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As we pulled up in front of the college campus, I could sense that my student, Sam*, was both nervous and filled with anticipation. I was excited, too. This was...

With the population of older workers rising, it is becoming increasingly important for governments, employers and educational institutes to invest in adult training and education. According to Statistics Canada, 54%...

New vice-president hired They fired her director Then they came for her When I saw Jen, she had been let go. For five years she had worked hard to build...

How many of us have believed at some point in our past that there was a magical line to follow that would lead us exactly where we were meant to...

According to Google Trends, global searches for the keyword “Career Counseling Near Me” have risen 120% over the past 12 months. During the same period, the following keywords have also...

They are not in the office during meetings. We don’t necessarily include them from day one. Whether we realize it or not, they impact significantly success or failure as we...

In November, General Motors Canada announced that within a year it would shutter its 100-year-old automotive manufacturing facility in Oshawa, ON.  Amid the ensuing media frenzy, it is important to...

Each year I attend the Cannexus conference, I am blown away by the people, the presentations and the shared learning. Cannexus is the national bilingual conference put on by CERIC...

Many of us can identify with the questions students are asked when they graduate from high school. Family, teachers and peers ask, “What are you going to do next? An...

I’ve been talking to kids about careers for a long time. I was a Liaison Officer with Skills Ontario, talking to students in Grades 7 to 12 about opportunities in...