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Ever work with a client and become frustrated when it appears they are not progressing? Are you baffled when you have worked extensively with a client on their job search...

Millions of adults have lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Statistics Canada, the unemployment rate in Canada rose from 5.6% in February 2020 to 8.6% in December...

Trusted and longstanding partnerships go a long way to creating and sustaining programming. At the Ottawa Network for Education, our unique model for engaging our public school boards has been...

What a week it's been – and what a conference! Over the two weeks of CERIC's first-ever virtual Cannexus21 conference, it was clear attendees were as eager and excited as...

The contagious energy of Cannexus21 was palpable as the conference got under way this week, bubbling up in platform chats, networking sessions, Q&As and on social media. Although some shared...

Single-parent professionals come in different shapes and sizes. There are different sub-groups of single parents that are working professionals, including: Working professionals who become single parents due to a marital/relationship...

COVID-19 has upended many of the traditional learning, socializing and working contexts, leading to changes in the labour market and workplace opportunities. Less than one month into 2021, deep anxiety...

This article was selected as the winning entry for the BCCDA’s Canada Career Month essay writing competition in November 2020 on the topic of “The Importance of Career Development in...

“No individual may have it within his or her power to overcome or expunge the malaises or misfortunes of society. But everyone has something important to contribute to the whole,...

I didn’t attend Cannexus20. I was living in Victoria, BC at the time, anticipating a posting to Ottawa that summer, so I figured “I’ll just go next year.” If only...