About

After a 25-year career in government and non profit, with significant roles including:
Executive Director, Human Rights Officer, Grants Program Officer, Trainer / Mediator, Communications and Outreach Officer, Community Development Specialist, Access and Equity Program Developer / Manager, and Advocate, in 2009 Sue conceived Healthy Hive Consulting – a unique intersectoral, multi-service consultancy.

  • Certified Intercultural, Human Rights and Conflict Resolution educator and curriculum developer

  • Certified workplace mediator

  • Organizational change coach / consultant

  • Succession plan / career transition and wellness coach

  • Innovative collaborative Program Designer / Manager (and grant writer)

  • Community-based (action) researcher.

A recognized Non-profit Leader, Sue has received grants and awards from:

  • The Manitoba Arts Council

  • The Winnipeg Arts Council

  • The Winnipeg Foundation

  • The Ivey School of Business

In addition to her practitioner certificates, Sue has studied:

  • Executive Management at the Ivey School of Business

  • Human Resources with the Cultural Human Resources Council

  • Animating Democracy through Theatre Arts at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR.

  • Marketing and Fundraising with Creative Manitoba

  • Business Management with Meyers Norris Penny.

Healthy Hive’s “core” Team includes: IT Support provided by Jaidev Boznianin, Admin support from WIllow Hawrysh, Graphic Design support from Rose Pallone. Healthy Hive’s team also includes a diverse pool of talented and experienced professionals to meet individual client and project needs: cultural intermediaries / elders, artists, urban planners, associate mediators, researchers, human resources professionals, special events planning, marketing, fundraising, and researchers..

Sue is a Sessional Professor at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) in the Peace Skills Degree Program and an Associate Trainer / Workplace Mediator for Mediation Services (MS). Currently at MS Sue is Lead Trainer for: Cultural Diversity, Communication and Conflict, Adapting to Change, and Assertive Communication. Click on the MS logo for a special discount code for MS courses Sue teaches.

View Healthy Hive’s Client List to see the incredible diversity!

 

Some of Sue’s informative writing include:

Handbooks:

  • “The Art of Collaboration and Partnerships”

  • Facilitating Group Processes”

Articles: