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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...

No, Sunday Scaries is not the name of a horror movie – although for some, it may feel this way. This term refers to: “Anxieties one experiences on Sunday when...

Many people have the perception that being blind means total blindness and that it has been since birth. However, the reality is that vision loss covers a broad array of...

Carlene was a student in my Grade 12 English class in 2010. She was a strong student with good marks and intended to go into nursing. I thought she might...

As career development professionals, we find the language commonly used in employment services highly technical, exclusionary and dehumanizing. Buzzwords such as "networking,” “sales pitch,” "marketing,” "personal branding,” “selling yourself,” etc.,...