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In career conversations, we often start with skills, interests or labour market trends. These are important, but they don’t tell the whole story. A person’s career is shaped not just...

It’s time to look at how we invite service participants into career conversations from a trauma-sensitive, systems-based approach. Right now, most career conversations, particularly at intake, are about what’s wrong...

Indigenous youth rarely describe the future in straight lines. They speak in stories, in relationships, in responsibility to family, community, and Land. They speak about wanting work that supports their...

What is your earliest recollection of play? Inside? Outside? Were you playing alone? Perhaps with others? We might recall the fun of jumping in puddles, the damp cold feeling of...

Career practitioners are increasingly aware of neurodiversity and strategies to support neurodiverse clients, but is dyslexia sufficiently part of this conversation? While statistics vary, Dyslexia Canada estimates that up to...

The labour market is shifting faster than at any point in recent memory. Economic disruption and rapid technological change are reshaping how Canadians find work and how employers hire. For...

I am a strong believer in people’s ability to take agency over their lives. Hence, when I came across the topic of job crafting while working on my Career Management...

AI is here to stay and it is our responsibility as career educators (and career development professionals) to ensure we keep up with best practices to support students in using...

Much can be said about the importance of connecting with client. How this is done varies depending on whether you are working with a client one-to-one, working in a group...

Adewunmi Ajike Adewunmi Ajike never thought she would be working in the AI field when she was in school. Mentors encouraged her to apply for roles outside her comfort zone,...