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Research Services

The partners of Emerging Directions Consulting Ltd. bring knowledge and experience in research design, development, and report writing. They are skilled at gathering reliable data, and through synthesis and analysis, turning it into concise, understandable reports that help guide informed decision-making.

The types of research undertaken by Emerging Directions Consulting Ltd. include:

• Program and service development
• Labour market research
• Policy research
• Needs assessment
• Social research
• Customer research

Emerging Directions Consulting Ltd. provides the following benefits to clients utilizing our research services:

• Graduate level training
  — qualitative and quantitative data analyses
• Program design and delivery experience
• Well-written, informative reports written in plain English
• Skilled in making professional group presentations on research findings

The following client organizations have utilized Emerging Directions Consulting Ltd.’s research services:

• Alberta Human Resources and Employment
  —Career Resources and Employment Branch                                     —People, Skills and Workplace Resources Branch                                         —Labour Force Partnerships & Skills Policy Branch
• Alberta Learning
• Edmonton Head Start Agencies
• Employabilities
• Grant MacEwan College                                                                          -School of Business                                                                       -Voluntary Sector Management Program
• Northern Labour Market Information Clearinghouse
  — a consortium made up of Northern Alberta Development Council and five    Northern Alberta colleges
• United Way of the Alberta Capital Region
• WCB Appeals System Review Committee
  — Research support to Ministerial Committee appointed in 2000 to review the WCB Appeals System

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