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As Executive Director, one of my favourite privileges is to recognize the recipients of Career Professionals of Canada’s 2026 Awards of Excellence. Celebrating excellence feels particularly meaningful this year. What Remains Constant Our profession is changing. The world of work is changing. Technology is reshaping how we serve our clients, build our businesses, and even think about the future of career development. At times, that pace of change can feel exciting. At other times, it can feel uncertain. And then, each year, the Awards of Excellence submissions arrive and remind…
A Strong Response to the Launch of the Certified Future Strategist (CFS) Yesterday marked an important moment for Career Professionals of Canada. Registration officially opened for the Certified Future Strategist (CFS) program. Over the past several months, many individuals across our community have contributed to the development of this initiative through research, discussion, review, testing, feedback, and thoughtful reflection. Seeing the program officially open and witnessing the early response from members and career professionals across Canada has been both exciting and deeply meaningful. What has stood out most is not…
The Future of Career Development Is Closer Than You Think Over the past several months, something important has been quietly taking shape within Career Professionals of Canada. What began as conversations about change within the career development sector gradually evolved into a much larger discussion about the future of professional practice itself. Across member conversations, leadership discussions, course development meetings, and practitioner feedback, one theme surfaced repeatedly. Career professionals are increasingly being asked to help clients interpret complexity, uncertainty, and change in ways that go far beyond simply providing information.…
There is a scene many of us have watched unfold. A student sits at the kitchen table late at night, trying to finish an assignment. They are not looking for a shortcut; they are looking for help. They reach for an AI tool like ChatGPT the way they might open a dictionary, use a calculator, or type a query into a search engine. They ask for examples, ideas, and help on how to structure their thoughts. Then the uncertainty arrives. They have heard rumours that using AI tools is “cheating,” even…
For decades, students, jobseekers, and career changers were encouraged to “learn technology” as a pathway to stability and success. Many followed that advice. They earned IT diplomas, learned to code, and mastered software that was considered cutting-edge at the time. But technology moved faster than anyone expected. Programming languages evolved, platforms disappeared, and tools changed before graduates could fully settle into their careers. Today, many people are asking a hard but necessary question: What actually matters now? We are living in a new era. Artificial intelligence is reshaping work at…
With 20 years of career development experience, Tanya Kett brings a deep commitment to empowering clients through narrative and strengths-based approaches that foster confidence, hope, and self-efficacy. She began as a volunteer in the same office where she works today, gradually moving into roles supporting individuals facing employment barriers in non-profit community organizations and post-secondary institutions . For the past eighteen years in post-secondary settings, Tanya has guided students in overcoming obstacles to meaningful career growth, including three years teaching career management as a college professor. Tanya’s journey has taught…