the experts!\n\n \n\n\nMEET THE PRESENTERS:\n\n\n\nTANYA TYNSKI\, SENIOR ADVISOR\, MC ADVISORY\n\n\nTanya came to MCA with extensive knowledge and understanding in all areas of human resource management both at the strategic and operational levels.\n\n\n\nIn her last role as Executive Director of Human Resources and Pharmacare for Health PEI\, she was responsible for leading strategic human resource and pharmacare initiatives and best practices for the province's largest employer.\n\n\n\nShe also provided leadership for HR with the Department of Education and Early Child Development for the province of Prince Edward Island.\n\nTanya's focus on results led to a track record as a highly capable change agent\, and a forward-thinking leader\, and she has become well-respected for her ability to understand the organizational strategic direction and operationalize it on the front line.\n\n\n\nShe values relationships build on trust and integrity through fostering transparency and engagement.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nKAREN LOCKERBY\, SENIOR ADVISOR\, MC ADVISORY\n\n\nOver the past 16 years\, Karen has developed valuable expertise leading policy\, regulatory\, advisory\, and operational teams within large government organizations in Australia and Canada. She has a proven track record of ensuring compliance\, providing strategic advice\, leading policy and regulatory reforms\, and successfully delivering complex projects involving government and industry stakeholders. \n\n \n\nKaren is known for fostering collaborative relations and achieving impactful outcomes for her clients. She brings unique experience having advised the New South Wales Safety Regulator on the development of regulations\, guidance and training for workplaces during the H1N1 pandemic of 2009 and the MERS pandemic of 2014. More recently\, Karen has advised private and public sector organizations in Atlantic Canada on business continuity planning and health and safety compliance in relation to Covid-19.\n\n \n\nIAN PICKARD\, PARTNER\, MCINNES COOPER\n\n\nIan is a Partner in our Halifax office. He provides advice daily to all kinds of employers across Nova Scotia in all matters relating to human resources\, hiring\, discipline and termination. Ian has successfully argued civil jury cases relating to both employment and personal injury before all levels of court in Nova Scotia\; he has also appeared numerous times before the Labour Relations Board and the Labour Standards Tribunal. The skill with which Ian conducts his practice has earned him a place on the Best Lawyers in Canada list for his practice in Education law and Labour and Employment law since 2006.\n\n \n\nIan acts as chief negotiator for several major employers and school boards in Atlantic Canada. He conducts collective bargaining for large and small employers in Nova Scotia and has considerable expertise in negotiating and drafting collective agreements. He frequently participates in arbitrations on behalf of employers in Nova Scotia.\n\n \n\nA much sought after presenter\, Ian regularly speaks at labour and employment conferences and education law seminars. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association\, the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society\, and the Canadian Association Counsel to Employer (CACE). Ian is past President of the Canadian Association Practical Study of Law in Education (CAPSLE). In his community\, Ian is past President of the Oakfield Golf and Country Club\, and past President of Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Ian is the solicitor for Hockey Nova Scotia and currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Halifax Major Bantam Hockey Club.\n\n\nKOUROSH RAD\, OWNER\, THE GARDEN\n\n\n Kourosh Rad is the owner of the Garden as of February 2020. Through his previous role as a planning consultant\, Kourosh has initiated several projects to inspire change at the regional\, national and international level. These initiatives include the "Art of City Building Conference" and "Sweden-Canada Cleantech Matchmaking Platform." He has also led workshops around the world on a variety of topics\, including public consultation\, equitable real estate development\, creative bureaucracy\, and sustainable development. In 2019\, he was a speaker at MIT Real Estate Forum\, Amsterdam's We Make the City Conference\, and Valencia's Placemaking Week Europe. Kourosh received the 2017 Young Planner Award from the Canadian Institution of Planners for his contribution to the field.\n\n \n\n As a first-generation immigrant from Iran\, Kourosh has overcome many barriers throughout his entrepreneurial career\, the last of which has been owning a restaurant through a pandemic. However\, Kourosh's values-based approach to entrepreneurship has helped him build strong bonds with community groups and organizations\, provide a supporting environment for the employees\, and attract the best talent in the culinary scene. Given Kourosh's track record in community consultation and advocacy\, he involves employees and to a large extend the community in defining a higher vision for the restaurant that serves as an anchor to empower the culinary scene beyond what is possible by a single restaurant alone. The latest community-empowering project led by Kourosh is the Secret Garden series that has so far brought together 11 chefs\, 15 aspiring cooks and over 350 people together at various events. Such strong community bond has helped Kourosh build a resilient restaurant through a pandemic X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join members of MC Advisory\, a strategic advisory service for business and public sector\, for an engaging discussion with practical insights on the key issues that employers need to think about in creating workplace policies related to COVID-19.
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\nYou will leave this session with an understanding of the framework that guides employers in creating workplace policies\, &lsquo\;where to start&rsquo\; in policy development\, and why all businesses and sectors should begin thinking about implementing a vaccination and related policies now to keep pace with the ever-changing landscape of COVID-19.
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\nThis webinar will ensure Halifax Chamber members and \;the business community has the knowledge and practical advice to protect their employees and customers by implementing a vaccination policy that suits their needs.
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\nRegister today and submit your question to the experts!
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MEET THE PRESENTERS:

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TANYA TYNSKI\, SENIOR ADVISOR\, \;MC ADVISORY

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Tanya came to MCA with extensive knowledge and understanding in all areas of human resource management both at the strategic and operational levels.
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\nIn her last role as Executive Director of Human Resources and Pharmacare for Health PEI\, she was responsible for leading strategic human resource and pharmacare initiatives and best practices for the province&rsquo\;s largest employer.
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\nShe also provided leadership for HR with the Department of Education and Early Child Development for the province of Prince Edward Island.

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Tanya&rsquo\;s focus on results led to a track record as a highly capable change agent\, and a forward-thinking leader\, and she has become well-respected for her ability to understand the organizational strategic direction and operationalize it on the front line.
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\nShe values relationships build on trust and integrity through fostering transparency and engagement.

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KAREN LOCKERBY\, SENIOR ADVISOR\, MC ADVISORY

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Over the past 16 years\, Karen has developed valuable expertise leading policy\, regulatory\, advisory\, and operational teams within large government organizations in Australia and Canada. She has a proven track record of ensuring compliance\, providing strategic advice\, leading policy and regulatory reforms\, and successfully delivering complex projects involving government and industry stakeholders. \;  \;
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\nKaren is known for fostering collaborative relations and achieving impactful outcomes for her clients. She brings unique experience having advised the New South Wales Safety Regulator on the development of regulations\, guidance and training \;for workplaces during the H1N1 pandemic of 2009 and the MERS pandemic of 2014. More recently\, Karen has advised private and public sector organizations in Atlantic Canada on business continuity planning and health and safety compliance in relation to Covid-19.

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IAN PICKARD\, PARTNER\, MCINNES COOPER

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Ian is a Partner in our Halifax office. He provides advice daily to all kinds of employers across Nova Scotia in all matters relating to human resources\, hiring\, discipline and termination. Ian has successfully argued civil jury cases relating to both employment and personal injury before all levels of court in Nova Scotia\; he has also appeared numerous times before the Labour Relations Board and the Labour Standards Tribunal. The skill with which Ian conducts his practice has earned him a place on the Best Lawyers in Canada list for his practice in Education law and Labour and Employment law since 2006.
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\nIan acts as chief negotiator for several major employers and school boards in Atlantic Canada. He conducts collective bargaining for large and small employers in Nova Scotia and has considerable expertise in negotiating and drafting collective agreements. He frequently participates in arbitrations on behalf of employers in Nova Scotia.
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\nA much sought after presenter\, Ian regularly speaks at labour and employment conferences and education law seminars. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association\, the Nova Scotia Barristers&rsquo\; Society\, and the Canadian Association Counsel to Employer (CACE). Ian is past President of the Canadian Association Practical Study of Law in Education (CAPSLE). In his community\, Ian is past President of the Oakfield Golf and Country Club\, and past President of Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Ian is the solicitor for Hockey Nova Scotia and currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Halifax Major Bantam Hockey Club.

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KOUROSH RAD\, OWNER\, THE GARDEN

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 \;Kourosh Rad is the owner of the Garden as of February 2020. Through his previous role as a \;  \;planning consultant\, Kourosh has initiated several projects to inspire change at the regional\, \;  \;national and international level. These initiatives include the &ldquo\;Art of City Building Conference&rdquo\; \;  \;and &ldquo\;Sweden-Canada Cleantech Matchmaking Platform.&rdquo\; He has also led workshops around \;  \;the world on a variety of topics\, including public consultation\, equitable real estate \;  \;development\, creative bureaucracy\, and sustainable development. In 2019\, he was a \;  \;speaker \;at MIT Real Estate Forum\, Amsterdam&rsquo\;s We Make the City Conference\, and \;  \;Valencia&rsquo\;s Placemaking Week Europe. Kourosh received the 2017 Young Planner Award \;  \;from \;the Canadian Institution of Planners for his contribution to the field.
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\n \;As a first-generation immigrant from Iran\, Kourosh has overcome many barriers throughout \;  \;his entrepreneurial career\, the last of which has been owning a restaurant through a \;  \;pandemic. However\, Kourosh&rsquo\;s values-based approach to entrepreneurship has helped him \;  \;build strong bonds with community groups and organizations\, provide a supporting \;  \;environment for the employees\, and attract the best talent in the culinary scene. Given Kourosh&rsquo\;s track record in community consultation and advocacy\, he involves employees and to a large extend the community in defining a higher vision for the restaurant that serves as an anchor to empower the culinary scene beyond what is possible by a single restaurant alone. The latest community-empowering project led by Kourosh is the Secret Garden series that has so far brought together 11 chefs\, 15 aspiring cooks and over 350 people together at various events. Such strong community bond has helped Kourosh build a resilient restaurant through a pandemic

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