Canadian PM Association Announces First Person to Become IPMA-Certified ... IN CANADA

(PMAC-AMPC.CA) December 9, 2009 - The Certification Body of the Project Management Association of Canada is pleased to announce that for the very first time in history, a Canadian has received an IPMA certification in Canada. While many Canadians have received IPMA certifications over the years, they have done so through applying through foreign project management associations (such as the Association for Project Management in the UK and the American Society for the Advancement of Project Management in the USA) or have applied directly to IPMA, since up until recently Canada did not have its own IPMA member association. The Project Management Association of Canada (PMAC) was accepted as the Canadian member association of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) earlier this year, and has worked diligently to bring IPMA's international standards and competency assessments to Canada. The association had its first IPMA Level-D exam on December 5, 2009 and has future Level-D exams scheduled across the country throughout 2010. Individual competency assessments at higher levels (A through C) are available now, requiring personal interviews, project reports, skills/experience assessments, and other requirements. Details on the four levels of IPMA project manager competency certification are available at the association's web site at: www.PMAC-AMPC.ca/competency ----- ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION The Project Management Association of Canada is a federally-registered, non-profit organization formed to serve the Canadian project management community. It is the Canadian member organization of the International Project Management Association, the world's oldest project management professional organization. The PMAC sets national standards for project management competence assessment and provides a number of project management certifications. Find out more at www.PMAC-AMPC.ca