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Across the country, an estimated 63,000 children and youth are in foster or group home placements, with approximately 235,000 more children at risk of abuse and neglect. Exposure to childhood...

For too long, we’ve encouraged students to prepare for their future by choosing a job title. However, matching students with job titles creates issues in diversity, equity and inclusion. Focusing...

A friend of mine recently mentioned they were considering going back to school for a second degree to help them advance their career. As someone who understands the positive impact...

“One way to earn people’s trust, a foolproof way, is to treat them with dignity.” – Donna Hicks Looking back at the history of career development, we can see that...

Tech is no longer an isolated field, which means that workforce development programs must ensure their programs and services align with evolving tech needs and simultaneously prepare jobseekers with the...

When Nadia*, a mother of seven, came to Canada as a refugee, she sought out supports through a language and employment skills training program to help ease her transition. However,...

Quick! If I say Calgary, what is the first thing you think? Mountains? Stampede? Or was your first thought oil and gas? My guess is the latter, and no surprise....

Providers of career development assistance meet a wide variety of people who present a wide variety of employment problems. Some have lost their job and want a new one. Others...

Over the past few years, we have talked a lot about trauma-informed career development. It’s time to take that conversation to the decision makers and board members of organizations. Trauma-informed...

When community stakeholders work together on transformative workforce development, it eliminates duplication of effort, leverages the work of experts and closes gaps in service for jobseekers. Collaboration is the only...