New Programs and Initiatives

By Paul D. Smith

A New Career Education Model for Students

Queen’s University Career Services, with the generous support of the Counselling Foundation of Canada, is developing a new model for Career Education that will integrate on-line and in-person support for their students. The impetus for developing the integrated model is the need to provide services to students when and how they want them with the resources available. “We are extremely excited to receive this support from The Counselling Foundation of Canada,” says Paul D. Smith, Queen’s Director of Career Services, “because it will allow us to solve a problem that is universal – How do you meet the needs of thousands of students with a handful of staff?”

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Snapshot

The Career Management Association of BC
“Proudly Serving BC’s Career Development Community”

The Career Management Association of BC is a membership driven professional association representing BC’s Career Development Practitioners. CMA was initially launched in 1996 as the Labour Market and Career Information Association, a grassroots consortium that was concerned by the need for access to quality career and labour market information.

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Practitioner’s Corner

By Michele Waters

Pursue What You Love and the Money Does Follow

The process of transitioning from being an employee to being self-employed unfolded like a well orchestrated musical. Indeed, each day that I report to my home- based office as a Career Coach in private practice, my heart sings joyfully. Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully. In the past two years, I have discovered the truth of this particular saying.

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Book Club

1900 – 2000: A Century of Women and Work
Ontario Federation of Labour and Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, 2007
Ontario Federation of Labour (www.ofl.ca)

1900 – 2000: A Century of Women and Work is the companion booklet to “A Century of Women and Work” Art Exhibit sponsored by the Ontario Federation of Labour and the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre. It is a short, lush book honouring the work of current artists as they, in turn, honour the memory of the women who built the labour movement over the previous century. The book is divided into ten chapters- each focusing on a decade. The chapters begin with a work of art and the artist’s statement. The art varies in style and media, and most are well displayed. Unfortunately, some do not show well in this small form. Only the acrylic-on-canvas paintings are best served by the book.

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Workplace Bullying

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, isolates, offends, or humiliates a worker. Workplace bullying, which is sometimes dismissed as personality conflict, is also referred to as psychological violence, and is far more prevalent than sexual harassment and racial discrimination, which are covered by legislation. There are insidious bullies in every workplace. These bullies are usually employees who are passive-aggressive, and are controlling.

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Contact Point Celebrates 10th Anniversary at CANNEXUS

Contact Point was first launched in 1997 at a national conference sponsored by The Counselling Foundation of Canada. It was the first website of its kind to offer a unique online space for interaction and networking among career professionals across Canada, as well as provide relevant information, professional development opportunities and resources. Now, 10 years later, Contact Point remains an integral component of the career counselling field in Canada. In April 2007, at the premiere CANNEXUS conference hosted by CERIC (the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling), Contact Point held a reception to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

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