Nominate a career development leader for the Etta St John Wileman Award by June 30

June 1, 2018By

The Etta St John Wileman Award for Lifetime Achievement is designed to recognize and celebrate individuals who have devoted their lives to enhancing the field of career development. If you know a leader who has made a significant and sustained contribution to the field, complete the nomination form by June 30, 2018.

The award seeks to:

  • Honour individuals who have established themselves as leaders within career development.
  • Recognize trailblazers who combine being a mentor, educator, advisor, advocate and role model.
  • Encourage people in Canada and around the world to celebrate those who have contributed so much to the career development profession.

Presented on a less than annual basis at the Cannexus National Career Development Conference in Ottawa, the award is given in the name of Etta St John Wileman. In the early 20th century, Wileman was a champion and crusader of career, work and workplace development in Canada.

Past recipients of the award have included Marilyn Van Norman, Denis Pelletier, Norman Amundson, Mildred Cahill, Bryan Hiebert, Donald Lawson and Michel Turcotte.

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CERIC debuts new and improved website

May 18, 2018By

At CERIC, our goal is to provide current resources and information that are useful and relevant to Canada’s career development professionals. We are always looking for new ways to improve in every aspect of what we do. To that end, we are excited to announce the launch of our new website, ceric.ca.

The site has been redesigned and updated to provide an improved user experience, making accessibility a top priority. The new design simplifies navigation, taking the information from our original website and placing it right at your fingertips.

By building a responsive and compatible layout for all platforms, we have improved the functionality of the site for both desktop and mobile users, as we recognize that increasingly you access our site from smartphones. The site has not only an updated, streamlined look to it, but is hosted on a higher performance server, which will significantly increase its speed and efficiency.

We hope you’ll enjoy a fresh presentation of everything CERIC has to offer and invite you to visit the site and explore the full spectrum of its new and improved features.

If you have any feedback, please let us know via our contact page. We also encourage you to tweet us @ceric_ca, or connect with us on any of our other social media platforms.

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New CERIC literature search explores refugee career development

May 10, 2018By

Career development is important for newcomers and refugees in integrating into a new society and achieving economic well-being. However, making a successful transition is a challenging process. CERIC new literature search on Refugees’ Career Development Issues focuses on this particular group and how career professionals plays a significant role.

Topics covered in the literature search include:

  • What career counsellors need to know about refugees
  • Narrative career counselling for people with refugee backgrounds
  • Helping newcomer students achieve success in secondary school
  • Syrian refugees in Canada and their struggle to find work
  • Social justice counselling and advocacy with immigrants

There are 46 CERIC literature searches now available, including Career Development Theory and Career Management Models, Economic Benefits of Career Guidance, Parental Involvement in Career Development, Labour Market Trends, Mental Health Issues in the Workplace, and more.

Featuring comprehensive listings of key research and articles in career development, literature searches highlight critical points of current knowledge.

As a student, academic or practitioner in the field, literature searches are helpful if you are researching the latest thinking or proven best practices. They are also valuable if you are considering a submission to CERIC for project partnership funding in order to gain an overview of major work already done in your area of interest.

View all of the literature searches.

 

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FREE webinars with Dr Mildred Cahill on Career Development for Young Children

April 30, 2018By

While we know parents and teachers are important influences on children’s career development, little research has existed around the nature of this influence. New CERIC-funded research from Memorial University shows how the early seeds of career development in children, aged 3 to 8, are planted and how they can best be nurtured. Two free webinars based on this research – full of practical tips and activities – are now being offered by Dr Mildred Cahill on May 28 and June 1, 2018.

Free Webinar #1 – Career Development for Young Children: How Educators Can Make a Difference Monday, May 28, 2018 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET

Educators will learn how to:

  • Facilitate children’s development of critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills
  • Foster an appreciation of diversity, and promote the development of strengths, interests and abilities
  • Enhance children’s confidence by encouraging them to try new things and to be open to change
  • Encourage children to imagine many possibilities for future selves
  • Counteract bias in books, texts, other resources and the media
  • Infuse career development concepts into teaching and learning (curriculum)

Free Webinar #2 – Realizing Potential: How Parents Can Support Their Children’s Early Career Development Friday, June 1, 2018 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET

Parents/guardians will learn how to:

  • Enhance children’s confidence by encouraging them to try new things and be open to change
  • Encourage children to develop and recognize strengths, interests and abilities, and think positively about themselves
  • Provide children with opportunities for imaginative play
  • Help children set and accomplish appropriate goals
  • Monitor the games, books and media in which children engage
  • Discuss work with children, including place of work, job tasks and responsibilities

Dr Mildred Cahill is a recently retired Professor, Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is a researcher (career development, diversity, multiple technologies and counselling) and educator involved in collaborative program development work locally, nationally and internationally.

Learn more about this webinar series and register today.

The webinars are based on two recent guides published by CERIC: The Early Years: Career Development for Young Children – A Guide for Educator’s and The Early Years: Career Development for Young Children – A Guide for Parents/Guardians. Both are available for free download or print copies may be purchased.

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Announcing our stellar lineup of Cannexus19 keynotes!

April 26, 2018By

CERIC is pleased to announce the keynote speakers for Cannexus19, Canada’s largest bilingual National Career Development Conference. Cannexus is designed to promote the exchange of information and explore innovate approaches in the areas of career counselling and career development. The conference takes place January 28-30, 2019 at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa and is expected to welcome 1,000 delegates. Delegate registration will open on July 4, 2018.

Three exciting keynote speakers will be sharing their experiences and insights:

  • Dr Deborah Saucier, President, MacEwan University
  • Dr Mary McMahon, Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Education, The University of Queensland (Australia)
  • The Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada (2010-2017) and Chair, Rideau Hall Foundation

CERIC will be launching exhibitor registration on June 4, 2018. Expected to sell out for a third consecutive year, exhibitors are encouraged to secure their booth space early, while spots are available.

The Cannexus19 Call for Presenters is still open. Sessions can cover innovations and best practices in career counselling/coaching techniques, employment and training programs, employee recruitment and engagement, workforce planning and more. The submission deadline is June 8, 2018.

Cannexus is presented by CERIC and supported by The Counselling Foundation of Canada and a broad network of supporting organizations.

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New CERIC-NCDA webinar series with Spencer Niles explores mindfulness in career development

April 23, 2018By

CERIC is partnering with the US-based National Career Development Association (NCDA) to offer a 3-part webinar series Reclaim Your Soul from Work: Making Choices that Honour Your Authentic Self with renowned career researcher and educator Dr Spencer Niles starting May 29, 2018. The webinar series is based on his highly rated keynote at the Cannexus National Career Development Conference earlier this year.

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New project to address unique career education needs of students with disabilities

April 18, 2018By

A newly announced CERIC-funded research project aims to positively influence the practice of career educators by enabling them to work better with post-secondary students with disabilities in assisting them through their career transitions. Led by the National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS), the project seeks to determine the unique barriers and career transition issues for students with disabilities. It will also identify existing innovative career education practices and what professional development resources would allow career educators to maximize the impact of their interventions with this underserved population.

Entitled “Accessibility and Universal Design in Career Transitions Programming and Services,” the project allows NEADS to expand on post-secondary accessibility research already underway to include career education and explore this important aspect of student experience and graduate success. The additional research will help to map the current landscape of accessibility, accommodation and the application of universal design principles in the career education space within post-secondary education.

NEADS has been a national and international leader in higher education policy and practice research as it relates to students with disabilities over the past decade. The project is headed by Dr Mahadeo Sukhai, NEADS’ Director of Research. NEADS is a cross-disability charitable organization with a mandate that includes supporting full access to education and employment for post-secondary students and graduates with disabilities across Canada. Dr Sukhai is also currently the Head of Research and Chief Accessibility Officer at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).

The research will consist of an analysis of large publicly available Canadian datasets as well as bilingual nationwide surveys of campus career educators and students in post-secondary education programs, in addition to focus groups and key informant interviews. Collaborating institutions – University of Toronto, BC’s Simon Fraser University, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Manitoba’s Assiniboine College are providing additional support.

Recommendations from this study are expected by fall 2018 and will help colleges and universities to shape new programs and practices in support of disabled students successfully transitioning from education to the workforce or moving into new careers. New service delivery resources and models and professional development initiatives, which take advantage of the learnings from this project, will begin to be developed throughout the national collaborative network NEADS maintains.

CERIC provides funding and other support to develop innovative career development resources. Individuals and organizations are welcome to submit project proposals for career counselling-related research or learning projects. This project aligns with one of CERIC’s five priority funding areas: Career practitioning with social and economic impact.

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