July

While 2019 already feels like a lifetime ago, CERIC is pleased to release its Annual Report which focuses on our role in expanding an inclusive and broad-based tent that advances career development in Canada. This role of building community and collaboration continues during the pandemic. As you’ll read, we are striving to create an even bigger and more vibrant place where research and education shapes practice and practice gives rise to greater economic well-being and social good.

In the 2019 Annual Report, Board Chair John Horn and Executive Director Riz Ibrahim discuss the value of the big-tent approach that permeates all of CERIC’s programs and convenings. Over the past year, we funded projects that catered to multi-sectoral career and employment professionals. We welcomed international colleagues into our tent as we worked with Canadian theorists to celebrate the contributions they made on informing career development practices globally. Our work acknowledged the diverse constituents that career professionals support, and the effect their work has on the mental health and well-being of those they serve. All the while, we reached broadly to connect with francophone career professionals within Quebec and across Canada, settlement counsellors and others as their voices resonated within the tent.

Some of the many highlights for CERIC:

• Realized another milestone at the Cannexus19 National Career Development Conference, bringing together 1,221 delegates
• Published Career Theories and Models at Work: Ideas for Practice, featuring 60 of the leading career researchers and practitioners from four continents
• Issued an RFP to identify how teachers are introducing and developing the foundational skills that help their students – in grades 4 to 6 – to thrive
• Produced our 56th literature search with topics ranging from Experiential Learning to Climate Change to Gamification of Career Development
• Hosted a sold-out Summer Skills Academy on “Career Counselling with Soul” with Dr Spencer Niles
• Celebrated the one-year anniversary of our CareerWise/OrientAction websites that grow knowledge and online community
• Engaged the next generation of researchers with 30 applicants to our Graduate Student Engagement Program
• Produced six Action Plans based on our Guiding Principles of Career Development for professionals working with different client groups, from high school students to retirees
• Ran the 2019 CERIC Survey of Career Service Professionals, a comprehensive national survey to better understand the interests and challenges in the field

A few measures of our impact include:

• Achieved 13,697 free downloads of our publications and other resources
• Delivered webinars to 3,184 participants
• Reached 11,320 subscribers to Careering magazine

The 2019 Annual Report includes a review of key activities from the past year across CERIC’s three strategic priorities: Research & Learning, Community & Collaboration and Advocacy & Profile, as well as an overview of the year’s financial performance. Special thanks is also given to CERIC’s funder The Counselling Foundation of Canada, volunteers, staff and partners.

CERIC along with its partner associations are offering a variety of both paid and free webinar series this fall to support the career development community, in particular related to how to thrive in this age of uncertainty. Register now to update your professional skills and learn new ways to support your clients and maintain your own well-being.

The fall webinar schedule features:

• The Wellness Paradigm: Preventative Self-Care Techniques to Help Career Professionals & Their Clients Succeed in the ‘New Normal’ presented by Wayne Pagani, Carol Brochu and Michelle Precourt, in partnership with Career Professionals of Canada | Tuesdays, September 22-October 6 | $119 CPC members; $159 non-members
• Connecting Career Development and Mental Health: Practical Applications with Clients presented by Dave Redekopp and Michael Huston, in partnership with Vocational Rehabilitation Association of Canada | Wednesdays, September 30-October 21 | $119 VRA members; $159 non-members
• Career Theories and Models at Work: Ideas for Practice (FREE)
  • Webinar #1: COVID, Chaos and Careers: Using the Chaos Theory of Careers to Navigate Uncertainty, presented by Jim Bright, Australian Catholic University | Monday, October 5
  • Webinar #2: Career Engagement: Re-Aligning Challenge and Capacity in Chaotic Times, presented by Roberta Borgen (Neault) and Deirdre Pickerell, Life Strategies Ltd. | Monday, October 19
• La pratique à distance : transfert de savoirs professionnels, réseaux sociaux et dossier numérique (French) presented by Michel Turcotte, Nadya Villeneuve and Annie Gourdes, in partnership with Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d’orientation du Québec | Tuesdays, October 20-November 3 | $119 OCCOQ members; $159 non-members
• Rethinking Career Engagement for Older Workers: Adapting to a Changing Workforce presented by William Borgen, Roberta Borgen (Neault) and Jennifer Luke (Australia), in partnership with the British Columbia Career Development Association | Tuesdays, November 3-17 | $119 BCCDA members; $159 non-members
• Remote Career Services: Reaching and Engaging Clients Over Blended Technologies presented by Tannis Goddard, in partnership with Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training Association | Thursdays, November 12-26 | $119 ASPECT members; $159 non-members

For paid webinar series, registered participants will receive a password-protected video recording of each session. The recordings will remain available for one month after the final webinar of the series to allow you to catch up if you miss any weeks. For free webinar series, the recordings will remain available indefinitely.

CERIC partners with associations and organizations across Canada and beyond to present webinars that offer timely, convenient and affordable professional development. Previously, CERIC has also worked with the Canadian Association for Supported Employment, New Brunswick Career Development Association, Ontario Association for Career Management, Canadian Association of Career Educators & Employers, Career Development Association of Alberta, Nova Scotia Career Development Association, Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, and the US-based National Career Development Association.