Market Research

Team

Bernard Gauthier, M.A., President

Bernard's career encompasses 15 years in the public, private and national association sectors. After joining Delta Media in 1994, Bernard founded and became president of Vision Research in 1996. A leader in qualitative and quantitative research, he has developed and continues to refine methodologies for evaluating Web sites that have been applied to many of the Government of Canada’s most prominent sites. Fluently bilingual, Bernard holds a Bachelor’s degree from Concordia and a Masters degree in communications from Carleton University. He is also a sessional lecturer in advertising and public relations at Carleton University in Ottawa.
 

Candace Fedoruk, Senior Counsel

An experienced practitioner of qualitative techniques, Candace has provided marketing and research consulting to a variety of marketing, social policy, health, sport, professional and financial organizations. Candace's undergraduate studies were followed by graduate studies in sociology at the University of Alberta, and research methods at the University of Michigan. She has provided expertise in projects ranging in scope from focus groups to thousands of interviews and conducts website qualitative research as senior counsel with Vision Research Inc. She specializes in business-to-business, customer satisfaction measurement, and communications research.
 

Nyree St. Denis, Consultant

Nyree joined Vision Research in 2001, bringing a thorough knowledge of research design and analysis. Since her arrival at Vision Research, she has worked as key member of the qualitative analysis team. She has helped develop research programmes on behalf of a number of government clients including the Senate of Canada, Industry Canada and Natural Resources Canada. Nyree has also had extensive experience conducting one-on-one interviews with key government employees, consumers and businesses and has moderated a number of focus groups, including those with employees and youth. She is an active member of the Canadian Public Relations Society, is bilingual and graduated with distinction from the Communications program at the University of Ottawa.
 

Shelley Cundell, Research/Account Coordinator

As Research/Account Coordinator, Shelley provides technical support to Delta Media and Vision Research clients. Using her extensive software experience, she creates and formats presentations and reports to ensure a highly professional look. Shelley's strong organizational and client service skills are an asset as she coordinates logistics for a number of projects, including focus group discussions. With several years of experience in office administration, Shelley also assumes a number of internal administrative duties, and oversees the company's IT services. Shelley is fluently bilingual, holds a degree in Automated Office Management from Herzing College, and has successfully completed the Fundamentals of Market Research course from the Professional Marketing Research Society.