Upcoming Canadian Events Hamilton School-Work Transition Conference: Strengthening The System – A Conference for Educators, Employers and Parents, Industry-Education Council of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON. August 27, 2003 The 15th OAYEC Annual General Meeting & Conference, Ontario Association of Youth Employment Center – OAYEC, Alliston, ON. September 29 – October 1, 2003 Education Training Career Fair…
CERIC is pleased to be partnering with the Ontario School Counsellors’ Association (OSCA) for the first time to offer a 2-part webinar series – Shifting the Trajectory for Black Students: The Role of School Counsellors in Supporting Positive Outcomes for Black Students with Nicole Baxter-Lyn and Kamilah Clayton. School counsellors play a pivotal role in…
When schools equip students to become their own guidance counsellors, they can make purposeful decisions about their future Adriano Magnifico When Andres Bazin was in high school, he was an average student – drawing Cs and Bs and meandering through his education. Career-wise, he was lost. His origin story is likely one that attendees of…
By Michael Ford While studying at my mostly deserted university campus recently, another student asked if I was a professor, a question I get a lot as a mature student. The fact I am often older than my professors may have something to do with this, but that’s another story. After clarifying that I was…
By Anu Pala Technology has played a significant role in the evolution of distance learning and how we access education today. It feels like just yesterday when I received my learning materials for my very first communications course in the mail. I still recall how excited and enthusiastic I was. After all, I loved to…
By Kwesi Yaro This call for proposals has come at an opportune time when I am still grappling with ideas on a final project I am designing for a course I have been assigned to teach this summer as a sessional instructor. In relevance to this call, I argue for the need for teacher professional…
Lindsay Purchase Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m tired of reading the words “The Great Resignation.” Like the “future of work” and other overused, often misunderstood terms before it, the “Great [fill-in-the-blank]” has become a stand-in for any and all mainstream discussion connected to career development. So, why use this construct and release a Careering issue…
By Anne-Viviane Maus The roots of Donald Super’s extensive writings on vocational development are in the Self Theory of Carl Rogers. According to Super, when an individual is making vocational choices, they act in relation to their understanding of themselves. Psychologically, career choices are “driven” by Self-Concepts. What would follow is that making satisfying vocational…
The first phase of a CERIC-funded research project has now produced three literature reviews that examine what is happening in elementary education across Canada related to introducing and building career-related foundational skills. These newly available documents include: a review of scholarly literature; a curriculum and policy review; and a review of business and industry partnerships. …
By Kathy McKee For the last two years, a research project funded by the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC) has been underway in Nova Scotia, exploring what career practitioners need to know to support clients with mental health challenges. The project collected data from mental health consumers and career practitioners who provided a…
