More than 1,200 delegates from across the country and beyond converged in Ottawa from January 28-30 for the Cannexus19 National Career Development Conference, exploring the disruption that is changing how we define work, find jobs, develop skills and succeed in the labour market. Conference highlights included: Three thought-provoking keynote speakers: MacEwan University President Deborah Saucier…
With the changing nature of work and labour markets, effective workforce development strategies are increasingly viewed as pivotal to identifying emerging skill needs and supporting economic growth. CERIC’s new literature search Workforce Development highlights important implications for how career services professionals can better prepare their clients in adapting to the future workplace. Topics covered in…
The newest edition of the Canadian Journal of Career Development (CJCD) has just been published, with five articles that range from the vocational needs of adolescents with learning disabilities to a model for how employers might “convert” co-op employees to full-time hires to a new theoretical framework for understanding social anxiety in career development. Articles…
In recognition of her contribution to the growth of career development, not only in Canada but around the world, Dr Roberta Neault was honoured with CERIC’s Etta St John Wileman Award on January 29 in Ottawa at the Cannexus19 National Career Development Conference, attended by close to 1,300 of her peers. The award celebrates leaders…
Expected to inform the practice of career development professionals around the globe, CERIC’s new Career Theories and Models at Work book is launching today at the Cannexus conference and available for purchase online now. This international collection, edited by Nancy Arthur (University of Calgary), Roberta Neault (Life Strategies) and Mary McMahon (University of Queensland) features…
Dr Jan Stewart will be presenting on “Addressing the needs of refugee students: Building trauma-sensitive schools and supportive classrooms” at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg on Thursday, March 7. The presentation will be livestreamed in Toronto from 5:30- 8:30 pm ET at CERIC’s office in partnership with the Ontario and Manitoba affiliates…
With Canada set to welcome 330,000 new permanent residents this year – the highest levels of immigration since the early 1900s – a timely new research report examines the nature of the settlement sector in Canada and the competencies of the settlement services workers who comprise the sector. Written by Iren Koltermann (eCaliber Group) and…
Cannexus is Canada’s largest bilingual National Career Development Conference and will take place January 28-30, 2019 in Ottawa. The conference will bring together more than 1,000 professionals from education, community, government and private sectors to exchange information and explore innovative approaches in career development. The Final Conference Programme is now available online, featuring: 1 Workforce…
Though not as flashy as tech companies, working for the government is a top career choice for many, including students. And job prospects are growing with 3.6 million Canadians now working for the public sector. CERIC’s new literature search on Public Sector and Career Development explores the opportunities and challenges with government employment and how…
CERIC has announced the recipients of this year’s Graduate Student Engagement Program (GSEP) Award, providing support for four graduate students to attend the Cannexus19 National Career Development Conference, January 28-30, 2019 in Ottawa. The recipients are: Duygu Gulseren, PhD Candidate, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Saint Mary’s University Mirit Grabarski, PhD Candidate, Organizational Behaviour, Ivey Business…
