Careering

MyWorldAbroad

This online portal provides a wide range of resources for anyone interested in working, studying or volunteering abroad.

 New on ContactPoint: Glossary of Career Development

CERIC and the Canadian Council for Career Development (CCCD) have collaborated to produce a glossary of career development.

From Abilities to Workplace Training, the glossary is primarily intended to serve as a resource to those working or studying in the field of career development, though it will also be of value to Canadians more broadly who are looking for definitions of terms in relation to their own careers.

By Jon Woodend, MSc

Book by Lionel Laroche and Caroline Yang

Canada was one of the first developed countries to adopt multiculturalism as an integral part of its identity. Because of this, Canada now has the highest proportion of foreign-born individuals, and its immigration system, which successfully attracts skilled workers, is heralded internationally. Given that the government of Canada will continue to seek skilled immigrant workers to offset a low domestic birthrate, the Canadian workforce will only continue to become more diverse. Lionel Laroche and Caroline Yang in their book Danger and opportunity: Bridging cultural diversity for competitive advantage note that, while the Canadian workforce may benefit from these skilled workers and their diverse skills, without multicultural awareness, these lucrative benefits can quickly turn into sour disadvantages for all involved.

Marc Kielburger is a social entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author and gifted orator.

Along with his brother Craig, Marc is co-founder of Free The Children, an international charity and educational partner that empowers youth to achieve their fullest potential as agents of change.

Marc is also the co-founder of Me to We, an innovative social enterprise that advances the vision of philanthropy and provides people with better choices for a better world.

Every year, Marc and Craig organize a series of We Days, Free The Children’s signature domestic event attended by 200,000 students from 6,000 schools. We Day also reaches over 6 million viewers through televised broadcasts and has more than 3.7 million followers on Facebook.