Solutions to support struggling workers must go beyond self-care Jodi Tingling The past few years have been stressful, to say the least. We have had to navigate numerous challenges including but not limited to working through a pandemic while managing multiple responsibilities, witnessing and protesting social justice issues that continue to have a negative impact…
How the Kootenay Career Development Society is working to confront institutionalized racism within its own walls Malorie Moore In her 2017 book, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge states: “The perverse thing about our current racial structure is that it has always fallen on the shoulders of those at…
STEM needs diversity of all kinds to survive and thrive By Christin Wiedemann Diversity has become a buzz word; there are diversity councils, diversity festivals and job titles that have the word diversity in them. Everyone is talking about diversity, but does it really matter – or is it just hype? Does diversity matter when…
CERIC uncovers keen insights on top challenges Canadian businesses face during ever-evolving pandemic and how career development can increase Canada’s economic growth TORONTO, ON (February 1, 2022) — There is a vaccine to champion recruitment and retention in the wake of “The Great Reshuffle.” It’s called career development. A national survey [i] recently conducted by…
By Luciana Martins Alves In Canada, 14.9% of women live with disability (Statistics Canada, 2012), of which 13.4% reported unemployment (Statistics Canada, 2011); 5.6% of Canadian women living without disability reported unemployment (Statistics Canada, 2011). This unbalance in unemployment rates between women with disability (WWD) and women without disability denotes a problem that requires attention…
By Jeff Davis Overview of the economic benefits of the internationalization of the primary and secondary school sectors
The latest CERIC Annual Report describes 2022 as a year that was unlike anything that preceded it or that we may see again in the future. With a theme of “Embracing Transition, Catalyzing Change,” this Annual Report chronicles a series of transitions for CERIC as an organization as well as for the broader career development…
Embedding world of work knowledge in the classroom can transform how students feel about their learning Lucy Sattler Education has many purposes, and one of those is to help young people prepare for their working lives. School should give them the skills and knowledge they need to set off on a grand career adventure, and…
Family Service Toronto (FST) is offering a unique opportunity for an LGBTQ Counselling Internship, for up to 12 months, in its David Kelley LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS Counselling
Ahead of the release of the Fall 2021 issue of CERIC’s Careering magazine, which explores the theme of “Career Development Reimagined,” we asked readers to send us their answers to the question: What is your ideal vision of career development in Canada? Through text and video responses, readers representing seven different provinces sent us their ideas for…
