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Our Legacy: A Foundation for Your Success

The Winnipeg Transition Centre was founded in 1989 by Ron Bartlette with a powerful vision: to empower individuals in their career transitions. This legacy is built on a deep commitment to excellence in career development, which led to the creation of the highly respected Career Coach Certificate. For decades, Ron’s innovative approach has helped thousands of professionals and clients.

We are honored to carry this legacy forward by focusing exclusively on what we do best—providing excellence in training for Career Development Professionals. We believe the best way to honor our past is to continue our mission of empowering you with the practical, hands-on skills you need to guide others to success.

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Our Active Learning Works Methodology

At the Winnipeg Transition Centre, we believe that learning is fundamentally a social act, not a detached digital transaction. This core conviction drives our proprietary Active Learning Works Methodology, ensuring that our professional development programs are facilitated live, every single time. Grounded in educational research showing that the person doing the work is the person doing the learning, we intentionally leverage the 15 pillars of the behavioural method of facilitation to engage participants in real-time skill practice. Supported by a precise loop of immediate feedback from facilitators and peers, alongside built-in self-reflection, this methodology equips professionals to deliver immediate, real-world results.

Leadership

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Ryan Ramsdale

Director

Ryan knows what it means to navigate change — his own career journey has included several significant transitions. He first built a career in the audio industry, then shifted into telecommunications, where he grew from technician to trainer to manager.

After that chapter ended, Ryan pursued his passion for leadership and coaching, earning certificates in coaching and consulting and launching his own leadership coaching practice. His path then led him to inVision Edge, where he supported leaders and organizations across sectors as an Innovation and Strategy Coach, later serving as Director of Operations.

Today, as Principal and Business Director at the Winnipeg Transition Centre, Ryan draws on all these experiences to lead strategy and help empower career development professionals through excellence in training.

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Keri Ramsdale

Finance Manager

Keri understands firsthand what it means to re-establish a career. After dedicating 13 years to her role at home, she returned to the workforce with empathy, compassion, and a gift for building connections.

Her journey has taken her from serving as an Administrative Assistant at The Salvation Army, to working as an Accounting Assistant at Linden Christian School, all while refining her strengths in organization and relationship-building.

Today, as Operations and Client Relations Manager at Winnipeg Transition Centre, Keri ensures seamless day-to-day operations, oversees financial administration, and builds strong client relationships through thoughtful onboarding.

We’re grateful to have Keri’s expertise and heart guiding our work every day.

Facilitators

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Justin Beaudry

Facilitator

Justin is an executive coach and facilitator with over 20 years of experience guiding people through leadership development and meaningful change. Having facilitated leadership training for years across a wide range of sectors, he brings a deeply human-centered, practical approach to the classroom. He excels at helping diverse teams navigate uncertainty, improve how they collaborate, and turn collective insights into everyday action.

Justin focuses on creating open, conversational spaces where teams can drop their guard and do the real work together. Backed by certifications in Change Management, PRINT®, and DiSC, he has a natural knack for simplifying complex concepts and injecting just enough levity to keep learning engaging, relatable, and grounded.

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Chris Wells

Facilitator

Chris brings over a decade of experience facilitating adult learning experiences across Canada, both virtually and in person. Since joining the Winnipeg Transition Centre in 2020, he’s led workshops in Employment Coaching Skills and Facilitation Skills in communities including Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson, Winkler, and Rankin Inlet.

Chris’s path to facilitation was shaped by his own lifelong passion for learning. Having returned to school multiple times and recently defending his PhD dissertation at the University of Toronto in 2024, he knows first-hand the power of continued growth and development.

He’s proud to work with an organization that values active learning and collaboration, helping adults build new skills through hands-on experience and shared insight.

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Chrissy Cordingley

Facilitator

Chrissy’s career has been built on helping people thrive in safe, supportive environments. With over 20 years of experience in coaching, training, and people development, she first specialized in occupational health and safety, ensuring workplaces were physically safe.

But in 2023, Chrissy made a shift. After earning her Career and Employment Coach Certificate, she expanded her focus to include psychological safety and human connection, founding her own coaching practice in 2024.

Now, as a facilitator with Winnipeg Transition Centre, Chrissy is known for her engaging, approachable style that helps participants feel confident in their next steps.

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