Nexient Learning (formerly CrossOff Incorporated of
Sydney,
Nova Scotia
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) is one of the largest corporate training providers in
Canada
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. Nexient Learning is based in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, and is a subsidiary of
Global Knowledge
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of
Cary, North Carolina
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. Nexient Learning trains over 100,000 students at all experience and organization levels each year. With courses and development programs in Information Technology, Business Process Improvement and Leadership and Business Skills, Nexient is the only provider in Canada to offer training in all business disciplines.
On June 26, 2009, Nexient Learning announced that it had entered into creditor protection under the
Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), to allow Nexient Learning to conduct a sale process of its assets and to provide financing to continue operations without disruption. On August 24, 2009,
Global Knowledge Training
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Entertainment
* ''Global'' (Paul van Dyk album), 2003
* ''Global'' (Bunji Garlin album), 2007
* ''Global'' (Humanoid album), 1989
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announced the completion of the acquisition of the assets of Nexient Learning, which now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Knowledge.
Origins
Nexient Learning was created out of a series of acquisitions and mergers among some of Canada's largest skills development firms. The primary companies involved in recent years include CrossOff Incorporated's wholly owned subsidiary Polar Bear Corporate Education Solutions formerly
IBM's PBSC, Acerra Learning, and CDI Corporate Education Services. Other Canadian firms which became part of Nexient Learning through prior mergers include BroadLeaf (formerly Keltic Learning Centres), ExecuTrain, KnowledgeAbility, Salient, CompuLearn and InterNet Training Group.
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Educational organizations based in Nova Scotia