Associates

Beverly Suek

Beverly Suek is an associate of TLS Enterprises. Ms Suek has managed projects for organizations across Canada including workplace investigations, harassment and workplace violence. She has many years of experience in equity programs and dealing with systemic racism, policy development. organizational and administrative reviews and the development of healthy, equitable and respectful workplaces.

She has designed and developed training for staff in harassment, equity, respectful workplaces conflict and communications. She developed the training for the Canadian Human Rights Commission on harassment prevention which was delivered to government staff, Crown Corporations and federally regulated industries.

Ms Suek has worked as a consultant to governments, businesses and non-profits, as well as Aboriginal organizations, for example, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Norway House First Nation, Community Health Representatives in First Nations communities and Sioux Valley Personal Care Home.

She has 30 years experience as a senior manager in the private and the public sector. In the public sector, she was the Manager of Human Rights with Labour Canada, managing inspections under the Canada Labour Code. She worked with federally regulated workplaces to understand and overcome systemic racism. Ms Suek was also the CEO with the Women’s Enterprise Centre, where she developed a human resources system that emphasized employee participation, wellness, equity and respect and developed a Governance system for the organization.

She was also the Chair of the Board of Manitoba Lotteries Corporation, a Crown Corporation with over 2000 employees and net income of 630 million dollars. She oversaw a comprehensive organizational review of both finances and human resources and initiated the development of a governance system.

She was a Commissioner with the Provincial Civil Service Commission for 13 years, which is a quasi-judicial board hearing appeals on staffing, classification, dismissal and conflict of interest.

Ms Suek was a Chartered Arbitrator with the ADR Institute of Canada.

Ms Suek is also an active volunteer with community centres, human rights organizations and other community based organizations. In 2012, she was awarded the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Award for community service. In 2017, she received the Order of Manitoba for her work in advancing human rights. She is the author of publications on human rights, housing, the future of work in Canada, quality of workplaces, and enterprise development.

Mike Styre

Mike Styre spent 22 years working in progressively responsible management positions with the federal government. He served as the Regional Director General for the Canada Border Services Agency from August 1996 to October 2010. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing operations in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territory, managing a staff of 1200 persons and a budget of 100 million dollars.

Mr. Styre has conducted investigations with TLS on harassment and workplace violence. He has extensive knowledge of labour relations and, in 2010 received an award from the Customs and Immigration Union in recognition of the excellent working relationship with the union.
He has conducted assessments and administrative reviews and is able to provide organizations with objective and independent recommendations to improve work environments and create healthy and respectful workplaces.

(Sarah) Doris Young

Doris Young is an experienced educator and consultant and a member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation,Treaty 5 Territory. She is presently the Chair of the Health Information Research Governance Committee (HIRGH) of the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba.

Doris is self-employed but previously, worked for over 23 years, at the University College of the North as Advisor to the President on Aboriginal Affairs. Doris was instrumental in facilitating change in the way post secondary education was delivered in the North. She has taught at the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg and was a Visiting Professor and Chair for Aboriginal Self Government in Canadian Studies Department, University of Winnipeg.

She was Co Chair of the Premier’s Advisory Committee on Education Poverty and Citizenship to provide recommendation to the Premier on strategies to eliminate poverty through education.

She was a Board member of the Health Science Centre. She initiated the Aboriginal Services Committee as a Committee of the HSC and was its first Chair.

Doris was a founder and first President of the Indigenous Women’s Collective of Manitoba – an Aboriginal woman’s organization in Manitoba. The organization united all Aboriginal women in Manitoba for the first time under a political umbrella organization of First Nation, Métis and Inuit throughout Manitoba.

She developed an Aboriginal Elder’s Institute for the University of Regina through the faculty of Senior Citizens. Doris was also a Senior Researcher for the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry. The AJI was a historic occasion for the Aboriginal people in Manitoba to inquire into the legal system and an Elder with the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Team

She was a member of the Advisory Committee for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, appointed by the Prime Minister to provide advice to the TRC commissioners on the residential school settlement process and issues that came from residential school survivors.

Doris has a B.A. Honors Degree from the University of Manitoba and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration, University of Winnipeg and is presently enrolled in the Banff School of Management in a program focused on governance in Aboriginal organizations, including evaluation systems.

Awards – Doris received the “Lighting the Fire” – the first award of its kind for her contribution to Manitoba Aboriginal women and the Order of Manitoba for her work in community and in Aboriginal and equity issues and a lifetime membership from the Manitoba Aboriginal Education Research Forum – Zawino Dagosowin.