By Jennifer Browne and Sonja Knutson “International education is a key driver of Canada’s future prosperity, particularly in the areas of innovation, trade, human capital development and the labor market.” – Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, 2012.
Career practitioners need to help clients situate their careers within social realities, while also recognizing their own biases Taylor Witiw Career development is a learning activity. In government, post-secondary and private career offices, clients seek guidance and support to learn how to actively create “the life one wants to live and the work one wants…
Over the last few years there has been an increased awareness of the need for conscious and effective mentoring, in Canada. There does exist a collective base of experience and support for Mentoring as a means to attain personal development and social justice goals. We have collected, for you, information about some of the recent…
By Yvonne Rodney Straight Talk on Leadership Solving Canada’s Business Crisis Book by R. Douglas Williamson From page one of this book, it’s clear that Douglas Williamson is very mad. Like a passionately caring parent who sees the things he worked hard to establish not being leveraged by the next generation, he feels the same…
By Amanda Harrington I used to think that e-coaching was coaching by email, and back in 1999, I wrote about use of email for mentoring and coaching.1 There was not much research then about this use of email, and not much has changed. However, there is an increased and increasing use of email in practice, as…
Queen’s University card sort and mapping activities can help students acknowledge and articulate their skills with confidence Carli Fink There is a lot of chatter about a graduate skills gap, but a skills awareness gap may be more appropriate. Post-secondary students and recent graduates have many skills — skills they have learned in classes, developed…
By Mark Larson From Nova Scotia Find Distance/Online Services – Workplace Skills Initiative Here is a situation you may be familiar with: – as a career practitioner / employment specialist you are faced with a client looking for advice and guidance concerning their need to find employment in their field. Add to this mix, the…
CERIC is pleased to be working with the Association of Career Professionals (ACP) International to once again present an event that will inform practitioners about the best
