Welcome to the ASQ Ottawa Valley Community Website
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is the largest international association for quality professionals. The ASQ Ottawa Valley Section is the local volunteer-run Chapter of ASQ representing Eastern Ontario, Canada.
ASQ Ottawa Valley hosts valuable online and in person events for members and nonmembers alike, providing networking and learning opportunities for its community of quality professionals.
This website has been created by friends of the ASQ Ottawa Valley Section in order to help facilitate communications with its local quality community.
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We are still solicitating proposals for 2025.
If you are interested in submitting a proposal for an ASQ Ottawa Valley Section event, please complete the proposal form and submit. While some proposals were submitted and reviewed in January 2025 by the Member Leader Team and an event schedule for 2025 started, we still have some openings. Just remember that the ASQ Ottawa Valley Section is fully run by volunteers. This means that all presenters are much appreciated volunteers as well.
ASQ Ottawa Valley puts on two types of events.
Webinars – The first event type is a 1-hour webinar that may be presented at 12:00noon or in the evening at 7:00pm. Both times are Eastern Time. Different presentation subjects may include showing how to use a certain quality tool, a new quality-related concept, a review of how your organization implemented a successful program, etc. Webinars allow for 45 minutes presentation time with Q&A.
In-Person – The second event type is an interactive 3-hour in-person workshop with dinner provided, that is usually held from 6:00pm – 9:00pm in the evening. Whereas the webinar may only be a presentation, the in-person events include experiential learning activities with knowledge that the participants can take away with them. There are usually two of these events per year (June and December). In-Person events allow for 135 minutes presentation and participant activity time with Q&A.
Be assured that when you complete the proposal form, your email is NOT added to a database where you have to unsubscribe. You can join the newsletter in a separate form on this page if you wish to be notified of events.
Complete the Proposal Form Below
Register for Upcoming Events
As an ASQ Section, ASQ Ottawa Valley uses Member Planet for their event registration process. This allows the Section to create a seamless experience for the user. Just select an event below and click on the link to register for the event.
NEXT EVENT!
The ASQ/ANSI G1 Standard – a new beginning point for efficiency and effectiveness in government
Date: May 20, 2025
Time (Eastern Time): 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Online Webinar
Type of Event
FREE ONLINE WEBINAR. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Continuous Education Units for this webinar – 0.1 RU.
Event Description
ASQ/ANSI G1 is the ground-breaking Quality Standard for Government published by the American National Standards Institute and promoted by the American Society for Quality (ASQ).
It introduces first-ever objectively measurable standards to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of all government operations, at the level of every manager and supervisor! Through the use of process and system maturity models, it provides new tools for government efficiency that should drive a quantum leap in government management practices.
Get firsthand knowledge on how to utilize this standard from the primary author of ASQ/ANSI G1 as he provides a structured approach for best practices in government.
Speaker
Richard Mallory, MM, CQA, PMP, Chair Emeritus, ASQ Government Division, Chair Emeritus, ASQ Center for Quality Standards in Government, Lead Author in creation of the ASQ/ANSI G1 standard.
Future Upcoming Events in 2025
See above for information about the next future event. As more future events are scheduled, we will list them below. You can click on the link for the speaker to access their LinkedIn profile. If there is a REGISTER NOW! link provided, you can click on it to register for the event.
- Using Appreciative Inquiry to Skyrocket Improvements by Michael Kent Hart – In-Person event scheduled for June 18, 2025
- ISO Auditee’s “Rights” by David Muncaster – FREE Lunchtime Webinar event scheduled for Oct 22, 2025
Access Past Event Presentations/Video
Missed an event? Click on the links below to get access to the presentation in pdf file format or view as a video of the event. Please note that not all event presentations are made available by the presenters.
- Results, Not Resistance by Craig Szelestowski – Mar 20, 2025
- How to use AI responsibly with ISO 42001:2023 – AI Management System by Jim Moran – Mar 20, 2025
- CloseReach’s Journey to ISO 9001 Certification using QMS Software by Anthony Bianco – Feb 19, 2025
- link to webinar video recording
- link to presentation in pdf file format (hover over the bubble balloon in the top left corner of the slides for notes).
- ISO 9001:2015 Amendment 1: Climate action changes – how to meet and audit the new requirements – Jan 22, 2025
- link to webinar video recording
- link to presentation in pdf file format – with links to documents and panelists LinkedIn profiles on the last slide.
- Moderated by Michael Kent Hart
- Panelist Jim Moran representing BSI (3rd party registrar)
- Panelist Murray Milton representing SGS Canada (3rd party registrar)
- Panelist Luc Gendron representing CGSB (Government of Canada 3rd party registrar)
- Panelist Joana dos Guimarães Sá representing the ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group
- Improve Training Efficiency with LEAN by Shamir Doshi – Dec 3, 2024
- Building a Successful Employee Idea Program by Michael Kent Hart – Oct 23, 2024
- Link to presentation in pdf file format (hover over the bubble balloon in the top left corner of the slides for notes).
- Ross Video Plant Tour and presentation on company culture – Oct 2, 2024
- Toyota on Root Cause Analysis and the 5 Whys by Phil Grandy – Sep 11, 2024
- Unlocking Value: A Practical Guide to Value Stream Mapping by Rod Morgan – June 27, 2024
- Using Power BI to Create Powerful Trend and Pareto Charts by Shamir Doshi – May 29, 2024
- Quality is everyone’s responsibility: how to establish a company wide quality mindset by Ruth Ola – Apr 24, 2024
- DOE Made Easy by Michael Kent Hart – Dec 6 2023
Important Links
Below are several important links to online ASQ Ottawa Valley Section pages
- ASQ Ottawa Valley 407 LinkedIn Group – ask to join the group!
- ASQ Ottawa Valley LinkedIn Page – see latest posts!
- ASQ Ottawa Valley myASQ Page – the Ottawa Valley Section’s formal page on ASQ.