CERIC launching three new publications for K-12 Educators and counsellors working with students in kindergarten to grade 12 will benefit from three new research-based resources published by CERIC that will be launching at the Cannexus18 National Career Development Conference in January.
Vote in the National Challenge! In celebration of the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling’s (CERIC) 10th anniversary in 2014, The Counselling Foundation of Canada has provided a grant to facilitate an online competition to increase the recognition of the value of career counselling as well as career development professionals in Canada.
CERIC will fund a Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) project that will identify the impact of career education on high school students’ post-secondary choices and workforce outcomes, with the goal of improving the quality of youth career decision-making. The project will use two unique sources of longitudinal data created to test career interventions through…
A Quarterly Publication of Contact Point What’s New @ContactPoint.ca e-Career Counselling – Reaching and Engaging Clients in a New Way Social Networks, Web 2.0 and the Job Search Virtual Snapshot of a Professional Community Building Communities through Language Learning Regional Voices Hot Sites Practitioner’s Corner: A Day in the Life of an e-Facilitator “Career” is…
The final report of a CERIC-funded University of Winnipeg project into how career development can make school more meaningful for newcomer and refugee youth is now available. The report provides details of a three-year research program led by Dr Jan Stewart that investigated schools and communities in Calgary, Winnipeg and St John’s. It contains recommendations…
By Melanie Hientz Research shows that volunteering helps improve employability and acts as a route to employment – among other positive outcomes
Thinking we know what is best for youth without considering their lived experiences can inhibit their visions of their future selves Josslyn Gabriel In Canada, the tendency to pressure youth to get serious about what they want to do with the rest of their lives is ever present. The education system tends to be career-motivated,…
Upcoming Canadian Events Vocational Rehabilitation Association of Canada – Ontario Society 2008 Annual Conference: “Exploring Mental Health, Addiction & Return to Work”, The Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Professionals – Ontario Inc., Vaughan, ON. September 19, 2008
It has been announced that CERIC Executive Director Riz Ibrahim will be leaving CERIC to take on the position of President & CEO of The Counselling Foundation of Canada. He will succeed current Foundation leader Bruce Lawson in this role. The Foundation established CERIC and has been its primary funder. This transition is expected to…
By Jennifer Hargreaves When flexible work opportunities help redefine careers
