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CERIC has announced the recipients of this year’s Graduate Student Award, providing support for four graduate students to attend the Cannexus22 Canada’s Career Development Conference, January 24-26, 2022 virtually and in Ottawa. 

The recipients are: 

• Caileigh Wilson, MA candidate, Education, Simon Fraser University 
• Hélène Brisebois, MA candidate, Education, Université de Sherbrooke 
• Jordan Ho, PhD candidate, Psychology, University of Guelph 
• Noah Arney, MA candidate, Education, University of Calgary
   

The award, presented annually to select full-time graduate students studying career counselling or career development, provides free registration to the virtual Cannexus and $1,000. The Cannexus conference promotes the exchange of information and explores innovative approaches in the areas of career counselling and career development. Student posters will be available for viewing during the virtual conference.   

Eligibility for the award is based on participation in CERIC’s Graduate Student Engagement Program (GSEP), which includes the submission of a one-page article on a career development topic. Read the award-winning articles and all the thought-provoking submissions on CERIC’s GSEP Corner. 

GSEP encourages engagement of Canada’s full-time graduate students (Master or PhD level) whose academic research is in career development or a related field. The next deadine to apply to GSEP is March 31, 2022. 

Eighteen months into a disruptive and often devastating pandemic, we are in a moment that feels ripe for reflection. This issue of CERIC’s Careering magazine both examines where we have been – the changes the field has made, by choice or by necessity – and where career development needs to go in Canada. The strategies, case studies and ideas this issue’s authors present reflect an inherent belief that we can do better than just going back to “normal.” 

There’s something for everyone in this issue – available exclusively online at ceric.ca/careering – with articles on career education in K-12 and post-secondary; re-envisioning approaches to workforce development; hybrid career services; Indigenous career counselling; inclusive workplaces; measuring and communicating the value of career development; and more. 

Articles include: 

• The hybrid future: Shifting employment services to meet client needs 
• The importance of a whole-person approach in Indigenous career development 
• Cross-cutting concerns for public policy in career development 
• Career professionals need accessible tools to build LMI literacy 
• Client Side: Agility is the ‘resilience vitamin’ in a career with many twists and turns 
• Employer-engaged workforce development: Strategies to address sector shock 
• Case Study: Carleton careers course aims to help students manage change and complexity 
• Increasing inclusion and engagement in virtual career workshops 
• Reflection is key to helping jobseekers reimagine their career 
• The value of place-based workforce development 
• What students want from employers to create safe, inclusive workplaces 
• What you measure matters … but your mindset matters more 
• 3 ways to transform your organization by creating a culture of continuous learning 

Additionally, in this issue we asked career professionals across Canada what they wanted to see for the future of the field. Watch what they shared in this video:  

Careering magazine is Canada’s Magazine for Career Development Professionals and is the official publication of CERIC. It is published three times a year and includes select content in French. Subscribe to receive your free copy. You can also access past issues for free online. 

The Winter 2022 issue of Careering magazine will explore the theme of “Career Mindsets.” New contributors are welcome, and can submit in English, French or both languages. Please review our Submission Guidelines and send a 1-2 paragraph proposal outlining your topic idea to Editor Lindsay Purchase, lindsay@ceric.ca, by Thursday, Oct. 14. 

• What are career mindsets?
• How does this intersect with career literacy?
• What does this concept mean for different groups of people (e.g. newcomers, people who are disconnected from the labour market, etc.) and how can career mindset be applied in those contexts?
• How would you like to see career mindsets shift (e.g. for clients, employers) and how do you see the concept of career changing?
• What is the impact of unexpected events on career mindsets?
• How can you integrate career mindsets into different spaces (e.g. workplace, various levels of education, etc.)?
• How can we help those who aren’t career professionals bring this concept into their spaces?
• How is a career mindset demonstrated?

Visit ceric.ca/careering to view all past issues of the magazine, and watch out for our Fall 2021 “Career Development Reimagined” issue, which will be released Oct. 6.

The Cannexus22 hybrid program has now been released for both the virtual edition and Ottawa-based in-person version of Canada’s largest Career Development Conference, taking place Jan. 24-26, 2022. The program includes more than 150 sessions that will keep participants current with the latest knowledge, skills and tools as well as help to sustain resilience as we approach two years of the “new normal.”

Cannexus brings together professionals across the career and workforce development ecosystem to explore research, policy and practice. The conference will continue to reimagine the impact of career development on education, the economy and social justice as pandemic recovery unfolds. In the past, in-person Cannexus conferences have drawn more than 1,200 delegates to convene, share and learn, and, last year, the virtual conference attracted more than 2,300 participants.

The conference offers special programming throughout including Around the World global perspectives on career development, a Workforce Development Spotlight on improving employment opportunities through systemic change and the return of the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, exploring the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Featuring top researchers, practitioners and thought leaders from across Canada and around the world (Norm Amundson, Tristram Hooley, Sareena Hopkins, Kris Magnusson, Mark Franklin, Lisa Taylor, Spencer Niles, Rich Feller, Dave Redekopp, Roberta Borgen (Neault) and many more), here is just a sampling of the sessions that will inform and inspire:

Virtual conference 

• Beyond Hybrid: Pathway to Your Blended Workforce
• Green Careers, Fossil Careers: Career Decision-making on a Changing Planet
• Engaging Employers to Enhance Equity and Access in the Workplace
• What Good Workforce Development Looks Like in Indigenous Communities
• Mature Workers and the New World of Work
• Understanding Hope: Theory, Assessments & Interventions
• Connecting Career, Experiential Learning and Reflective Practice
• International Advocacy Panel: Influencing Real Change
• Creating a Career Development Culture Across K-12

In-person conference 

• Virtual Services: Competencies CDPs Need for the Future
• Students Perspectives on Careers and Career Development 2022
• Creating Trauma-informed Organizations
• Connecting Career Development and Mental Health for Youth
• Career Services: Impact, Proof & New Evidence
• Anti-Black Racism in the Workplace
• Staying Employable in an Age of Disruption
• EQ Development: A Critical Career Development Strategy 
• Career Mapping: The Missing Link in Education Planning 
• Architecting our Sector’s Future of Work 

All in-person attendees receive access to the virtual platform and its sessions at the end of the conference. (All recordings remain available in the platform for six months.) As you go through the programs, you’ll also note the sessions – including all keynotes: Waneek Horn-Miller, Yvonne Rodney and Randell Adjei – that act as bridges between the in-person and virtual conference, creating a shared Cannexus experience. A new BONUS virtual day on Feb. 4, a week after the conference ends has been added to help you reflect on what you’ve learned and to take action. 

Delegates can save by registering by the Early Bird deadline of Friday, Nov. 5. The cost during Early Bird is $330 for the virtual and $500 for the in-person conference. Plus, members of groups of 5 or more save a further 25% off Early Bird rates as do members of 36 supporting organizations.