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After the COVID-19 crisis sent many people home to work, or forced them home through furloughs or layoffs, there is now a strong appetite in many to “return to normal.”...

Let’s move the course online. How many times have you heard that? Prior to COVID-19, online course development was a bit taboo – moving courses online required time and planning....

Ok, let’s start off with some self-disclosure (which by the way, if used strategically, can be a great way to establish rapport).  Yes, I have coached a client in my pyjamas – more than once....

Land-based learning takes the classroom out onto the land, creating experiential learning opportunities that focus on practical skills development and transformative understandings of the natural world. This is not a...

Uncertainty has always been part of career planning, but this has become a much greater and more immediate challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a Career Counsellor in a university...

With nearly 70% of students being affected by the COVID-19 crisis worldwide, education looks very different than it did at the beginning of 2020. In Canada alone, over 6.6 million...

The upheaval in Canada’s job market in recent months is simply unprecedented. In March and April of 2020, Canada shed more than three million jobs. That’s more job losses in...

How would you describe the afternoon sky if there were no word for the colour blue? You might talk about its vastness or explain the way it transforms as nighttime...

The beauty of the cultural diversity of Canada can also make interactions in the workplace tricky. I remember the first day I landed in Canada as a permanent resident. Nothing...

When was the last time you had a career development plan? Most jobseekers who joined the workforce during the 60s, 70s or 80s remember sitting down with their managers once...