Our Clients

The Compass Training Centre’s services are appropriate for any group, organization or business seeking to bring about positive change in its operations. Some of our past clients include:

Peterborough County-City Health Unit (PCCHU)

Compass Training Centre worked with the employees and board of the PCCHU over a two year period, building understanding of the Social Determinants of Health and how to incorporate SDH considerations into programs and services. Customized workshops for staff focused on recognizing assumptions, improving communications and supporting advocacy around SDH issues. Work with PCCHU board members included strategic planning on how to maintain awareness of SDH issues post-training, and an introduction to outcome mapping as a means of evaluating the effectiveness of implemented changes in programs and procedures.

"Our staff was able to truly internalize the importance of the determinants of health in addressing the root causes of disease. This was the best outcome we could have imagined."

Maureen McKeen
Director of Health Promotion,
Peterborough Health Unit

Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)

Compass Training worked with VON Central East District to identify key challenges and deliver several training workshops to management and supervisory staff. A training needs survey was conducted, facilitative leadership skills and positive problem solving were identified as current needs. All of the workshop exercises were design around practical day to day service delivery challenges.

"After taking this training, our senior management team has incorporated time for Success Stories at the close of our meetings. This has shown itself to be an uplifting and positive approach as we focus on our achievements rather than problems – so much so that we are considering moving this section to the beginning of our meetings!"

Alan Cavell
Executive Director
Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Central East District

Community Care Northumberland

An all staff day was transformed by Compass Training into a creative learning opportunity where staff had support to reframe current challenges and develop new practices to improve their workplace and services to clients.

"We needed to help build positive problem solving skills among our staff of 21. With long-term staff who felt they had ‘been there-done that’ through multiple other training courses, Compass brought a freshness, and a depth of material, that made us sit up and listen."

Trish Baird
Executive Director
Community Care Northumberland

Haliburton, Kawartha,
Pine Ridge District Health Unit

Strengthening interpsersonal communication was identified as a common need by numerous community service organizations in Northumberland. Compass training designed a workshop to identify challenges to effective communication in the workplace. Exercises built commitment to core values and key elements of successful communication in the workplace.

"Compass does excellent work. Their approach is unique in the field of adult education. They address in an interactive way the issues that are present in workplaces right now. In our case, they balanced the needs of 16 different workplaces and crafted a workshop on communication that spoke to each of us. They really know their stuff."

Workplace Health Liaison
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit

Campbellford Seymour Community Foundation

Compass Training Centre prepared a workshop, "People, Partnerships and Possibilities", for 44 local service groups and community service organizations. The workshop was aimed at building collaboration between groups and finding common ground for developing new partnerships. The workshop also focused on inclusion and building vibrant inclusive community partnerships.

"The Compass workshop helped participants lay the groundwork for a new infrastructure of inclusive partnerships, solidarity and expanded funding opportunities. The ripples effect of this process are continued to be felt throughout our community."

Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant Coordinator
Campbellford/Seymour Community Foundation

Local Public Employer

Compass Training Centre provided employer's staff with needed tools to create a positive, supportive workplace. Through customized workshops on Appreciative Inquiry and Workplace Culture, employees were introduced to new, affirmative methods of communicating and working together.

Peterborough Social Planning Council

Compass Training Centre assisted PSPC employees with a project to assess the relationship between local businesses and persons with disabilities, providing professional facilitation for some of the research processes.

Municipal Department

Compass Training Centre led employees at the City of Peterborough through a customized workshop process called "Working as Allies" designed to assist employees in meeting their clients' and customers' needs by providing value-based service delivery.

YWCA Shelter Teams

Compass Training Centre provides ongoing assistance to YWCA shelter workers and counsellors in identifying key values in their work and ensuring that those values are incorporated into the delivery of all programs and services. Compass Training Centre also supports other YWCA program empoyees and clients with evaluating and modifying programs to ensure value-based service delivery.