Robert Libbey B.Sc.
• Over 25 years of international project management experience with NGO, government and private sectors in established & developing countries

• Direct involvement with refugee/ immigrant issues: access to professions; settlement; enterprise support

• Extensive expertise in the strategic direction, implementation and growth of local and international not-for-profit and commercial organizations

• Established cooperative worker-owned micro-enterprise production facilities in Asia & Central America

• Organized and implemented national & international conferences & workshops

• Award winning producer of multi media communications programs

• Worked at a community level on development initiatives such as: Employment Opportunities for Women; Integrating the Blind into the Workforce; Sustainable Aboriginal Business Development; Community Economic & Social Diversification; Employment Barriers to Single Parent Women; Native Youth Opportunities; Third World Village Micro-Enterprise Development; Native Economic Self Determination

Patti Haughian B.A., RSSW
• Extensive experience with refugee and immigrant settlement counseling

• Guidance to newcomers on such issues as immigration, sponsorship, education, ESL/FSL, employment, financial assistance, housing

• Experience with newcomer employment issues including access to professions

• Coordinated Foreign Trained Physicians Program

• Research and advocacy regarding refugee issues

• Active member of refugee sponsorship and support groups

CONSULTING is a collaboration between two sets of expertise.
• We bring an outside perspective and expertise with knowledge and skills about diversity, culture and social issues.

• Our clients are the experts on their own issues.

• Our task is to combine our expertise with your knowledge of the unique nature of your organization to come up with approaches that will move things forward.

The goal is not to dictate solutions. Each organization has a different "next step" to take because each situation is different.