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June 4, 2025
CERIC is pleased to share its 2024 Annual Report, Fuelling 20 Years of Impact: Rooted in resilience. Growing through change, now available online as an interactive microsite.
In this milestone 20th anniversary year, the report reflects on two decades of connecting research, learning and community to advance career development in Canada. In their leadership message, Board Chair Meghan Lavallee and Executive Director Kay Castelle underscore CERIC’s commitment to both continuity and transformation in a time of volatility and opportunity.
The report highlights the impact of CERIC’s programs and initiatives in 2024, including increased national engagement, sector research, bilingual resources and systems-level advocacy. Key achievements include:
- Hidden Sector, Hidden Talent: Mapping Canada’s Career Development Sector, a first-of-its-kind report offering insight into the scope and potential of the field
- Career Development in 2040, a strategic foresight project that explores possible futures of work and careers in Canada
- New publications, including Practice Principles: Career Theories and Models at Work and Supporting the Integration of Refugees with Little Formal Education
- A national advocacy campaign to promote career development for the public good, featuring the Decent Work Playbook
- Expanded bilingual learning opportunities and the certificate program Intersectional Approach to Supporting Career Development
The report also offers a glimpse of what’s ahead, including early planning for the Cannexus25 conference and a continued focus on building partnerships, equity and systems change in 2025.
Discover the impact of the past year – and how CERIC is helping shape the next 20.