Students & Youth

Last week, I found myself at a three-day conference with an estimated 3,000 people in attendance. As a remote worker living in a one-bedroom office space and living space, interacting...

In 2019, Fanshawe College embarked on a deliberate investigation to identify and support military-connected students throughout their post-secondary journey. This institutional investigation also coincided with an increased public awareness of...

Scroll any news site or social feed and you can’t miss talk of a recession – a broad-based decline in economic activity that lasts months or even years, resulting in...

First-generation post-secondary students are undergraduates whose parents or caregivers did not complete college or university. They often face a range of social and economic challenges such as having limited professional...

As an Alumni Career Advisor at the University of Waterloo, I have worked with alumni representing various years of graduation – from ‘fresh’ grads to those who long ago walked...

When prompted in a written reflection, two Gen Z students in our undergraduate career class captured the zeitgeist of this generation’s approach to traditional careerism. The first student wrote: “Why...

Around the world, young people are leaving education more highly qualified than any generation in history and yet they continue to struggle in the competition for desirable employment. While young...

How we can inject career development into schools now....

Passive efforts such as booths and bulletin boards aren’t sufficient to engage students....

As a parent of two daughters, now aged 23 and 14, I relate to the challenges of trying to stay on top of what is happening in their lives and...