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Your Chapter Newsletter - March 2022                   Visit Us at:  calgary.iiba.org

 

President's Message

International Women’s Day

Greetings.

I hope that you all had an opportunity to celebrate and reflect upon International Women’s Day on March 8th, 2022. International Institute of Business Analysis held a webinar where the panelists shared their experiences, challenges and advice for breaking gender bias in the workplace. Despite the numerous opportunities the business analysis field creates for women, there is still a gender bias in our industry, as there is in all industries. So, I want to share with you my thoughts regarding breaking down bias toward women in the business analysis profession.

I truly believe that all of the female business analysts I have had the pleasure and the opportunity to work with were fantastic and every part my equal. As president of the IIBA® Calgary Chapter, I am truly blessed to be surrounded with many strong, capable volunteer leaders. I appreciate and value each volunteer’s contribution but I am so thankful to have a majority of women on the volunteer team.

I would like to share with you my hopes for the future of womanhood with regards to equality. I have a wonderful wife, three daughters and three granddaughters. I look forward to a time where none of these women and girls are discriminated against or discounted from pursuing opportunities and interests. I hope and pray for the day when their voices are heard equally, the opportunity for advancement in their chosen field is unthwarted, and prejudice, as well as violence against women, cease. We must take it upon ourselves to work towards this and be a part of turning this vision into a reality by learning to recognize all bias, championing this cause.

In closing, I want to personally invite you to our March event held virtually on March 24th at 5:00-6:00 pm MT titled Dynamic Documentation Skill Stack for Superior Business Analysts as Adrienne Bellehumeur shares her secrets for building your own and your team’s documentation skill stack. Please follow this link for more information and registration.

Thank you,

Reg Cracknell,
President

 

 

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March 17th, 2022 through to June 2nd, 2022 

VIRTUAL BABOK STUDY GROUP SPRING SESSION 2022

 

Registration is now on for the Spring Study Group Session.

Date: March 17th to June 2nd 2022

Time: 7pm to 10pm MDT

Location: Virtual (Google Meet)

This is for anyone who wants to participate in a collaborative session studying the BABOK for 12 weeks. You will receive 36 CDUs if you successfully complete at least 9 out of 12 sessions. You will also get access to our exclusive watermark exam simulation prep 25% discount. We cover all the Knowledge Areas and Techniques required to pass the CBAP, CCBA or ECBA. You will be led by an expert team of CBAP professionals who will help you with real life tips on how to successfully pass your exams.

If you are interested in joining us, please register immediately.

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Student Membership

Calling on our Student Members!

If you are currently a student at any tertiary institution, kindly contact our Academic Outreach Co-ordinator, Sukhvinder at academic@calgary.iiba.org to let us know how we can support your business analysis career.

Also remember that our mentorship program is open all year long and we would be happy to work with you.

Email us at mentorship@calgary.iiba.org

 


 

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