How COVID-19 is affecting rural communities across Canada
Travel and business restrictions related to the pandemic have hit some rural jobseekers and industries hard, but there is hope on the horizon....
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Helping students connect to the three worlds during their COVID-19 job search
Uncertainty has always been part of career planning, but this has become a much greater and more immediate challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a Career Counsellor in a university...
CERIC announces award of project to examine foundational skills in Grades 4-6
CERIC’s Career Development in Children: Identifying Critical Success Conditions and Strategies project has been awarded to an international team of academic researchers led by Dr Lorraine Godden, Ironwood Consulting and Carleton University;...
6 reports that caught our eye the week of June 14, 2020
Each week, CERIC is on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are six reports that we found interesting this week: The Future is Now: Creating...
COVID-19 reveals opportunities and challenges in online learning
With nearly 70% of students being affected by the COVID-19 crisis worldwide, education looks very different than it did at the beginning of 2020. In Canada alone, over 6.6 million...
Broadband in rural communities key to economic development
COVID-19 brings rural-urban digital divide into stark contrast, highlighting the challenges faced by more than two million Canadians without reliable internet....
3 steps toward an inclusive labour force recovery
The upheaval in Canada’s job market in recent months is simply unprecedented. In March and April of 2020, Canada shed more than three million jobs. That’s more job losses in...
5 reports that caught our eye the week of June 7, 2020
Each week, CERIC is on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are five reports that we found interesting this week: Bracing for Automation: What Are Canada’s Most Vulnerable Jobs? (The Conference Board...
Making meaningful connections: LGBTQ2+ communications
How would you describe the afternoon sky if there were no word for the colour blue? You might talk about its vastness or explain the way it transforms as nighttime...
5 books on racism and social justice from Black Canadian authors
Over the past week, thousands of people have come together in protests across Canada – from Kitchener, ON to Calgary, from Halifax to Vancouver – in solidarity with massive U.S. demonstrations prompted by the killing of George...