February 3, 2005 - Polar Bear to Offer Boston University's Project Management Curriculum

(Sydney, NS) - Polar Bear Corporate Education Solutions, a division of CrossOff Incorporated (TSX:OFF), one of Canada’s largest providers of corporate education and training, has forged a partnership with Boston University to provide companies and organizations with BU’s renowned Project Management courseware.

Polar Bear sees this new partnership with Boston University as an unprecedented opportunity for its clients across Canada. They will be offering BU’s courses to their entire client mix – small and medium businesses, corporations, government and industry. “We’re very pleased to be able to offer our clients corporate education of this caliber from one end of the country to the other. As the fourth largest private university in the United States, Boston University has a well-deserved reputation for delivering the finest in project management training,” says Donnie Snow, President and Chief Executive Officer of Polar Bear. “In fact, it is the only university to participate on the Project Management Institute’s Corporate Council.”

All project management courses will be taught by Polar Bear instructors and certified by Boston University. In addition, all Project Management courses will offer attendees Professional Development Units, or PDUs. These allow people to prepare for or maintain their Project Management Professional certification. “This is a new partnership between a high-quality, high-integrity training organization and a major educational institution,” added John Bonanno, CEO of BUCEC and Assistant Provost of Boston University. “We certainly foresee it as being very successful for everyone involved, including Polar Bear’s clients.”

Donnie Snow, President and Chief Executive Officer at Polar Bear concurs. “Our clients have a great deal of respect for our two organizations. Now, they can receive the training they need from one of the most prestigious universities on the continent.”