On February 16, Sam Pothier of the Adoptive Families Association of BC provided an overview of the AgedOut.com website – a site that provides youth in and from government care valuable life skills information related to aging out of care, including skills related to money, income and employment.
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Tag Archives: Resources
Have your say: Disability Related Employment Needs Assessments (DRENA) – An Overview and Training
April 10th, 2015For its March webinar, the Centre welcomed Naomi Bullock from Open Door Group to provide an overview and training of their DRENA tool. Continue reading
Have your say: Making Sense of Career Labour Market Information (LMI)
November 25th, 2014In this webinar, Denise Lloyd, founder of Engaged HR and a co-author of the Making Career Sense of Labour Market Information guide, shares some intriguing concepts and resources to apply LMI in real world situations in order to improve the career development process. Continue reading
Have your say: Understanding Current Employment Programming and Services for Lower Mainland Youth Living with Mental Illness
September 25th, 2014Our final webinar of the three-part series on Understanding Current Employment Programming and Services for BC Youth featured a presentation by YMCA of Greater Vancouver. Continue reading
Have your say: Working with Individuals with Mental Health Issues: An Employment Perspective – Part II
April 30th, 2014On April 23rd, Mariella Bozzer and Dr. Sarah-Jane Meachen of Gastown Vocational Services returned to present Part II of our three-part series on Working with Individuals with Mental Health Issues: An Employment Perspective. Continue reading
Have your say: Working with Individuals with Mental Health Issues: An Employment Perspective – Part I
April 4th, 2014In Part I of our three-part series on Working with Individuals with Mental Health Issues: An Employment Perspective, we were pleased to welcome Mariella Bozzer and Dr. Sarah-Jane Meachen of Gastown Vocational Services. Continue reading
Have your say: Evidence-Based Practices Promoting Inclusion and Customized Employment for Individuals with Disabilities
February 24th, 2014In February’s webinar, Dr. Paul Malette, Clinical Director at CBI Consultants, introduced Customized Inclusive Employment and provided an overview of evidence-based practices for participants. Continue reading
Have your say: Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) Opportunities at UFV for Career Practitioners and Clients
January 29th, 2014Seonaigh MacPherson and Corinne Richardson of the University of the Fraser Valley opened up our 2014 webinar series with a presentation on the topic of Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR). Continue reading
Have your say: Discovering the Entrepreneurial Spirit – The Pathway to Self-employment for your Clients
December 5th, 2013For our final webinar of 2013, the Centre teamed up with the BC Career Development Association (BCCDA) to tackle the topic of self-employment. Sylvia Metz of BCCDA and Family Services of Greater of Vancouver, and Dave Schulte of Langara College’s Self Employment Program dropped by our office to deliver an engaging presentation. Continue reading
Have your say: Creating a Meaningful Online Counselling Experience for your Clients
October 22nd, 2013Another big thank you to all who were able to make time to attend this month’s webinar! We were thrilled to have Tannis Goddard, President of Training Innovations, as our guest speaker. Tannis’ work on providing e-Career services has made her a leader not only in BC, but has also gained a lot of attention across Canada and abroad. Continue reading
Have your say: The BC Employment Program Hub
September 19th, 2013After many months of design and testing, we are thrilled to launch the BC Employment Program Hub! The need for such a resource was made very clear during many of the Centre’s initial consultations throughout the province as well as from the Environmental Scan of Employment Programs in BC research study. Continue reading
Have your say: Networking & Relationships Building with Employers
July 16th, 2013Thanks to everyone who joined us for our July 16th webinar, Networking & Relationship Building with Employers, presented by Chris Arnold, Clinical Director at Provincial Networking Group Inc (PNGI). We were once again extremely pleased that so many of you were able to take the time to attend. If you were not able to make it, no problem! See below for a recording of the full webinar. Continue reading
Share Your One-Stop Shop Good Practices!
April 2nd, 2013In our latest Learning from Practice piece, we featured one organization’s perspective and approach to delivering the Employment Program of BC in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Continue reading
Name that Program!
November 23rd, 2012One of the most common things we’ve heard in our conversations over the last couple of months is the need for a comprehensive listing of employment programs available to British Columbians. Continue reading