Biography

Author of the national best-seller Personality Profiles, Joanne Therrien is a highly regarded public speakerm publisher and management training specialist. She is President of Vidacom Inc., a Canadian based company that has provided human resources consultation and management training services worldwide. She is also President and CEO of the publishing house, Les Éditions des Plaines. She has appeared regularly on television and radio programs. She has also over the last 30 years given more than 400 seminars and keynote addresses to numerous organizations, governments and businesses in North America, Europe and Africa.

        Experience - Current:

  • President at Editions des Plaines Book Publishers
  • President at Vidacom Publications
  • President at Boutique du Livre Booksellers
        Experience - Past
  • Division Manager at Investors Group Financial Services Inc.
  • Projects Manager/Gestionnaire de projets-Financial Planning at Desjardins Financial Security
  • Assistant Manager - Training and Career Development at Investors Group Financial Services Inc.
  • Executive Director - Francofonds Community Foundation
        Education
  • Institut Quebecois de planification financiere (IQPF)
  • Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface
        Community Involvement
  • Chair, Economic Development Council for Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities (CDEM) 2007-2009
  • Chair, Friends of Gabrielle Roy / Amis de Gabrielle-Roy 2007-2011
  • Chair, Maison Gabrielle-Roy Museum 2005-2006
  • Co-Chair, Group’Action St. Nobert 2001-2005
  • Director, Francofonds Foundation 2000-2002
  • Board of Directors - Riel Corporation, ANIM, CUSB, Presse-Ouest
       Joanne has three children, and is married to Dr. Lotfollah (Lot) Shafai,
       a Canada Research Chair, co-author of several books in his field of  
       Electromagnetics.

Upcoming Seminars

Nov. 16-21, 2011 | Montreal, Quebec
Montreal Book Fair  - Daniel Lavoie Book Launch - Finutilité
January, 2012 | France-Canada E-learning Initiative
Cientica Information and Communication Technology
March 1 to 5, 2012 | At the Brussels, Belgium Book Fair
France Adams, author of The Restless Tree - new book launch Le Jardin
March 16-19, 2012 | Paris, France

Paris International Book Fair - David Bouchard 'Raven’s Greatest Creation' Book Launch

2012-2013 |
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