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Why do you work as a career development professional? Without knowing you, we would speculate that it is primarily because you enjoy it, because it aligns with your values, or...

LinkedIn’s 2024 Global Climate Talent Stocktake reveals a critical challenge: to meet climate goals by 2050, the global workforce must double its pool of green talent. Without action, nearly half...

While the work of career development practitioners has been shown to lead to positive mental health outcomes, many career development professionals (CDPs) struggle with their own mental health due to...

Climate is one of the most significant issues of our time, reshaping economies, societies and individual lives. In this context, career counselling and education play a critical role in equipping...

Career development has been in the business of facilitating change since its inception. Along the way, the language career professionals use has needed to evolve to suit the knowledge and...

Non-Status Indigenous Peoples face unique challenges when it comes to employment. Unlike Status Indians, they don’t have access to the same government programs and services, which can make it harder...

“Mummy, where are my silky socks and my oversized Roots sweater?” I stir awake to this softly spoken inquiry by my daughter. It’s 7:30 a.m. on a Tuesday, and in...

Certain tasks or situations can create a lot of anxiety for clients, which can then become an obstacle to achieving their desired outcome. Anxiety around the scope of the goal,...

Looking around your community, what do you notice about who’s working and who isn’t? Are some groups of people systemically excluded from the local workforce?   You’ve likely heard employers lament...

There has been a growing challenge in providing publicly funded career and employment services in Canada. Despite the significant, increasing and complex barriers to full labour market participation faced by...