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July 06, 2009
- Montreal,Quebec Microsoft Outlook 2003 Beginner (Available in French and English)
- Ottawa,Ontario XML: Part I
- Vancouver,British Columbia Adobe Flash CS3 Level 1
- Calgary,Alberta Microsoft Outlook 2003 Level 2
- Calgary,Alberta MS Access 2007 Level 2
- Ottawa,Ontario Adobe Flash CS4: Part I (New: 3-Day)
- Montreal,Quebec Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional (New: 3-Day)
- Ottawa,Ontario Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional (New: 3-Day)
- Ottawa,Ontario Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database
- Toronto,Ontario Excel 2007 Getting Started
- Ottawa,Ontario Adobe Premiere Pro CS4: Part I
- Montreal,Quebec Adobe Photoshop Beginner (Available in French and English)
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Microsoft Project 2007 Level 1
- North York,Ontario Excel 2003 Introduction (1 Day)
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft Excel 2002/2003 Level 1
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft PowerPoint 2002/2003 Level 1
- Toronto,Ontario Essentials of Captivate 4
- Mississauga,Ontario Fast Track to ColdFusion 8
- Montreal,Quebec Monitoring and Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
- Montreal,Quebec Implementing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
- Toronto,Ontario Outlook 2007 Mail Advanced
- Toronto,Ontario Access 2003 Introduction (2 Days)
- Toronto,Ontario Microsoft Access 2000 - 2003 Level 1 Data Entry Reports
- Toronto,Ontario CATIA V5 Fundamentals Training (5 Days)
- Ottawa,Manitoba Microsoft Excel Introduction
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Excel Datalist Management 2003
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Visio® 2003 Professional: Level 1
- Vancouver,British Columbia Supporting Users Running Windows XP Operating Systems / Apps on Windows XP
- Vancouver,British Columbia Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2003: Admin
- Ottawa,Ontario Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 1
- Toronto,Ontario Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Level 1
- Mississauga,Ontario Consulting Fundamentals
- Toronto,Ontario Mandarin for Teens: 3-Week Camp
- Ottawa,Ontario Microsoft Excel 2000 - 2003 Level 1
- Mississauga,Ontario Microsoft Word 2003 - Level 1
- Newmarket,Ontario Access 2007 Upgrade (1 Day)
- Mississauga,Ontario Visio 2003/2007 Introduction (1 Day)
- Ottawa,Ontario Planning, Deploying and Managing Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager 2007
- Montreal,Quebec Developing XML Web Services Using Microsoft ASP.NET
- Thornhill,Ontario Sage Accpac for Windows General Ledger
July 07, 2009
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3 - Level 1
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Word 2003: Level 1
- Calgary,Alberta Microsoft Excel 2003 - Level 1
- Newmarket,Ontario Word 2007 Upgrade (1 Day)
- Calgary,Alberta Manage Conflict to your Advantage
- Montreal,Quebec Microsoft Project 2003 Beginner (Available in French and English)
- Montreal,Quebec Microsoft Word 2003 Beginner (Available in French and English)
- Mississauga,Ontario Excel 2003 Introduction (1 Day)
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft Word 2007 Level 1
- North York,Ontario Word 2003 Introduction (1 Day)
- Toronto,Ontario Word 2007 Forms
- Ottawa,Ontario Coping With Stress @ Work and @ Home
- Winnipeg,Manitoba QuickBooks Pro2007 Level 1
- Toronto,Ontario PowerPoint 2003 Getting Started
- Ottawa,Ontario Microsoft Excel 2000 - 2003 Level 2
- Mississauga,Ontario Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 3 - Spreadsheet Analysis
- Toronto,Ontario Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Level 1
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Excel 2007 - Level 1
- Toronto,Ontario Access 2003 Level 1
- Ottawa,Ontario Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 - 2003 Level 1
- Ottawa,Ontario Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 2
- Mississauga,Ontario MS Excel 2003 Level 1 Training Seminar (1 Day)
- Montreal,Quebec Excel Module 2 - Functions and workbooks ( Available in French and English )
- Mississauga,Ontario MS Excel 2003 Level 1 Training Seminar (1 Day)
- Calgary,Alberta PowerPoint 2003 - Level 1
- Ottawa,Ontario Adobe Illustrator CS2 Introduction
- Victoria,British Columbia Testing Techniques for Tracing and Validating Requirements
July 08, 2009
- Newmarket,Ontario PowerPoint 2003 Introduction (1 Day)
- Vancouver,British Columbia Adobe Acrobat 7 Level 1
- Toronto,Ontario Excel 2007 New Features
- Toronto,Ontario Access 2007 Making the Most of Tables
- Vancouver,British Columbia Adobe Acrobat 7 Level 1
- Montreal,Quebec Microsoft Excel 2003 Beginner (Available in French and English)
- Ottawa,Ontario FCP 101: An Introduction to Final Cut Pro 6
- North York,Ontario Excel 2007 Introduction (1 Day)
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 2
- Montreal,Quebec Microsoft Excel 2007 Beginner (Available in French and English)
- Montreal,Quebec Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
- Toronto,Ontario Microsoft Access 2000 - 2003 Level 1 Database Design
- Ottawa,Manitoba Word 2007 Advanced
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Adobe® InDesign® CS3: Level 1
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Adobe® Acrobat 8.0 - Level 1
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Access 2007 - Level 1 (1 Day)
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Microsoft Access 2000 - 2003 Level 1 Data Entry Reports
- Toronto,Ontario Beginner Mandarin Chinese level 1 - Wednesdays
- Halifax,Nova Scotia Microsoft Word 2000 - 2003 Level 2
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft Excel 2000 - 2003 Level 1
- Ottawa,Ontario Managing Projects
- Mississauga,Ontario Creating Dynamic Presentations with PowerPoint
- Calgary,Alberta Ultimate Time Management Strategies
- Calgary,Alberta Microsoft Excel 2003 - Level 2
- Calgary,Alberta Goal Setting and Achieving Objectives
- Mississauga,Ontario Acrobat v8.0 Introduction (1 Day)
- Halifax,Nova Scotia Excel 2003 Introduction
- Thornhill,Ontario Sage Accpac for Windows Accounts Payable
- Ottawa,Ontario Adobe Illustrator Advanced
July 09, 2009
- Montreal,Quebec Crystal Reports Intermediate ( Available in French and English )
- Ottawa,Ontario Adobe Illustrator CS4: Part I
- Mississauga,Ontario MS Access Level 1 Training Seminar (2 Days)
- Calgary,Alberta Adobe InDesign CS3 Level 1 (2 Days)
- Ottawa,Ontario CSS for CLF 2.0
- Ottawa,Manitoba Microsoft Word 2003 Intermediate
- Edmonton,Alberta Microsoft Excel 2000 - 2003 Level 2
- Thornhill,Ontario Simply Accounting - Level 2
- Vancouver,British Columbia Visio 2007 Introduction
- North York,Ontario Access 2003 Introduction (2 Days)
- Mississauga,Ontario Outlook 2007 Introduction, 1 Day
- North York,Ontario Flash Introduction (2 Days)
- Toronto,Ontario Powerpoint 2007 Intermediate (1 Day)
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Level 1
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft Access 2002/2003 Level 1
- Newmarket,Ontario Excel 2007 Introduction (1 Day)
- Calgary,Alberta Microsoft Word 2003 - Level 2
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Word 2007: Level 1
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Excel Datalist Management 2007
- Calgary,Alberta Microsoft Excel 2003 - Level 3
- Toronto,Ontario Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Level 2
- Markham,Ontario Customer Service Certification Program - Focus on Managing Difficult People
- Toronto,Ontario PowerPoint 2007 Formatting Presentations
- Montreal,Quebec Adobe Illustrator CS4: Part I
- Calgary,Alberta Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 1
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Level 1
July 10, 2009
- Calgary,Alberta Microsoft Word 2007 - Level 1
- Newmarket,Ontario Excel 2003 Introduction (1 Day)
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Publisher 2003: Level 1
- Ottawa,Manitoba Microsoft Excel 2003 Advanced
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 - 2003 Level 2
- Mississauga,Ontario Assertive Communication: An Essential Individual Competency and Team Skill
- Thornhill,Ontario Sage Accpac for Windows Accounts Receivable
- Halifax,Nova Scotia Excel 2003 Advanced
- Vancouver,British Columbia Adobe Photoshop CS3 Level 1
- Vancouver,British Columbia Adobe Acrobat 8 Level 1
- Mississauga,Ontario Word 2007 Intermediate Level 1 (1 Day)
- Toronto,Ontario Excel 2007 Intermediate Level 1 (1 Day)
- Montreal,Quebec Microsoft Outlook 2003 Intermediate (Available in French and English)
- Mississauga,Ontario Microsoft Excel 2000 - 2003 Level 2
- Montreal,Quebec Microsoft Visio 2003 Beginner (Available in French and English)
- Ottawa,Ontario Microsoft Excel 2000 2003 Level 3 Data List Management
- Vancouver,British Columbia Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Level 2
July 13, 2009
- Thornhill,Ontario Sage Accpac for Windows Inventory Control
- Mississauga,Ontario Introduction to Installing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
- Halifax,Nova Scotia Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 2
- Vancouver,British Columbia Process Modeling Management ( 3 day course )
- Ottawa,Ontario Service Oriented Architecture and Java Web Services
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Adobe® Illustrator® CS3: Level 1
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Introduction to Computers & the Internet
- Montreal,Quebec Adobe Flash CS4: Part I (New: 3-Day)
- Toronto,Ontario Excel 2007 Working with Workbooks
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Adobe® Flash® CS3: Level 1
- Montreal,Quebec Microsoft Excel 2003 Advanced (Available in French and English)
- Calgary,Alberta SharePoint 2007 - Power User (2 Days)
- Toronto,Ontario Quality for Project Managers ( 3 day course )
- Vancouver,British Columbia Developing Web Applications Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
- Calgary,Alberta MS Excel 2007 Level 1
- Toronto,Ontario CATIA V5 Expert Mechanical Designer V5E (5 days)
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft Word 2002/2003 Level 2
- Toronto,Ontario Excel 2003 Intermediate Level 1 (1 Day)
- Newmarket,Ontario Word 2003 Introduction (1 Day)
- Vancouver,British Columbia Adobe InDesign CS3 Level 1
- North York,Ontario Access 2007 Introduction (2 Days)
- Calgary,Alberta PowerPoint 2003 - Level 2
- Toronto,Ontario Supporting Users Running Windows XP Operating Systems / Apps on Windows XP
- Ottawa,Ontario Microsoft Word 2003 Intermediate
- Mississauga,Ontario Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 3 - VBA Macros
- Mississauga,Ontario Risk Management (3 day course )
- Mississauga,Ontario Introduction to Business Analysis
- Vancouver,British Columbia HTML Level 1
- Mississauga,Ontario MS PowerPoint 2003 Level 1 Training Seminar
- Montreal,Quebec Adobe Premiere Pro CS4: Part I (FRENCH)
- Ottawa,Ontario Adobe Dreamweaver CS4: Part I (New: 3-Day)
- Mississauga,Ontario Powerpoint 2003 Intermediate (1 Day)
- Ottawa,Ontario Adobe Flash CS4: Part II
- Montreal,Quebec Adobe InDesign CS4: Part I (New: 3-Day)
- Toronto,Quebec Outlook 2007 Mail Management
- Montreal,Quebec Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
- Ottawa,Ontario Project Leadership, Management and Communications
July 14, 2009
- Calgary,Alberta Microsoft Excel 2007 - Level 2
- Halifax,Nova Scotia Quickbooks Introduction
- Thornhill,Ontario QuickBooks - Level 2
- Toronto,Ontario How to Gather and Document User Requirements
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Access 2003 - Level 2 (1 Day)
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Adobe® Photoshop® CS3: Level 1
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007: Level 1
- Toronto,Ontario Project Management Essentials
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft Excel 2002/2003 Level 2
- Mississauga,Ontario Excel 2003 Intermediate Level 1 (1 Day)
- Ottawa,Ontario Microsoft Excel 2007 Foundation
- Toronto,Ontario Improve Your Leadership and People Management Skills
- Mississauga,Ontario Elite Customer Service (Module 26)
- Mississauga,Ontario MS Excel 2003 Level 2 - 1 Day
- Toronto,Ontario PowerPoint 2003 Formatting Presentations
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 - 2003 Level 1
- Calgary,Alberta PowerPoint 2007 - Level 2
- Montreal,Quebec Adobe Illustrator Beginner ( Available in French and English )
- Toronto,Ontario Coping With Stress @ Work and @ Home
- Toronto,Ontario Microsoft Access 2000 2003 Level 2 Advanced Database Design
- Winnipeg,Manitoba QuickBooks Pro 2007 Level 2
- Toronto,Ontario Word 2003 Intermediate Level 1 (1 Day)
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft Project 2007 Level 1 (2 Days)
- Toronto,Ontario Marketing in Tough Economic Times
- Newmarket,Ontario PowerPoint 2007 Introduction (1 Day)
July 15, 2009
- Montreal,Quebec Microsoft Word 2003 Intermediate (Available in French and English)
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Access 2007 Programming with VBA (3 Days)
- Ottawa,Ontario Adobe InDesign CS4: Part I (New: 3-Day)
- Montreal,Quebec Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Beginner (Available in French and English)
- Calgary,Alberta Adobe Photoshop CS3 Level 2
- Ottawa,Ontario Microsoft Excel 2000-2003 Level 3 VBA Macros
- Thornhill,Ontario Sage Accpac for Windows Order Entry
- Calgary,Alberta Microsoft Word 2007 - Level 2
- Calgary,Alberta Microsoft Excel 2007 - Level 3
- Toronto,Ontario Testing Techniques for Tracing and Validating Requirements
- Newmarket,Ontario Outlook 2003 Introduction, 1 Day
- Montreal,Quebec Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition and Microsoft Windows Script Host Essentials
- Mississauga,Ontario Excel 2003 Advanced Level 2, 1 day
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft Access 2002/2003 Level 2
- Toronto,Ontario Quickbooks 2008 Training - Introductory Level (1 Day)
- North York,Ontario Excel 2003 Intermediate Level 1 (1 Day)
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft Visio 2003 Level 1
- Ottawa,Ontario Testing Techniques for Tracing and Validating Requirements ( 3 day course )
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Excel 2007 - Level 2
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Simply Accounting 2008 Level 1
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3 - Level 2
- Niagara Falls,Ontario SBCN's 12th Annual golf Tournament
- Ottawa,Ontario Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Intermediate
- Surrey, E & O Insurance-Who Needs it and Why
July 16, 2009
- Ottawa,Ontario Adobe Illustrator CS4: Part II
- Montreal,Quebec Adobe Premiere Pro CS4: Part I
- Mississauga,Ontario MS Office 2007: New Features
- Toronto,Ontario Quickbooks 2008 Training - Advanced Level
- Winnipeg,Manitoba SQL Advanced
- Ottawa,Ontario LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2: Part I
- Calgary,Alberta Project Management Fundamentals
- Toronto,Ontario Word 2003 Level 1
- Calgary,Alberta Computers 101 - Windows Operating System
- Calgary,Alberta Getting Results through Proper Assertiveness
- North York,Ontario The Practical Trainer
- Toronto,Ontario Getting a Handle on Your Website and Using Social Media to Grow Your Practice
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Access 2007 - Level 2 (1 Day)
- Winnipeg,Manitoba Microsoft® Office Visio® Professional 2007: Level 1
- Thornhill,Ontario BusinessVision - Level 1
- Toronto,Ontario Excel 2003 Level 2
- Newmarket,Ontario Powerpoint 2003 Intermediate (1 Day)
- Vancouver,British Columbia Adobe Illustrator CS3 Level 1
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft Excel 2002/2003 Level 1
- Vancouver,British Columbia Microsoft PowerPoint 2002/2003 Level 2
- Toronto,Ontario Dealing With Difficult Clients & People
- Toronto,Ontario Excel 2003 Formulas (1 Day)
- North York,Ontario Crystal Reports Introduction (2 Days)
- Toronto,Ontario Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Level 2
- Ottawa,Ontario Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 3 Data List Management
- Toronto,Ontario Adobe Photoshop CS2: Level 1 Second Edition
- Toronto,Ontario MS Access 2007 Level 1 - 1 Day
- Toronto,Ontario Adobe Illustrator CS2: Level 1
- Toronto,Ontario PowerPoint 2007 Animating Presentations
- Toronto,Ontario Dreamweaver 8
- Toronto,Ontario Outlook 2003 Level 1
- Toronto,Ontario PowerPoint 2003 Level 2
July 17, 2009
- Mississauga,Ontario MS Outlook 2007 Level 1
July 21, 2009
- Toronto,Ontario Negotiating for Results
July 22, 2009
- Mississauga,Ontario Inside Selling Skills (Module 27)
July 23, 2009
- Don Mills,Ontario No Pressure Prospecting ~ Sales prospecting seminar in Toronto
July 28, 2009
- Toronto,Ontario Small Business Internet Marketing Trends Seminar
July 29, 2009
- Milton,Ontario Selling in a Battered Economy...are you Ready to Win?