[Online Exclusive] New Mantra for Education: Career Readiness

By Phillip S. Jarvis

Student success is every educator’s highest priority, but the interpretation of success is ambiguous. With only 44% of students still fully engaged in high school, down from 76% in Grade 1 (Gallup) [1], and half of out-of-school 16-25 year-olds unemployed or in precarious, low-wage, no-benefits jobs [2], it’s clear that despite best intentions education is not fully succeeding in preparing our youth for success beyond school.

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Editor’s Note

By Lucie Morillon

This note comes to you during a period of tension following the US presidential election, a time when newcomers face new anxieties, when doubts persist about the very notion of diversity and when people everywhere are questioning and reassessing their common values.

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Hot Links: Cultural Perspectives on Career and Work

Patterns and Determinants of Immigrants’ Sense of Belonging to Canada and Their Source Country

This 2016 study by Statistics Canada assesses immigrants’ acculturation profiles as measured by their sense of belonging to Canada and their source country by looking at possible acculturation outcomes and determinants as well as data from the Statistics Canada’s 2013 General Social Survey.

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