The Heartspace Consulting Team  

Joanne Klassen B Sc.  Heartspace founder, consultant, facilitator, training specialist and author.  Researched, designed, and delivered over 3000 programs for personal, interpersonal, team, board, corporate, and community development. Extensive First Nations experience. Committed to building cross-cultural understanding. Author: Learning to Live, Learning to Love, a book about self esteem and communication, translated and distributed worldwide; Pathways to Peace and Tools of Transformation.  Popular retreats and workshops include "Bringing out the best in your team" and "Building organizational values, vision and vitality.". Joanne is skilled at facilitating processes and structures that support universal values and excellence in human endeavors.

Nina Lee Colwill Ph.D.   Internationally experienced management consultant, seminar leader, and author. Specializes in communication, market research, leadership, power and sex differences. Author of numerous academic and business books and articles. Co-author newly published The Essence of Women in Management (Prentice-Hall Int. UK Ltd.). Sought after internationally as an inspiring keynote speaker, editor, visiting professor and seminar leader. Nina is valued for her ability to dynamically translate complex research and data into practical, keys to personal and organizational change. Her column "As I See It" appears in Women in Management Newsletter.

Barry Cook   Personal, family, addictions and group counselor and trainer. Specialist in multi-generational grief, family violence, and anger management. Family support and abuse counselling, Alcohol, Drug and Substance abuse, self help groups, and culturally appropriate rural and urban aboriginal training programs. Effectively uses spirituality and the natural environment as a healing resource. Skilled in working with couples to achieve mutual understanding. Barry is a powerful and dynamic speaker who brings openness and honesty in sharing his personal life challenges and healing journey.

Gloria Cook   Public Administration, self governance for aboriginal people, health services, management and community development. Gloria is from the Cree First Nation community of Fisher River, Manitoba. Extensive background in research, design, administration and delivery training seminars in holistic health and wellness, policy, management, cross cultural and community development. Gloria advocates working with the four dimensions: mental, physical, emotional and spiritual. She is a powerful leader and strong believer in the power of positive approaches to building on success in achieving human excellence.

Ted Klassen Ph.D.   Human resource manager, organizational development consultant, author and publisher. Thirty years' experience as educator, career counselor, manager, management consultant and facilitator. Specialist in facilitating change, harmony and productivity with individuals and organizations. Program development and implementation, workplace surveys, strategic planning, managing change, leadership development and performance management. Successful manager of innovative non-profit corporation. Fluent in German and low German. Ted is skilled at establishing partnerships between diverse stakeholders to achieve new levels of achievement for all involved.

Dan Rosin Ph.D.   Educator, counselor, human resource consultant, researcher. Developed a Prevention/Wellness Program for 13,000 educators. Individual and family therapist. Creative approaches to team effectiveness and improving quality of life. Founder; Wellness Association of Manitoba, Planned Action for Wellness; Co-founder, Director, Interlake Festival of the Arts. Global interest in work site wellness, and self care for care givers. Dan's presentations focus on the heart of interpersonal issues with warmth and humanness, delivered in a matter-of-fact, down-to-earth style.