Students & Youth

COVID-19 has upended many of the traditional learning, socializing and working contexts, leading to changes in the labour market and workplace opportunities. Less than one month into 2021, deep anxiety...

While COVID has caused many of us to be physically separated from our colleagues, it is still amazing to see what can happen when people work together virtually. On Vancouver...

With the support of career professionals, students may be able to leverage prior learning to reduce the time and cost for higher education....

When navigating early career employment, youth with disabilities (YwD) face barriers to securing work and gaining relevant employment experiences that their non-disabled peers do not encounter. One prominent barrier is...

Being versatile is vital for a university graduate's career success. Versatility's importance is amplified in locations with emerging sectors. After interviewing alumni, current students and hiring managers, we were able...

Since beginning my counselling career in 2006, I have noticed significant changes in the relationships between young adults and their parents, with the most obvious change being the increased frequency...

Queen’s University card sort and mapping activities can help students acknowledge and articulate their skills with confidence....

My dad was a pipefitter. (A fitter-welder if we’re getting technical). While I didn’t know exactly what that meant when I was a kid, he did tell me stories from...

The World of Work model was created by the Cajon Valley Union School District with guidance and support from teachers, business, education consultants and counselling professors and researchers. As Hartung et...

Immigrant youth are an important source of talent to Canada and increasingly a vital strategy for redressing Canada’s aging workforce. According to Statistics Canada (2017), young people ages 18–29 account...