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Our mission is to change the lives of learners by working from the inside. We believe that advancing policies, standards and practices that consider the learner provides a client focused opportunity to improve organizations and to support cultural and social mobility.

We view ourselves as a service organization and consider evidence gathering as a hallmark of our work. We believe experience matters and ensure that our consulting teams are experts in their fields who put clients’ needs first. Cultural context and facts matter. To that end, we value respectful engagement and creating ways to bring people’s ideas to the table with a focus on creating consensus and getting results.

Clients of Duklas Cornerstone Consulting Inc. benefit the memberships of its founder, Joanne Duklas. Through her higher education volunteerism and her work, Joanne believes that collaboration is key to sustainability and success.

As a sought after thought leader, Joanne has presented at well over 200 provincial, national and international conferences around the world. Those below represent a sample.

• Council on Articulations and Transfer, New Brunswick Summit, Supporting Next Generation Mobility, Saint John, New Brunswick – October 2018
• Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT) annual Student Pathways in Higher Education conference, Near and Far: Supporting Student Mobility Across Diverse Dimensions, Toronto, Ontario – May 2017
• Western Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (WARUCC) conference, Culture, Diversity, Inclusion, Regina, Saskatchewan – June 2019

• The Association for International Credential Evaluation Professionals, Vancouver, British Columbia – October 2019
• British Columbia Council for International Education, Whistler, British Columbia – June 2019
• Pan-Canadian Consortium on Admissions and Transfer, Regina, Saskatchewan – June 2019
• Western Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan – June 2019
• Groningen Declaration Network Meeting, Puebla, Mexico – April 2019 – in collaboration with Dr. Rob Fleming, executive director and co-chair, British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) and Michael Winsemann, director, transfer and technology, BCCAT
• Ontario University Registrars’ Association annual conference, Toronto, Ontario – February 2019
• British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT), annual JAM conference, Vancouver, British Columbia – November 2019
• Association of Registrar’s of the Universities and Colleges of Canada biennial conference, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – June 2018
• Pan-Canadian Consortium on Admissions and Transfer (PCCAT) annual conference, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – June 2018

• Ontario Colleges Committee of Registrars, Admissions, and Liaison Officers’ (CRALO) annual conference, Kitchener, Ontario – November 2018
• Ontario University Registrars’ Association (OURA) annual conference, Toronto, Ontario – February 2019
• Western Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (WARUCC), Regina, Saskatchewan – June 2019

Presentation: Alberta Transfer Student Success Research

• Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer (ACAT) annual pathways meeting, Edmonton, Alberta – June 2018

Presentation: Core Concepts of SEM

• Ontario University Registrars’ Association (OURA) annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario – February 2017

Presentation: Advancing Student Mobility for Canada

• ONCAT Conference, Student Pathways in Higher Education Conference, in collaboration with Charmaine Hack, past-president, ARUCC (2016-18); registrar, Ryerson University – April 2018

Supporting Next Generation Credentialing Practices for Student Success & Transfer

• Council on Articulations and Transfer, New Brunswick (CATNB) Summit – November 2016

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