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About Gary Agnew
Do you really want to know?
This Gary Agnew (and there are several bearing the same name across our country and through out the USA), was born I Toronto Ontario in 1948, Gary Robert Agnew, first son of Robert Gordon Agnew and Vivian Gwendolyn Nichols Agnew.
Gary’s child hood summers were a combination of camping in the Long Point Beach, Port Rowan area on Lake Erie and experiencing the farming life with his strong family ties in Kent Nova Scotia. He attended several high schools, Vincent Massy, Silverthorn and Burnhamthorpe, as educational boundary lines changed in a growing Toronto Westside. He continued his scholastic interests at Ryerson, Seneca College University of Toronto and University of Calgary. Gary’s initially specializing in Avionics and commercial piloting. He has successfully managed four distinct career changes. Gary has explored his entrepreneurial side with a small distribution company in western Toronto. In 1974 he joined Canada’s only industry sponsored placement and consulting service which he served for more than 17 years. In 1980 he accepted a transfer to Calgary Alberta. He had only intended to stay a short while but the city of Calgary stole his hart. He has had the opportunity to travel the world and although he enjoys his travel and there are many locations he continues to frequent, he has continued to call Calgary his home of homes. Gary’s career of more than 25 years has focused in the human resources arena. He has dedicated his efforts to the development of knowledge and skills in the field of career management, career transition, coaching and mentoring, executive search, succession planning, and training and development. Currently he holds the CMC designation as well as the CHRP designation. Since 1980, Gary has taken an active role in assisting Canadians manage their careers and seek new or alternative career opportunities. He has developed programs and conducted seminars for hundreds of corporate and private clients.
Taking early Retirement as a Partner of Ernst & Young Management Consultants in 1996 he and two of his Partners founded Canadian Career Partners. Assembling one of the finest groups of diversely skilled professionals available in Canada, Canadian Career Partners has grown to be one of the largest fully integrated Human Resource and Business Solutions consulting firms in Western Canada today (http://www.career-partners.com).
In addition to his professional practice, Gary has served as President of the Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations (CCHRA), President of the Human Resources Institute of Alberta (HRIA), and Vice President of the Human Resources Association of Calgary (HRAC). He also served as Canada's founding delegate to the North American Human Resources Management Association (NARMA). Gary is the originator of the CHRP lapel pin, introduced in 1995, which has become a national symbol for the Certified Human Resources Professional in Canada. Gary has co-authored such publications as How to Job-Hunt Effectively, a guide to survival and success; Hiring and Dismissal in Alberta; Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as well as Human Rights in Alberta; a layman's guide. Gary’s active role in the community includes more than ten years as a member of the Human Resources Program Advisory Committees for both Mount Royal College and the University of Calgary Gary was elected to the post of EVP with Career Partners International in 1997, assuming the role of President between 1999 and 2000. Currently he is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Calgary Zoological Society; The Calgary Zoo Foundation, Canadian Forces Liaison Council, ContactPoint.ca and the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC)
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