Jane Boyd is the Founder and President of Work Family & Life Consulting (WFL). WFL specializes in the design, development and delivery of progressive work-life solutions that address the issues faced by today's work environments. WFL is a recognized leader in the provision of high quality, unique work-life consultation services and programs.
For more than twenty years, Jane has been at the forefront of the work-life field in Canada. She has worked with government, business and community on many of the most innovative work-life initiatives in the country. Jane has been instrumental in developing a number of work-life solutions that use a partnership or collaborative approach. She has worked with leading organizations to develop customized work-life programs and services.
Jane also works closely with the child care field and has a specialization in designing and developing programs that are unique in their approach. She is a licensed Early Childhood Educator in British Columbia, Alberta and Prince Edward Island. Recent projects include the coordination of child care development for a local city in the lower mainland, the co-authoring of child care design guidelines for new child care facilities, the development of a 45 space workplace child care for infants, toddlers, preschool and school age children and the coordination of an emergency child care program in Vancouver for a large National employer. She has a strong interest in public policy related issues and is an advocate for high quality, affordable child care options for all families. She works in PEI to raise awareness regarding the importance of addressing the early years and in British Columbia on the importance of access to quality child care programs for all families. Jane has more than twelve years direct experience working with Montessori child care programs and independent school educational programs. She has served as the Director of Development and Chair of the the Board for several Montessori school programs in BC and PEI.
Jane is actively involved in the issues that she is so passionate about. She has served on the Provincial Child Care Council in British Columbia and the WorkLife BC Advisory Committee as well as countless other committee and taskforce appointments. Jane has also served as the Vice Chair for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women in PEI and is the President of the Parents for Choice & Quality Society which operates in BC and PEI. Jane is also a Director of the National Work Life Network Society. Jane has been nominated for a YWCA Women of Distinction Award and has the received the Distinguished Service to Families Award from the BC Council for Families.
Jane lives in BC but has a strong connection to Prince Edward Island through both her work and personal experiences. She recently returned to BC after living almost a year and a half on PEI with her family. She manages her work and personal responsibilities with much help and support from her husband Bob. Together they are growing the capabilities of WFL, raising three children ages six through fourteen and enjoying life.
