JULY 2019 – CANADA

The International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy (ICCDPP) and Skills Norway held the 9th International Symposium on career development and public policy in June 2019. This year’s theme was ‘Leading career development services into an uncertain future: Ensuring access, integration and innovation’.

The Symposium brought together policy makers, career development professional, researchers and employer and workplace representatives to discuss the way forwards for global career development. It focused on exploring how the world in which individuals are pursuing their careers is changing and how people across the world are able to get support to develop their careers. It also looked at how governments organise career development support and connect them to wider policy aims and to other support services. Finally, it explored the future of career development and ask how the field can be more innovative.

All attending countries were asked to produce a country paper setting out the key issues for their countries in relation to the key themes of the conference. Team Canada wrote a country paper highlighting our country’s specific features and innovative practices in the field of career development.

Read the Canada Paper

During the Symposium representatives from 33 countries and from UNESCO, the OECD, European Commission, European Training Foundation and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, dialogued and identified a range of effective policies and practices. These discussions are summarised in the ICCDPP 2019 Communiqué.

Read the Communiqué

For more information, please visit the ICCDPP Symposium Website.

JULY 2018 – CANADA

Registration for Cannexus19, Canada’s National Career Development Conference is now open with both 3-day ($450) and 1-day ($225) packages available! CCCBET is proud to be a supporting organization and encourage you to take advantage of special supporting organization rates. Super Saver deadline is September 5, 2018.

Cannexus is designed to promote the exchange of information and explore innovative approaches in the areas of career counselling and career development. The conference expects to welcome 1,000 participants from Canada and internationally to the Shaw Centre in Ottawa, January 28-30, 2019.

Conference delegates can listen to three inspirational keynote speakers and choose from over 130 education sessions. Topics will include effective counselling techniques, labour market information, post-secondary employment, career assessments, job search strategies, workforce development and serving diverse populations. An Exhibitor Showcase will bring together organizations highlighting their valuable career development programs, products and services.

Optional pre-conference workshops will once again each provide in-depth professional development. Choose among the following:

– Trina Maher, Chief Creative Spirit, Bridging Concepts | Helping Indigenous Talent Tap into Their Potential
– Elaine Newman, Founder & CEO, Global Learning | Unconscious Bias: Understand, Define, Mitigate
– Graham Donald, Brainstorm Strategy Group | Employer Engagement to Increase Hiring on Your Campus
– Rob Straby, Co-ordinator & Professor, Career Development Professional Program, Conestoga College | Use the Power of Stories to Find Gigs!
– Kristen Klassen, PhD, Founder, Brickstorming | Building Insights and Confidence for Career Development Professionals Using LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

Here is just some of what attendees had to say about the last Cannexus:

“When I get to Cannexus, I spend the next 3 days living and breathing an amazing experience. I can’t get enough of the information, the networking and value throughout these interactions. The human capacity within the Shaw Centre during this event is enlightening and inspirational.”

– Amber Taylor, Employment Consultant, Sault College – Employment Solutions, ON

“Top-notch learning and networking experience………unparalleled. By far the best use of our staff development dollars! Highly recommend the Cannexus experience to my colleagues in the field of training, employment, skills development and career services professionals! Allows organizations and their staff team to see how their work fits in a national and international context…which is crucial!”

– Randy Lindsay, Executive Director, Futureworx Society, NS

The conference is presented by CERIC and supported by The Counselling Foundation of Canada and a broad network of supporting organizations.

For more information and to register, visit www.cannexus.ca.

OCTOBER 2017 – CANADA

The Cannexus18 National Career Development Conference is taking place January 22-24, 2018 at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa. Register by November 1 for the Early Bird rate. Members of supporting organizations (inclding CCCBET) benefit from an additional 10% discount during this period.

Cannexus is Canada’s largest bilingual career development conference and will bring together 1,000 professionals in the field from across education, community, government and private sectors. It is designed to promote the exchange of information and explore innovative approaches in the areas of career counselling and career development.

Three exciting keynotes will take the stage to share knowledge and inspiration at Cannexus18:

– Chantal Hebert, National Affairs Columnist, Toronto
– Spencer Niles, Dean of Education, The College of William & Mary
– Zarqa Nawaz, Creator, Little Mosque on the Prairie

There will be more than 150 education sessions that will bring you the latest trends in effective counselling and facilitation techniques, labour market information, and working with diverse populations. An Exhibitor Showcase will also highlight a range of beneficial products and services in the field.

You can enhance your conference experience by taking an optional pre-conference workshop. Choose among workshops with popular presenters and go in-depth on these current topics:

– Understanding and Applying the Sacred Algonquin Teachings of the Healing Circle & Wellness Wheel, Annie Smith St-Georges, Algonquin Elder
– Not-for-Profit Finance for the Non-Finance Manager: Bootcamp Edition, Betty Ferreira, Restructure Consulting
– Deconstructing Clients’ Career Anxiety by Creating Positive Narratives & Co-Constructed Plans, Sonny Wong, Ryerson University
– Employability as a Strategy for Seeking Meaningful Employment, Jeff Landine, University of New Brunswick
– Transforming Leadership Skills and HR Strategies that Increase Employee Engagement and Get Results!, Ken Keis, Consulting Resource Group
– Strategic Résumés for Challenging Clients – Real-World Résumé Strategy! Sharon Graham & Wayne Pagani, Career Professionals of Canada
– Empowering the Employment Sector to Serve Youth with Mental Health Issues, Marysia Parry, Youth Employment Services Toronto

Cannexus is presented by CERIC and supported by The Counselling Foundation of Canada with a broad network of supporting organizations. For more information and to register, visit www.cannexus.ca.

NOVEMBER 2016 – CANADA

On June 3rd, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance launched its pre-budget consultation process, and invited the participation of Canadians. The focus of written submissions to the Committee and appearances in fall 2016 should be the following:

1. What federal measures would help Canadians generally – and such specific groups as the unemployed, Indigenous peoples, those with a disability and seniors – maximize, in the manner of their choosing, their contributions to the country’s economic growth?
2. What federal actions would assist Canada’s businesses – in all regions and sectors – meet their expansion, innovation and prosperity goals, and thereby contribute to economic growth in the country?
3. What federal measures would ensure that urban, rural and remote communities throughout Canada enable residents to make their desired contribution to the country’s economic growth and businesses to expand, prosper and serve domestic and international customers in order to contribute to growth?

CCCBET took advantage of this opportunity to voice some of our concerns regarding employment.

Read CCCBET Recommendations

A report on the consultations will be tabled in the House of Commons in December 2016.

JUNE 2016 – CANADA

Federal, provincial and territorial Ministers reinforced their commitment to collaborate on key opportunities and challenges facing the Canadian workforce and agreed to work together to conduct broad-based consultations on the annual $3 billion investment in labour market transfer agreements to ensure they are responsive to the needs of Canadians. Ministers made the announcement on June 28 after a videoconference meeting of the Forum of Labour Market Ministers (FLMM), where they also approved next steps for the creation of the Labour Market Information Council.

Consultations will take place over the summer months to gather perspectives from a broad range of stakeholders to look at ways to improve the transfer agreements and inform future investments. This work will help support provincial and territorial employment and training programs that address labour market needs in a fast-changing economy. These consultations will be held across Canada, online and through written submissions with a wide range of experts, stakeholders and individual Canadians. Information regarding these consultations will be posted on the FLMM website.

Read the Press Release