Christian Cook, PhD, ICD.D

Experience

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  TD

  Dec 1990 - Mar 1995

  Sales and Service Roles, Retail/Commercial Banking
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  City of Penticton

  Aug 1994 - Nov 1998

  Facilitator, Archivist & Researcher
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  Province of British Columbia

  Feb 1996 - Nov 1997

  Trainer - helping small museums to establish/upgrade facilities
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  RBC Royal Bank

  Dec 1998 - Mar 2011

  • Human Resources (Calgary and Toronto)

    Dec 1998 - Mar 2011

  • HR Manager

    Dec 1998 - Oct 2004
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  Women In Need Society (WINS)

  Mar 2003 - Jul 2011

  Member of the Board of Directors, Chair of the Board of Directors
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  Oil and Gas Industry

  Oct 2004 - Sept 2005

  HR Manager, Recruitment & Resourcing (contract)
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  United Way of Calgary and Area

  Aug 2009 - Dec 2009

  (RBC) Loaned/Campaign Rep., Resource Development (contract)
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  Mount Royal University

  Jan 2010 - now

  Just some of the career experiences and highlights I am grateful for having and learning through since assuming this role are: guiding the ADC and the faculty who depend on us through the transition to an online learning environment through the global pandemic of Covid-19, assuming responsibility as the business lead for the enterprise-wide choice and implementation of a new learning management system across the university, serving as member of General Faculties Council and as the Chair of the GFC Teaching and Learning Committee and member of the Academic Planning and Budget Committee, leading the campus-wide annual celebration of Teaching and Learning (Celebrate!), and chairing the Provost's Generative Artificial Intelligence Working Group. Show less HR faculty member (progressed from contract to limited term, assistant, associate, and then full professor) in the Bissett School of Business. Proud recipient of the MRFA Teaching Excellence Award in 2017 (one FT faculty honoured each academic year with this award). Courses designed and delivered: Strategic Human Resources Management (capstone), Employee Relations, Introduction to HR Management, Organizational Learning & Development, Management Principles & Practices, Employee Recruitment & Selection. Highlights of academic service include: member and vice-chair of Collective Bargaining Team, coach for business case competitions (lifelong connections and podium every time!), MRU facilitator for Community Service Learning (CSL), Chair of HR Program Review (2017 and 2024), and past discipline coordinator for faculty and curriculum in the HR degree program. Show less

  • Director, Academic Development Centre (ADC)

    Apr 2020 - now

  • Community Service Learning (CSL) Facilitator

    Aug 2018 - now

  • Full Professor, Human Resources

    Jan 2010 - now
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  CPHR Alberta

  Feb 2011 - now

  Dedicated to the advancement of the HR profession and professionals in Alberta. Specific volunteer roles have included: Member, Discipline & Ethical Standards Committee (2015 - present)Member, Mentorship Committee (2015 - present) Member, Standards Advisory Committee (2013 - 2015) Chair, Experience Validation Committee (2012 - 2015) Member, Recertification Audit Committee (2009 - 2011) Proctor for NKE and NPPA exams (2005 - 2022) Facilitate preparatory courses for HR professionals to confidently sit the the National Knowledge Exam (N.K.E.) certification exam.

  • HR Industry/Professional Association Volunteer (as chartered professional member of CPHR Alberta)

    Jun 2005 - now

  • Contract Instructor/Facilitator

    Feb 2011 - now
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  The University of Lethbridge

  Jan 2013 - Aug 2016

  Instructor
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  Haskayne School of Business

  Jan 2014 - Jul 2016

  Instructor
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  Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation (Alberta)

  Nov 2017 - Dec 2020

  • Board Director, and Chair, Governance & Human Resources Committee

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Board Director, and Member, Governance & Human Resources Committee

    Nov 2017 - Dec 2020