For Immediate Release
ASQ Canada’s Toronto Section Looks Back On
Six Decades of Excellence at Quality Forum
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 1, 2006 – Hundreds of Southern Ontario members of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), representing industry, services, government, healthcare, and education, will commemorate the 60th anniversary of ASQ Canada’s Toronto Section during the Toronto Quality Forum, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 18, at the Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Road, Etobicoke.
Featured will be a panel discussion with experts such as Glenn Archinoff, vice president of Compliance and Corporate Quality, Atomic Energy Canada Ltd; and Frank Coppinger, general manager, Facility Services, Toronto District School Board; along with special break out sessions on topics such as:
- Accreditation, a Powerful Change Management Tool
- Advancing Business Excellence Through Quality Standards
- The Economic Case for Quality – Four Decades of Positive Experience
For details on conference sessions, visit: www.asqtoronto.org
In addition to the educational aspects, the Toronto Section will celebrate a longtime commitment to quality. “We salute the Toronto Section as they commemorate 60 successful years of working together to make workplace quality a global priority and organizational imperative,” said Paul Borawski, ASQ executive director, and chief strategic officer.
Loyal Members
Dedicated, quality-focused individuals make up ASQ Canada’s Toronto Section. Ben Lloyd was one of the founding members. In 60 years he has seen much change. “Statistical quality control was very much systems-oriented in those days,” Lloyd said. Lloyd’s career started at Canadian Industries Ltd., and continued in management consulting for Price Waterhouse. “What has interested me most was the challenge of getting people to accept quality control as their obligation,” Lloyd said.
Lloyd, and 55-year member George Bornet, will be recognized by ASQ President Ron Atkinson at the forum. "With thousands of members throughout ASQ Canada, our business professionals take the work of quality seriously,” said Brenda Fisk, ASQ Canada’s Regional Director.
ASQ is the world’s leading authority on quality. ASQ members are hard at work in more than 100 countries, advancing learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and to create better workplaces and communities. ASQ Canada is a community of more than 6,000 individuals and nine corporate members in 15 sections, coast to coast. ASQ offers technologies, concepts, tools, and training to quality professionals, practitioners, and everyday consumers, encouraging all to Make Good Great®. ASQ has been the sole administrator of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the United States since 1991. ASQ is a WorldPartner™ with the National Quality Institute (NQI), an organization that administers the Canada Awards for Excellence.
ASQ Canada
ASQ Canada’s sections include: Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal, London, Montreal Francophone, Kitchener, Manitoba, Ottawa Valley, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, and Windsor.
For information and contacts visit: www.asq.org/canada
