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Many career professionals are drawn to our field because we enjoy listening to clients’ stories. We help clients overcome struggles that are accompanied by feelings of confusion, depression and stress....

Government, businesses and society have an opportunity like never before to rebuild systems of work that function better for women – if we choose to. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed just...

The renewed essential skills framework from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) – now retitled Skills for Success – outlines the foundational and transferable skills required to engage, adapt and...

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is the daunting question that all of us have been asked at least once in our lives. The unease it...

I entered a helping profession to help individuals and their families create better lives for themselves. I expected to act ethically with knowledge of and adherence to the Code of...

As Shakespeare put it in Romeo and Juliet, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." So it is with...

Practitioners engaged in Canadian post-secondary co-operative education programs regularly encounter ethical risk involving key stakeholders – co-op students, employers and the higher-education institution (HEI). Risk can seem minimal, such as...

When I started my professional career, I dove in headfirst. As a Residence Life Co-ordinator at Wilfrid Laurier University, I was fully dedicated to supporting students and my staff. I...

Canadians are getting vaccinated and the Canadian economy is responding. As it reopens and incrementally improves, employers are beginning to hire and regrow their talent pools. So, too, are university...

Being a young jobseeker during COVID-19 isn’t easy, especially with many supports only available virtually. Youth are facing a competitive job market and may have been forced to change work...