Norman Valdez

April 29, 2015

Life and career transition of skilled immigrants: Emerging issues

By Deepak Mathew (Cannexus16 GSEP Award Winner) All life transitions can be challenging, and when the meaning attached to these transitions has personal, social, and cultural significance, they can be overwhelming, either in a positive or negative way (Bridges, 2009). Most transitions are successfully navigated when the internal resources of the person making the transition are supported by social…
March 29, 2015

Career counselling with gender-diverse individuals

By Christopher Cook (Cannexus17 GSEP Award Winner) In one Ontario study, 18% of gender-diverse participants believed they had been passed over for a job, and 13% reported being fired, due to discrimination based on their gender expression (Bauer et al., 2011). Over half of the gender minority participants surveyed by Lombardi, Wilchins, Priesing, and Malouf (2002) experienced verbal harassment…