April 29, 2011

The Memorandum of Understanding between the Canada Border Services Agency, the Customs and Immigration Union and the Joint Learning Program is in full swing
The second orientation session under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Customs and Immigration Union and the Joint Learning Program (JLP) was held April 4 to 9 in Ottawa.

By the end of the week, the 20 participants were provided with a strong foundation of facilitation skills and an overview of the JLP program and learning materials. Thus,Allan Bezaire, Ashley Lopes, Beverley Pacheco, Colleen Tiernan, Debbie Drummond, Elise Butterworth, Gina Giessmann, Ian Cohen, Ingrid Oviedo, Joe Ryan, Kimberly Poirier, Michele Liddy-Brooks, Michelle McCrum, Raie Leith, Seigfred (Sigi) Due, Susan Hoyles, Tamara Lopez, Tanya Stewart, Terre Moon andTyler Hanniman will have the opportunity to join the CBSA-JLP pool of facilitators.

This MOU includes the delivery of a one day workshop on creating a harassment-free workplace for all Agency employees and training of the facilitators required for the initiative. The MOU was signed in May 2010 and will be in effect until 2016.