Navigating Workforce Challenges

Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce

Yukonstruct Society

Small Business Week

Celebrate Small Business Week with a line-up of engaging sessions designed to inspire, connect, and support Yukon entrepreneurs. From networking opportunities to expert-led panels, each event offers tools and insights to help your business thrive.

Join us for an engaging and solutions-focused panel discussion, Navigating WorkforceChallenges: Creative Strategies &amp; Success Stories, where industry leaders and business innovators come together to share real-world insights, proven strategies, and inspiring success stories. As organizations across all sectors grapple with evolving workforce dynamics—ranging from talent shortages and retention struggles to remote work challenges and skill gaps—this panel offers a timely and practical look into lessons learned and how forward-thinking companies are adapting and thriving. What to Expect:• Actionable strategies for recruitment, retention, and workforce development• Innovative approaches to upskilling and reskilling in a competitive labor market• Lessons learned from Yukon-based businesses overcoming major workforce challenges• Cross-industry perspectives from leaders, business owners in your community Discussion Topics Include:• Creative approaches to recruiting within a competitive talent landscape• Developing internal talent through upskilling and reskilling• Improving employee retention• Strengthening workplace culture• Labour Market• Onboarding &amp; Talent strategies Agenda:<ul><li>11:30 – 11:45 | Welcome &amp; Lunch</li><li>11:45 – 12:45 | Panel Conversation</li><li>12:45 – 1:00 | Q&amp;A</li><li>1:00 – 1:30 | Networking</li></ul> Be part of this solutions-focused conversation and take away practical tools to support your business and your team. Interested in other exciting sessions happening during Small Business Week? <a href="https://www.whitehorsechamber.ca/small-business-week-2025" title="https://www.whitehorsechamber.ca/small-business-week-2025" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Check out the full line-up of events here!</a>-----MEET THE SPEAKERS Rita Koeller, CPHR - Business Leader | HR Specialist | Facilitator | EducatorRita is a passionate educator, business leader, skilled facilitator, and human resources expert, deeply committed to developing leadership potential and improving organizational performance. With a strong focus on practical impact, Rita specializes in supporting businesses with their HR needs &amp; designing and delivering tailored training programs that empower professionals to excel in key areas such as HR strategy, leadership development, communications, employee engagement and service excellence. Melanie Bennett - Executive Director, Yukon First Nation Education DirectorateBorn in Dawson City into the Wolf Clan of the Tr’ondёk Hwёch’in First Nation, Melanie is the great-granddaughter of Mary McLeod, granddaughter of Alice Titus, and daughter of former Chief Hilda Titus.Melanie has dedicated her life to working with youth to succeed in education. She takes pride in our Yukon First Nations ways of knowing and traditional knowledge — and strongly advocates that First Nations culture-based learning should happen for our students every day in every school.In her spare time, Melanie enjoys beading, being out on the land, picking berries, gathering medicines and enjoying the Yukon wilderness. Solvest Leadership Team Operating in harsh climates and logistically complex environments, Solvest has navigated the unique challenges of attracting, training, and retaining skilled talent in remote communities. Empowerment is a core value and guides their success in building a resilient, regionally rooted, community connected workforce across the North. Rob Fordham - President, Kilrich Industries Limited Partnership Kilrich Industries Limited Partnership is a respected supplier of construction materials and truss manufacturing in Canada’s North. Since taking on the role in 2011, Rob has guided Kilrich, founded in 1977 and based in Whitehorse, as it has grown into a major independent building materials supplier and truss manufacturer, employing over 50 people across a wide range of skilled trades and professional roles. Most recently, he is also serving as Managing Director of Arctic Inland Resources in Dawson City. With a focus on sustainable growth, workforce development, and supporting northern communities, Rob brings deep experience in navigating the unique challenges of operating in the Yukon.

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