Announcing CERIC’s 2016/2017 Board of Directors
CERIC is governed by a pan-Canadian volunteer Board of Directors reflecting a broad sectoral representation in the field of career development. Jennifer Browne, Associate Director of Student Life at Memorial University of Newfoundland, takes over as Chair of the CERIC Board.
The full listing of Board members for 2016/2017 are:
- Jennifer Browne, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL (Chair)
- John Horn, Vancity Savings Credit Union, Vancouver, BC (Vice-Chair)
- Jan Basso, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON (Past Chair)
- Cathy Keates, Queens’s University, Kingston, ON
- Carole MacFarlane, Education Consultant, Vancouver, BC
- Barb Mason, The Counselling Foundation of Canada, Bracebridge, ON (Secretary/Treasurer)
- André Raymond, Laval University, Quebec City, QC
- Joan Schiebelbein, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Robert Shea, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL
- Iris Unger, YES Montreal, Montreal, QC
- Mark Venning, Change Rangers, Oakville, ON
- Donald G. Lawson, The Counselling Foundation of Canada, Toronto, ON (Honourary Director – Ex-officio)
- Bruce Lawson, The Counselling Foundation of Canada, Toronto, ON (Executive Officer – Ex-officio)
Members of CERIC’s three Advisory Committees – Practical & Academic Research, Content & Learning and Marketing, Communications & Web Services – have been appointed by the Board for the upcoming year. Members of the committees play an important role providing input on CERIC projects and programs.
CERIC is a charitable organization that advances education and research in career counselling and career development, in order to increase the economic and social well-being of Canadians.
We fund projects to develop innovative resources that build the knowledge and skills of diverse career professionals. CERIC also annually hosts Cannexus, Canada’s largest bilingual career development conference, publishes the country’s only peer-reviewed journal, The Canadian Journal of Career Development, and runs the free ContactPoint / OrientAction online communities, which provide learning and networking in the career field.