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August 26, 2025FREE WEBINAR SERIES SPONSORED BY RBC FUTURE LAUNCH
LIVE & ON-DEMAND
- Mondays September 22, October 27 & November 24, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
- Recordings will be available indefinitely after each webinar
Overview of Webinar Series
Join us for this FREE webinar series from RBC designed to explore how we can better equip our workforce for a rapidly evolving labour market. As advanced technologies, shifting demographics and global disruptions transform the nature of work, the need to reimagine how we develop skills and support career growth has never been greater.
This series brings together thought leaders, innovators and community partners to showcase powerful strategies that will inspire new thinking and inform your practice.
Gain timely, practical insights on what’s working on the ground – from inclusive mentorship and networking, to education reform and responsive skills development – to help your students, clients and service participants become future-ready and resilient in the workforce.
Each session offers fresh insights, real-world examples and practical tools to help drive lasting impact across education, employment and economic outcomes.
Why career professionals should attend
Career development professionals play a critical role in guiding individuals through uncertainty, opportunity and transformation. You will gain valuable insights into how inclusive mentorship and networking can unlock career growth, why Canada’s post–secondary-to-employment pipeline needs urgent reform and how to help workers and communities thrive through skills-based innovation. This series will equip you with practical tools and forward-thinking perspectives to enhance your impact. Whether you are supporting students, workers or employers, you will walk away with actionable ideas to help close the gap between potential and prosperity.
Sessions
WEBINAR 1:
The Power of Connection: Unlocking the Impact of Mentorship and Networking in Career Development
Monday, September 22, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET (check your time zone)
As we navigate a world where technology is advancing faster than ever and the skills needed are rapidly evolving, mentorship and networking are emerging as a powerful tool to future-proof careers and create pathways to opportunity. In this session, we’ll explore how mentorship and networking function not just support mechanisms, but strategic drivers of adaptability, inclusion and long-term career growth.
Featuring a fireside chat with Dave Wilkin, Founder & CEO of Ten Thousand Coffees, the leading platform for inclusive mentoring and networking, and Tonya Carroll, Director of Inclusive Recruitment at RBC we will dive into how relationship-based development helps individuals and organizations thrive amid disruption.
Career development professionals will gain insight into how leading organizations are scaling mentorship in ways that are practical, inclusive and directly aligned with career development goals.
Key learning takeaways:
- Why equitable access to mentorship is matters – and how it can be better integrated into career services
- Proven strategies to implement scalable and measurable mentoring programs
- Real examples of how leading organizations are using mentorship to build future-ready talent
WEBINAR 2:
Mind the Gap: Bridging Education and Economic Growth for a Future-Proof Canada
Monday, October 27, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET (check your time zone)
Canada has one of the highest rates of post-secondary education in the world – yet our economic performance, productivity and workforce alignment are falling behind. In this session, the RBC Thought Leadership team will join us to dive into their recent report A Smarter Path: The case for postsecondary education reform. The Report examines the disconnect between Canada’s world-class post-secondary education system and its lagging economic productivity. As advanced technologies reshape industries and global competition intensifies, aligning education outcomes with evolving labour market needs has never been more urgent.
Key learning takeaways:
- How mismatched skills, under-utilized talent and outdated program-to-labour market pathways are holding us back
- How to help students and clients make informed education and training choices aligned with labour market trends
- Tools and strategies to bridge the education-employment divide in advising and program design
WEBINAR 3:
Webinar #3: Skills and Tools for Inclusive Growth: Shaping Canada’s Workforce in a Changing World
Monday, November 24, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET (check your time zone)
As rapid technological advancement continues to reshape the labour market, equitable access to skills development is critical to ensuring that no one is left behind in the future of work. Join a representative of NPower Canada and Brett Clapperton, Senior Manager of Social Impact at RBC, for a fireside chat. Throughout the session you will learn about the free online programs and resources offered through RBC and RBC partner organizations in the career development ecosystem, and how NPower is equipping diverse talent with the in-demand digital and professional skills needed to succeed in a changing economy.
Key learning takeaways:
- Key trends impacting Canada’s skills development ecosystem, including digital disruption, workforce displacement and demographic changes.
- Top in demand skills that will define success in the coming decade
- Practical guidance on how to build a stronger, more inclusive workforce through your career-development practices, and be ready to lead through disruption
CERIC webinars are hosted on Zoom. Learn about it in our FAQ.
Meet the presenters
Julie Labrie is a multi-award-winning bilingual (French/English) recruiter, bestselling author, labour market expert, speaker and The Globe and Mail’s resident recruitment expert. She is the President and owner of BlueSky Personnel Solutions, one of Canada’s top bilingual recruitment firms. For more than 20 years, Julie has worked with HR leaders and jobseekers, connecting people to their dream jobs, and building dream teams for organizations. Today, Julie travels across North America and speaks at conferences, offering HR leaders and jobseekers unique insights into the psychology of the hiring process. She is also a regular, go-to Canadian media commentator. Julie is the bestselling author of How to Find the Best Talent to Grow Your Business.
Questions?
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