The Olive Diefenbaker Award of Merit is presented to a retiring teacher-counsellor, teacher, administrator, trustee and/or member of the community.

Congratulations to Dianne for her steadfast commitment to Guidance educators and teachers throughout her career. Dianne has consistently developed workshops and professional learning opportunities based on the needs of her school community. To name a few, she has provided support to children of alcoholics, training to the American School of Hague in Bullying Awareness and Prevention, Mindfullness in collaboration with Yale University and Listening with the Heart 3 part training series.

Concours d'art oratoire - Canadian Parents for French (Ontario)

This year’s Concours d'art oratoire is going to be virtual. This spring, grade 11 and 12 students in French Second Language (FSL) programs (Core, Extended, or French Immersion) can participate in our annual public speaking contest. Students will submit their recorded speech according to the Concours d’art oratoire rules from February 14 th to April 8t th, 2022.

The winners will move on to compete at the Nationals in June 2022.

Please check out the scholarships that will be offered to the winners of the provincial competition HERE and for the CPF national competition HERE.

For FSL students who are thinking of studying in the sponsoring institutions, this is a wonderful opportunity to benefit from practicing and highlighting their public speaking skills! 

Information is HERE

Questions?  Contact Eillen Sellam esellam@on.cpf.ca

Your future begins here. We’ll connect you with current students, professors, and staff who support student success. Participate in undergraduate program information sessions, faculty-specific programming and RU 101 sessions introducing you to the university. Attend a virtual campus tour, portfolio workshop or admission session and get to know our community!

Tuesday, December 14
11 am - 12 pm

Join us online to hear from a panel of experts from across the Office of the Registrar. Learn about our Grades-Plus programs, admission requirements, scholarship opportunities and more. This session will aim to aid you as you support your students in the application process.

By signing up for this event, you consent to future communications from Ryerson University. You may opt out at any time.

Apprenticeships provide Canadians with a unique opportunity to learn practical skills and gain valuable work experience while earning money at the same time. Apprentices spend some of their time completing technical training and most of their time working under the supervision of a skilled journeyperson who can provide coaching and mentoring.

This reflection tool is designed for educators to consider the elements of a Mentally Healthy Classroom. Furthermore, it helps educators explore components within the first tier of the AIM Model that include strategies for creating an inclusive classroom environment.

What are soft skills and why does the language we use to describe them matter?

"An HR specialist gave a presentation to a class of engineering students about job readiness. As she started to describe the "soft skills" they would need to succeed in the workplace, she felt their attention slipping. She wondered how she could change her language to make the group take the presentation more seriously: after all, skills like collaboration and time management were crucial for their ability to succeed professionally."

Context
At ICTC, a portion of our work consists of labour market research in the digital economy. We are also a capacity building organization, meaning that we strive to better prepare the workforce for the digital economy. In this work, "skills" are often a central topic. What skills do employees need to succeed? What skillsets do employers have trouble hiring? What new skills will allow people to work more effectively?

Each year during the month of November, there’s a celebration across the country. It doesn’t matter what time zone you’re in, or if you work or are affiliated with the field of career development. It’s not about thinking bigger than you’ve ever thought before. This month is about small steps that that make a big impact. November is Canada Career Month – the best time to join a conversation nationally about careers, collaborate with other professionals in the field of career development and make the biggest splash from coast to coast to coast.

For many career development practitioners (CDPs), the pandemic changed how we connect with clients and deliver career education. These changes raised questions on best practices for design in career education in my role as a career education co-ordinator. How do we design lesson plans for virtual workshops that will engage and include participants with diverse backgrounds and abilities? Applying two approaches, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Liberating Structures (LS), increased the responsiveness of my career education practice to improve inclusion and engagement to support equity initiatives.

Follow the link to to find the resources from Mindfulness Everyday's presentation as the OSCA Conference!