By Kimberley M. John Practicum Experiences with Diversity – first of three articles by students Working With Toronto Street Youth: A Counsellor’s Perspective The first question I am often asked when I tell people that I work with street youth is: “Isn’t it difficult?” Such a question is a logical inquiry as the barriers facing…
CERIC is pleased to welcome the members of its volunteer Board of Directors for the upcoming year. The volunteer Board reflects a broad cross-section of the diverse career development field from across Canada. John Horn, who leads organizational learning and development at Vancity Credit Union, returns as Chair of the Board. The complete list of…
CERIC is looking for a leader who has experience and knowledge of the national career counselling and career development field and offers a demonstrated ability to focus on equity, inclusion and diversity. Ideally, the individual chosen for this important role will have an excellent network of contacts throughout the sector and a sound understanding of…
By Ron Wener Learning about Indigenous history to better embrace diversity within career development
By Francine Taitt Human interaction is never easy and flawless. Even the best relationships develop tensions and unpleasant emotions. Little wonder that within an organization, with its diverse personalities, that there is abuse and misuse of power, which can be translated into workplace bullying. What is workplace bullying? Workplace bullying is behaviour that intimidates, degrades,…
By Susan Qadeer The increasing diversity in our major cities requires that career counsellors develop and continue to acquire competencies in working with a multicultural population. When working with clients who are very different from ourselves, we will want to rethink some counselling practices that may not be useful across cultures and to incorporate more…
The Cannexus16 National Career Development Conference, taking place January 25-27, 2016 in Ottawa, will feature the return of Spark!, our highly popular TED-style talks. Five speaker will each give a 15-minute presentation on a diverse topic to “spark” you to think differently about your work.
Cannexus 2010 – Call for Presenters (CFP) Now Open! The Cannexus Committee seeks to bring diverse and informative content to delegates. Please visit our website to view the conference themes to assist you in targeting the content of your proposal. CFP Application and Guidelines are now available. Deadline for submissions is June 15, 2010.
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) / Association canadienne pour la santé mentale (ACSM) This bilingual association offers a diverse and comprehensive array of resources in the field on mental health, from fact sheets to policy papers to research reports.
Life’s Evening Hour By John Dugdale August Press, 2000, ISBN: 0-9672484-2-6 Review by Keltie Creed You won’t find John Dugdale’s Life’s Evening Hour in most Employment Resource Centres, but I personally can’t think of a more inspiring resource when addressing transition, job accommodation or diversity.
