Hot Sites

March 31, 2002By 0 comment

Simplified Web Accessibility Guide

http://lpf-esi.fe.up.pt/manuais/tut02.pdf
This Guide introduces and presents the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines from the W3C in an easy to understand, easy to use question and answer format, and is targeted directly at developers of career, learning and labour market information web sites to help them to produce better designed and more accessible web sites for persons with disabilities. HTML and PDF formats.

Community Career Centre

www.communitycc.ca/ccc/index.asp
Newfoundland gateway site for services for career development for youth.

On Target

www.getontarget.ca
A site for and about new media talent. Research and Trend Analysis (The Vault), Media Entrepreneurship Program (Ontario), Company Toolkit summarizes employment subsidy and funding information for companies operating in the new media industry, resume bank and newsletter. All free.

YWCA top 100 lesson plans

http://icoach.ca/ywca.html
The YWCA of Greater Toronto top 100 lesson plans from Discovering Life Skills manuals, Volume 1 to 8.

Multicultural calendar

http://calendar.oregonstate.edu/
Lists cultural and religious dates. Monthly format. Indexed.

Careers Online

www.careersonline.com.au/menu.html 
This Australian site has a number of online exercises that are worth a check.

Passport to Prosperity

www.class2careers.com
Job Shadowing match up service. Ontario based.

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Collaborative Career Development Practitioner Program Bursary

March 31, 2002By 0 comment

Collaborative Career Development Practitioner Program
Bursary Application


Next Deadline:
August 15, 2002

 

Other Deadlines:

The deadline for proposals for
E-Learn 2002
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education
has been extended to May 7, 2002.

For conference and RFP details, visit www.aace.org/conf/eLearn/default.htm

Student Affairs & Services Association (SASA) Awards

Conference / New Professionals Award
Student Leadership Award
Deadline: May 10, 2002

Student Affairs Recognition Award
Program/Service of the Year
Program Grants
Regional Professional Develop Grants
Deadline: May 24, 2002

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New Programs and Initiatives

March 1, 2002By 0 comment

A practitioner-driven website dedicated to francophone Canadian career development professionals

Contact Point will soon set up a site for francophone Canadian career and educational planning counsellors and practitioners. The content of the site will be initially developed and subsequently expanded by the Société GRICS whose expertise in this area is widely recognized and valued.

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Career-LifeSkills Resources Inc.

December 11, 2001By 0 comment

Make the Right Choice…

Did you know that our 5-day MBTI qualifying program is the most content rich, experientially based workshop in North America? You will leave this course well prepared to immediately put type theory into practice with:

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Collaborative Career Development Practitioner Program Bursary

December 11, 2001By 0 comment

Collaborative Career Development Practitioner Program
Bursary Application


Next Deadline:
August 15, 2002

 

Other Deadlines:

The deadline for proposals for
E-Learn 2002
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education
has been extended to May 7, 2002.

For conference and RFP details, visit www.aace.org/conf/eLearn/default.htm

Student Affairs & Services Association (SASA) Awards

Conference / New Professionals Award
Student Leadership Award
Deadline: May 10, 2002

Student Affairs Recognition Award
Program/Service of the Year
Program Grants
Regional Professional Develop Grants
Deadline: May 24, 2002

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Upcoming Events

December 11, 2001By 0 comment

Leading & Managing Comprehensive School Guidance Programs Conference, ERIC/CASS, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, February 14-16, 2002

Future Focus, The Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario (HRPAO), Toronto, ON., February 13 – 14, 2002

BC Career Development Conference 2002, “Inspiration – Career Development from the Inside Out”, Labour Market and Career Information Association of BC (LMCIA), BC. March 4 – 5, 2002

American Counselling Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, March 23-27, 2002

15th Annual Diversity in Mentoring Conference, International Mentoring Association, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, April 4 -6, 2002

4th Opportunities Conference, The Ontario Network of Employment Skills Training Projects (ONESTEP) and The Ontario Alliance of Career Development Practitioners (OACDP), Hamilton, ON. May 8 – 10, 2002

Getting Our Heads Together, Ontario School Counsellors Association and Ontario Guidance Leadership Association, Kitchener, ON. May 15, 2002

 

 

Private Practitioner Support and Chat

Wednesday, February 13 at 3:00 pm (EST): (i.e. Ontario, or 4:30 pm in NFLD, 4:00 Atlantic, 2:00 Central, 1:00 Mountain or 12:00 Pacific.)

Join us for our second online networking and support group for career and employment professionals in private practice . Here’s your chance to banish some of the isolation that comes with working solo. Share practical tips and take the opportunity to brain storm issues that you face. Some of the topics that have been suggested for discussion include starting a private practice, marketing, and developing sustainability. What are your issues? Come to the next session and let us know what you want to talk about.

Monthly Job Developers Online Network Group @ Contact Point C-SPACE

Join fellow practitioners for our monthly Job Developers’ Networking and Chat sessions at C-SPACE. These sessions are facilitated by Contact Point Volunteer Lisa Hoekstra. Discuss strategies and tips; broaden your networks!

Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at 3:30pm – 4:30pm (EST) The topic for this session will be The Balancing Act!, balancing needs of employers, counsellors and clients.

Wednesday, March 20 at 3:30pm – 4:30pm (EST) The topic for this session will be a discussion on how to include Creativity in our work.

Wednesday, April 17 at 3:30pm – 4:30pm (EST) The topic for this session will be the Changing and Dynamic Needs of Job Developers.

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Publications + Products

December 11, 2001By 0 comment

A Coming of Age: Counselling Canadians for Work in the Twentieth Century
The Counselling Foundation of Canada, 2002
ISBN: 0-9687840-2-X

Do What You Love for the Rest of Your Life: A Practical Guide to Career Change and Personal Renewal
Bob Griffiths, Ballantine Books, 2001
ISBN: 0345440439

Reinvent Your Work: How to Rejuvenate, Revamp, or Recreate Your Career
Felicia Zimmerman, Dearborn Publishing, 2001
ISBN: 0793145511

The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating Life While Making a Living
Randy Komisar and Kent Lineback, Harvard Press, 2001
ISBN: 1578516447

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Conference Sketches

December 11, 2001By 0 comment

By Lesley Patten, ASPECT

ASPECT Provincial Conference 2001

Delegates from community-based training organizations came from Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland and around BC to attend a two-day professional development conference on November 1st and 2nd at Harbour Towers Hotel in Victoria. The conference, presented by the Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training (ASPECT), gave delegates an opportunity to attend a variety of presentations and workshops related to the community-based training sector.

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