The following webinars, taking place in March and hosted by a variety of organizations, cover topics such as bridging career theory and practice, decent work, AI and the workforce – and much more.
Navigating 2040 and Beyond: The Futures of Careers and Career Developer Roles (CERIC & Creative Futures)
March 4
The purpose of this free webinar is to share key findings from the Career Development in 2040 CERIC-funded research project, which identifies how the career development sector, advocacy organizations and policymakers need to prepare for 2040 and beyond. This session is uniquely designed for career practitioners to understand how future trends impacting work and careers will change the nature of their work, and what they should do to prepare.
How to Leverage Video for Massive Business Growth (Resume Writing Academy)
March 4
Learn top tips for creating highly engaging videos to promote your business, educate your audience, and elevate your brand. Look like a pro with video … even if you’re totally not.
Neurodiversity at Work (CPHR Manitoba)
March 5
This workshop teaches you how to build a neuroinclusive workplace culture through your recruitment, retention, and promotion practices. You will learn practical ways to embrace the strengths and navigate barriers for people with autism, ADHD, dyslexia and more.
In it for the Long Haul: How Investing in Career Development can Attract and Retain Top Talent (NACE)
March 5
In the face of high turnover rates and escalating competition for top talent, the importance of retaining quality employees has never been more critical. Learn how Gundersen Health System built a robust career development program that attracts, retains and empowers its workforce.
Hiring Students in Ontario: How to Start and Where to Go (BHER)
March 5
In this session, the Business + Higher Education Roundtable and the TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario will talk about what’s working for small- and medium-sized companies who have used student talent, including collaboration strategies, promising WIL practices and how WIL is helping to address talent priorities in Ontario.
Microaggressions in the Workplace (WRDC, techNL)
March 5
This training enlightens participants about “microaggressions” and their occurrence in the workplace. It helps individuals recognize the importance of addressing microaggressions, understand their impact on individuals and learn practical strategies to navigate them effectively, whether as a target, bystander or even a microaggressor.
Promoting Better Career Choices for Longer Working Lives: Stepping up not stepping out (OECD)
March 11
To benefit from increased longevity, workers will increasingly have to consider job mobility at middle and older ages, changing jobs or careers more frequently than in the past. Making successful career transitions, however, tends to be more difficult for workers at older ages. This webinar presents evidence on recent trends in career mobility and the consequences for individual workers in terms of pay and other job characteristics.
Empowering Growth: Embracing a Yogic, Trauma-Informed Approach to Career Development (BCCDA)
March 13
This presentation explores the practical integration of yogic tools for stress management within a trauma-informed approach to foster resilience, and empowerment in career development. By cultivating empathy, identifying triggers, and building trust, career practitioners create a safe environment for individuals and practitioners to navigate their career development plans with confidence.
Life Design – An approach to supporting student career & personal development (CACUSS)
March 13
In 2022, the University of Calgary introduced Life Design on its campus to help students understand and apply design thinking to map possibilities for a meaningful and fulfilling life. This presentation will share the journey of introducing Life Design to students and help attendees better understand how design thinking can be used to support personal, career and campus growth.
Burnout in the Nonprofit Sector: What You Need to Know (CharityVillage)
March 14
The number of people reporting burnout is on the rise, and burnout is preventable. This webinar will discuss how to understand burnout (what it is and what it isn’t) and will address what the rising numbers of reported burnout tell us.
Demanding Decent Work: The role of Career Development during the Climate Crisis (MACD)
March 19
Ecological destruction, exacerbations of inequality and the precarity of workers’ rights in the shadow of AI weigh heavily on the minds of practitioners and clients alike. CDPs can play a key role in changing this narrative and working collectively toward a more sustainable future and a just transition.
Launch of the PISA-VET Framework: A Global Milestone in Future-Ready Professional Skills (OECD)
March 19
Vocational education and training (VET) plays a crucial role in ensuring that both young people and adults possess the skills required by societies and labour markets. The PISA-VET Framework, a joint effort between 13 countries as well as more than 100 experts, employers and international partners, will take centre stage as a beacon of innovation, designed not just to assess, but to guide, inform and inspire.
Embracing the Future: AI and the Workforce of Tomorrow (CEWIL)
March 19
Work-integrated learning has emerged as a cornerstone of post-secondary education. With the advent of AI, these experiences are becoming more personalized, efficient and impactful. Explore innovative AI-driven platforms and technologies that enhance the WIL experience.
Forgiveness and Renewal, A Meditation (NSCDA)
March 20
Jonathan Dododza will guide you through the art of letting go, encouraging the closure of one chapter to embrace the dawn of a new beginning. Through gentle meditation and thoughtful reflection, this class is an opportunity to cultivate compassion, find inner peace and take the first steps toward a brighter, more harmonious future.
Digital engagement and marketing tips for nonprofits (ONN)
March 20
In 2024, it’s time to think less about how to have viral content, and focus more on building an online community that actually cares about your cause/content. This webinar will cover three major channels of digital engagement and marketing: email, social media and your website.
Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Effective Job Development (Canadian Job Development Network)
March 20 & 21
This online training session is intended to provide participants with practical tools and strategies for effectively engaging employers; steps for demonstrating the value and potential of their clients or students; and a framework for meeting and exceeding their targeted employment outcomes.
Mentoring LGBTQ+ Youth: An Urgent Need for Each of us to Act (MENTOR National)
March 21
This webinar will look into the impact of a growing number of anti-2SLGBTIA+ laws on mentoring programs, research on the lived experiences of 2SLGBTIA+ youth and strategies mentoring programs can use to intentionally offer support at a time when an entire generation of young people IS being placed in harm’s way.
Inclusive recruitment, retention and advancement (CCDI)
March 21
Developing innovative recruitment, hiring and retention practices is key to a diverse, inclusive, and equitable organizational culture. This webinar will highlight strategies to build a more inclusive hiring process, including job postings, interviews, and hiring decisions, as well as strategies on retention and inclusive advancement.
Evaluating career coaching (NICEC)
March 21
This webinar will explore the topic of evaluating career coaching, using as an example the evaluation by the Institute for Employment Studies of a large-scale, one-to-one career coaching intervention for individuals working in a wide range of occupations in primary health-care settings across England.
Empowering Educators: Exploring Possibilities for Children’s Career Learning in Grades 4-6 (CERIC)
March 22
This webinar shares the findings of a CERIC-funded project that responded to the important question: Why should elementary education be concerned with career? This free webinar is for anyone who is concerned with helping children learn and develop the various skills they need to successfully navigate their learning through school and beyond. It will introduce participants to a new teaching toolkit that includes a range of activities adaptable to unique contexts and settings.
Career Practice Principles: Bridging Theory and Everyday Practice (CERIC)
March 25
This free webinar will provide an overview of eight “must–have” career practice principles to help you feel more confident and competent for working across practice roles and for determining your learning needs. The information shared in this webinar is based on the new CERIC book, Practice Principles: Career Theories and Models at Work and the new Career Practice Reflection Guide included in the book.
Virtual learning circle for Ontario nonprofits (Ontario Nonprofit Network)
March 26
ONN wants to learn more from nonprofit organizations on how they partner and build relationships with post-secondary institutions. Partnerships and relationship building may look like: taking on a placement student, participating in innovation labs, participating in career events or initiatives, or working on solving a community issue.
Impact of Racial Discrimination on Indigenous Communities (Indigenous Works)
March 28
Although there are many pockets of success, Indigenous peoples and communities in Canada remain in a fragile state. The effects of racism, exclusion, the breakdown of family and community values, overcrowded housing, loss of culture etc. have a bearing on quality of life and workplace ‘wellbeing’ indicators. What are the changes needed to grow and foster greater social capital, relationships and reconciliation in Canada?
Empowering Growth: HR as Catalyst for Employee Development (LHH)
March 28
Each session in this webinar series will explore a different element of employee career development, what actions employers can take to support them and how to align this support to improve talent retention. The topic for the March 28 session is “What is career activism.”
