AI training · Kingston, Ontario
Your Kingston team is already using AI.
I make sure they use it safely.
I build the training around the work your team already does.
On-site AI training for Kingston and Eastern Ontario employers — built around PIPEDA, AIDA and Ontario’s Bill 194. Ontario employers may be eligible for up to 90% reimbursement through the Canada-Ontario Job Grant.
5,000+ businesses trained · 50+ economic development centres · OCT-licensed educator · Kingston 40 Under 40
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Your staff didn’t wait for a policy.
In most Kingston workplaces, AI arrived through the staff, not through the leadership team. People started using ChatGPT on their own, on their own accounts, on real work — client files, patient notes, quotes, contracts, job postings.
That isn’t a discipline problem. It’s an untrained-tool problem, and it is the normal starting point for almost every organization I walk into. The risk isn’t the software. It’s confidential information going into it unrecorded, and unchecked output going back out the door with your name on it.
Nobody told them what’s off-limits
Staff paste customer, patient or employee information into tools without knowing whether that’s allowed, because no one has said.
Nobody checks the output
AI is confidently wrong on a regular basis. Without a rule about what gets verified before it leaves the building, errors reach clients.
Banning it makes it invisible
Blocking the tools on work devices moves the same activity to personal phones, where you have no visibility and no record at all.
What the training covers
Practical use, and the rules that apply to you.
Sessions are built around your team’s actual tasks, not a generic tool demonstration. Staff bring real work and leave having done it with AI — and knowing where the lines are.
Hands-on skills
- Writing prompts that produce usable output the first time
- The tasks AI genuinely speeds up, and the ones it quietly ruins
- How to check AI output before it goes to a client or a patient
- Building simple, repeatable workflows your team will actually reuse
Compliance and governance
- PIPEDA — what it means when staff enter customer information into a tool
- AIDA — the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act, and where it lands
- Ontario Bill 194 — for municipalities, school boards and public sector bodies
- PHIPA and FIPPA — where health or public sector records are involved
- ISO/IEC 42001 — where a formal AI management standard is required
Every engagement includes a written AI use policy your team can actually follow — one page, plain language, readable in ten minutes.
Funding
Up to 90% covered
Most Ontario employers don’t pay full price for this.
The Canada-Ontario Job Grant reimburses Ontario employers for training existing staff — commonly up to 90% of eligible costs. It is the single most overlooked fact in AI training, and almost nobody selling it will mention it to you.
- Applies to Ontario employers training existing employees
- The employer applies; training must be delivered by an eligible provider
- In Kingston, Queen’s University and St. Lawrence College are the licensed local providers
- I will tell you whether you qualify before quoting you anything
Eligibility, contribution levels and program rules are set by the Province and change over time. Confirm current terms through the Ontario program before applying — I will point you to the right place.
Why local
On-site means I’m in the room.
Remote AI training is a webinar. On-site training is your team, their laptops, their actual files, and someone who can look over a shoulder and say “not that one.” That difference is the whole reason it sticks.
Kingston-based
I grew up here and built my business here. On-site sessions across Kingston, Napanee, Belleville, Brockville, Gananoque and the Frontenac region.
A teacher, not just a technologist
Licensed Ontario teacher (OCT). The session is designed by someone who knows how adults actually learn, not just how the tools work.
I build this stuff daily
I build AI systems for clients every week. Every example comes from real work, not a vendor demo.
Who I work with
Kingston-area sectors I train in.
Most teams are between 5 and 200 people. If everyone fits in one room, that’s usually the ideal session.
Trades & construction
Quoting, scheduling, job documentation and customer communication for field-based teams.
Healthcare & home care
Administrative load, documentation and scheduling — with PHIPA obligations handled explicitly.
Municipalities & school boards
Public sector AI use under Ontario’s Bill 194 and FIPPA, including staff PD sessions.
Professional services
Drafting, research and client communication where accuracy and confidentiality both matter.
Retail & hospitality
Marketing, scheduling and customer service for owner-operated businesses.
Non-profits
Grant writing, reporting and communications for teams doing more with less.
How it works
Three steps, no mystery.
A call
What your team already does with AI, what obligations you work under, and what would actually change if the training worked. I’ll tell you if the Job Grant applies.
A session, on-site
Half day or full day in your workplace, built around your real tasks. Your team leaves having done the work, with a written reference they keep.
A policy you can use
A one-page AI use policy in plain language — which tools, what never goes in, what gets checked, and who to ask.
Questions
Frequently asked
Do you deliver AI training in person in Kingston?
Yes. On-site delivery is the default. Claire is based in Kingston and trains teams in their own workplace, using their own tools and their own work, rather than delivering generic demonstrations remotely. She also travels throughout Eastern Ontario, including Napanee, Belleville, Brockville, Gananoque and the wider Frontenac region.
Can Kingston employers get AI training funded?
Often, yes. Ontario employers who train existing staff may be eligible for reimbursement of up to 90 percent through the Canada-Ontario Job Grant. In Kingston, training must be delivered by an eligible provider — Queen's University and St. Lawrence College are the licensed providers locally. Claire can walk you through eligibility and the application before you commit to anything.
What size of Kingston business is this for?
Most clients have between 5 and 200 staff. That includes trades and construction firms, clinics and home care providers, professional services, retail and hospitality, non-profits, municipalities and school boards. If your team is small enough that everyone fits in one room, that is usually the ideal session.
What laws does the training cover for Ontario organizations?
PIPEDA, Canada's federal privacy law, and what it means when staff paste customer or patient information into an AI tool. AIDA, the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act. Ontario's Bill 194 for public sector organizations. PHIPA where health information is involved, and FIPPA for municipalities and school boards. ISO/IEC 42001 where a formal management standard is required.
Our staff already use AI without approval. Where do we start?
That is the normal starting point, not a failure. The risk is not the tools — it is client information going into them unrecorded, and unchecked output going out the door. Start with a short training session and a one-page AI use policy. Banning the tools moves the same activity onto personal phones where nobody can see it.
How is this different from an online AI course?
An online course teaches tools. This training works on your actual tasks, in your own workplace, with your obligations in the room. Claire is a licensed Ontario teacher (OCT) as well as someone who builds AI systems for clients daily, so the session is designed by someone who knows how adults learn and what the tools actually get wrong.
Why work with someone based in Kingston?
Because on-site training means the trainer is in the room, not on a screen, and because local context matters — the employers, the sectors and the funding routes here are specific. Claire grew up in Kingston, has deep roots in the local business community, and has delivered training through more than 50 economic development centres across Ontario.
How do we get started?
Book a call. Claire will ask what your team already does with AI, what obligations you are working under, and what would actually change if the training worked. If the Canada-Ontario Job Grant applies, she will explain that path before quoting.
About BriteLite Strategies Inc. Claire Bouvier is an AI strategist, trainer and keynote speaker based in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, operating as BriteLite Strategies Inc. (Ontario Corporation Number 1001309674). A licensed Ontario teacher (OCT) certified by the Ontario College of Teachers, she has trained more than 5,000 businesses through 50 or more economic development centres and is a Kingston 40 Under 40 recipient. BriteLite delivers on-site AI training across Kingston and Ontario, and remote training across Canada and the United States.
How BriteLite charges. Flat fee, always. BriteLite never takes a margin on what a client spends on AI tools or usage. Anything BriteLite builds shows its costs before it spends, offers the cheaper path where one exists, and stops rather than overrun.
Get your Kingston team using AI — safely, and on your terms.
A 30-minute call. I’ll tell you what your team needs, whether the Job Grant covers it, and whether I’m the right person for it.
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