Yvone Defreitas is the Director of Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness at the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) where she is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring the Centre’s human resources plans and programs.

As a senior human resources management professional with over 20 years of experience in human resources management, Yvone provides the centre with council and expertise related to administration, management services, recruitment, health and safety, performance management, training, development, employee relations, labour relations, compensation and benefits.

She is a certified member of the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) – (CHRP, CHRL) since 2009.

Ernesto is the founder of Kamaleidos Change Solutions, a consulting business focused on people change management in organizations. Over the last 25 years, Ernesto has worked in public- and private-sector industries in Canada and internationally in different capacities in the Human Resources, Learning & Development, Project Management & Change Management specialty fields. His work experience covers a diverse range of industries such as Manufacturing, IT Consulting, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Transportation, Retail, Education, and Banking.

Ernesto is an active member of the HRPA, I4PL, and PMI professional associations and holds a master’s of Industrial Relations from Queen’s University, an HR Management Certificate with Honours from Sheridan College and the CHRP & CHRL professional designations. He is also a certified Trainer (CTDP), Project Manager (PMP), Change Manager (Prosci) and most recently, a certified coach (ACTP) by the International Coach Federation (ICF).

In 2017, Ernesto joined McMaster University Continuing Education as an instructor for the HR program where he has taught Strategic HR Management and the Talent Acquisition online course where an Experiential Learning Project (ELP) is key for students to develop implementable solutions to recruitment and selection needs.