Barbara Farquharson Fry

Barbara J. Fry, RN, BN, M. Ad. Ed is President, Workplace Dynamix, Inc., an active member of the College of Registered Nurses in Nova Scotia, and a Professional Keynote Speaker and Facilitator. She received her BN and Diploma in Teaching in Schools of Nursing from Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Canada), Change Management Certificate from Queen's Univ (1997) and Master of Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University (2003). Her master's thesis was: 'Facilitating Workplace Relational Learning: The Intersection of Power, Caring, and Quality of Work Life'. As a former staff nurse, nursing instructor, and nurse manager she "inspired a climate of personal excellence and professional competence in the workplace." Drawing upon her experience as nurse manager, healthy workplace relationship consultant, professional speaker, and adult educator, Ms. Fry shares her wealth of knowledge and 'strategies that work' in today's changing health care workplaces. She provides leadership in improving quality of work life and facilitates individual and group leadership and accountability for creating healthy workplace relationships. As a powerful, humorous, and inspiring speaker she was the Closing Keynote Speaker for the Canadian Nurses Associations' 100th Birthday Celebration Conference (2008). Today Ms. Fry continues to advocate and facilitate professionalism in nursing practice and promoting healthy workplace relationships and is a frequently requested presenter and facilitator in both provincial and national nursing associations.