Implementation of an Enterprise-wide Common Street Address Database for the City of Hamilton

June 15, 2018
Administration, Emergency Planning, Environmental Services, Fire, IT & Website Design, Newsletters for Municipalities, Planning & Economic Development, Public Works, Records and Information Management, Roads and Transportation, Security/Public Safety, Water & Sewer

Problem The City of Hamilton has many service delivery applications utilizing and storing resident addresses. For example, street addresses are solicited from the resident in a free form method and are never validated against a common address database.  Thus, the …

Strategies to Overcoming Unconscious Bias in the Workplace

April 28, 2018
Administration, Communications, Financial, Human Resources, Legal, Newsletters for Consultants, Newsletters for Municipalities, Planning & Economic Development, Public Health/Long Term Care Homes, Public Works, Recreation, Security/Public Safety, Team Building, Training

Unconscious bias is hitting the news. From Bay Street to Main Street to Starbucks the impact of unspoken bias is real and harmful to the workplace. Bias stands in the way of making correct decisions in hiring and promoting. It …

Train in Technology – Career Expo

March 14, 2018
Human Resources

Technology is meshed into every industry in some shape or form and the current and future economy will only thrive if talent is well matched to local employment opportunities. Technology drives innovation and business growth, and is critical to the …