Students & Youth

Higher education institutions are tasked with producing graduates capable of offering organizations a strategic competitive advantage. Consequently, employers seek to attract, develop and retain early career talent to become the...

 The Government of Canada recently introduced changes to international student permit applications, study permits and pathways to permanent residency after graduation. For 2024, the intake cap on international student applications...

Since the pandemic, we’ve seen significant changes in the mental health landscape within the Surrey School District – the largest district in British Columbia. Many young people and adults have...

Unpaid internships used to be a trusted route to securing a paying job. An organization would welcome a young person (the intern), allow them to experience the workplace, then decide...

The shape of work is changing.  There used to be decades of clear career paths, ladders and tracks to climb. When you arrived at the best job, that was it...

These associations provide knowledge-sharing and networking opportunities for people working in career development, including in career and school counselling. Prince Edward Island                            Career Development Association of PEI The Career Development...

For many young people in Canada, post-secondary education is a catch-22. While a university or college degree increases an individual’s earning potential in the long term, the high cost of...

According to Statistics Canada, women in Canada only hold about a third (35.6%) of management occupations and 31% of senior management-level occupations.   Research shows gender stereotyping in education and the...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic – and even before – it has been widely reported that young people in Canada have been struggling against a number of headwinds as they enter...

With the celebration and pageantry of high school graduations in the rear-view mirror, a new cadre of young adults is stepping into budding career paths.  These transitions don’t come without...