CPC Members Matter
At CPC, our members are at the heart of everything we do!
You are a vital part of our community, and we value your experience and opinions. The success and well-being of every CPC member is important, and we strive to make your membership as meaningful as possible. We want to recognize you in a more significant way as we grow our membership.
In February 2022, we introduced a new program for members called Members Matter. This program is designed to honour and celebrate our members and includes many initiatives—current and future—to give our members the recognition they deserve.
One of the initiatives within the Members Matter program offers members the opportunity to record introductory videos, allowing others to get to know the people who are part of their CPC community. Watch some of the great video introductions (below) that have already been created by talented CPC members across the country.
We would love to feature you! If you are interested in recording your own introductory video, feel free to contact Felisha Ali, a member of CPC's Communications Team, and she will be happy to help you get started. You can message Felisha through her CPC member profile.
It’s about time you invest in yourself!
Britt-Mari Sykes PhD is a Career Counsellor and founder of Canvas Career Counselling. Based in Ottawa, Britt-Mari works online which gives her the opportunity to collaborate with clients of varying ages and stages of life and career from across Canada. Drawn to career counselling by a fascination with the personal life-long relationship we develop with work and career, Britt-Mari believes this relationship reflects our deep yearnings to live with purpose, meaning, and dignity. It reflects our desire for affiliation and contribution; our desire for self-expression and for growth.
Committed to life-long learning and professional development, Britt-Mari regularly participates in workshops and certificate programs on the theory and practice of Existential Analysis, Trauma Informed Care, and Narrative Therapy.
To balance the work she loves, Britt-Mari is an avid reader, creatively drawn to architecture and photography, and enjoys outdoor activities at the cottage with family.
Daisy Wright is a Certified Career Management Coach and the Chief Encouragement Officer at The Wright Career Solution, where she helps executives, managers, and mid-career professionals tell their career stories and get hired faster.
Daisy is a founding member of Career Professionals of Canada, a CPC advisory board member, and a Certified Résumé Strategist.
She is the author of two books: No Canadian Experience, Eh? A Career Success Guide for New Immigrants (a Canadian best seller in the job-hunting genre), and, Tell Stories, Get Hired, Innovative Strategies to Land Your Next Job and Advance Your Career.
Two fun facts about Daisy; she is a self-professed spectator sports fanatic and political junkie.
Devon Turcotte (she/her) is a career advisor and the owner of careerified, where she focuses on helping Gen Z and young millennials gain career clarity and craft actionable steps so they can build meaningful careers that have an impact. Devon’s draw to the career development field is rooted in the connection between mental health and youth career decisions. She is a fierce advocate for lifelong learning and believes that there is always an alternate route to success.
Felisha Ali is a full-time Learning & Development Specialist and a part-time professor at Seneca Polytechnic. She is a Career Development Practitioner (CDP), a member of Career Professionals of Canada, and volunteer.
In her full-time role, Felisha provides career development support for employees of Seneca College. In her part-time position as a professor, she teaches Career Planning. Felisha is dedicated to helping her colleagues and students succeed on their career paths. She is currently undertaking a Master of Education in Educational Leadership.
When she is not working, Felisha volunteers as a mentor helping new immigrants navigate the Canadian workforce by offering guidance on résumé writing, interview preparation, and job search strategies. She also loves to cook and is a mom to an intelligent 6-year-old who keeps her on her toes.
Dr. Isabeau Iqbal is a career coach who works with ambitious perfectionists ready to move forward in their career. She helps people take action, make decisions, reduce overwhelm, and overcome procrastination so they can feel a deep sense of fulfillment at work and in their career.
As a Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths Coach, Isabeau facilitates CliftonStrengths (aka "StrengthsFinder") workshops for teams and groups that are excited to explore and better use their strengths in their work partnerships and teams. She is also certified with the International Coaching Federation and was selected as one of the top 21 coaches in Vancouver in 2021 by Influence Digest Magazine.
She is a mother and spouse, and lives on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people in Vancouver, Canada. Isabeau loves being active and you’ll often find her hiking in the mountains on the weekends. She volunteers for the BC Mobility Opportunities Society, an organization that allows people with disabilities to visit parks and trails, and is a volunteer leader for two local hiking clubs.
Janet Barclay, a former career professional and virtual assistant, is now a website caregiver to a variety of clients throughout North America. One of her clients is Career Professionals of Canada, where she serves as Technology Manager. She is also the founder and director of the Golden Horseshoe Virtual Assistants Group.
In the early days of her virtual assistant business, Janet chose career practitioners as one of her target markets due to her background in that industry. She learned that CPC was holding a conference in the Greater Toronto Area and offered a door prize of a gift certificate for her services. A few months later, Sharon Graham reached out to Janet when she needed a virtual assistant. Janet remembers this as a major turning point for her and remains grateful, not just for the business, but for everything she's learned and the many interesting people she's come to know through her involvement with CPC.
Fun fact: Janet has a tattoo of a forget-me-not on her back.
Kamee Gilmore is the Principal Career Development Practitioner (CDP) and owner of Paradigm Solutions, an active member of Career Professionals of Canada (CPC) since 2016, and a CPC Awards of Excellence adjudicator since 2021.
In her private practice, Kamee provides a full scope of career services and solutions to help ambitious mid-level professionals and aspiring C-suite business leaders get noticed so they can land the opportunities they deserve.
Committed to staying at the forefront of the rapidly evolving careers industry, and to ensure she is providing her clients with the most up-to-date information and support, Kamee is constantly engaging in opportunities to advance her knowledge, skill set, and credentials, and has successfully completed seven CPC courses/programs to date.
When the lights in her home office turn off for the day, Kamee is likely spending time with her husband and three pre-teen/teenage children; enjoying a career development podcast while walking her two large dogs; or volunteering career guidance to support the youth in her community as they embark on their first-ever job search.
Lama Shaath is a Career Development Practitioner (CDP), Certified Career Strategist (CCS), Certified Work-Life Strategist (CWS), Certified Transformational Coach, and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Practitioner. Combined with her complementary experience in the health, fitness, and well-being industry, Lama has more than 17 years of experience. She is the creator and founder of Lama Shaath Mine Your Inner Power Coaching.
Passionate about helping top performers unlock their superpower, Lama helps them gain confidence and reinvent themselves from the inside out during career-work-life transitions. She guides clients toward resilience, triumph, and healing by creating a mattering environment and building caring and trusting relationships with empathy, compassion, and understanding.
Lama also works as an Employer Relations Specialist, Outreach, and Case Manager for a non-profit organization that assists newcomers, immigrants, and refugees find employment in the hospitality and tourism sector.
Lama is a Canadian of Middle Eastern origin who moved from the south of France to British Colombia. She lives with her cat by the beach in West Vancouver, on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish People, specifically the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam First Nations. She loves the outdoors, yoga, meditation, working out, dancing, listening to music, and jogging by Ambleside Beach.
Lori Jazvac is an award-winning Master Certified Résumé Strategist (MCRS), Certified Career Transition Coach and Employment Strategist, author, career storyteller, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner. She embarked on a career restructuring in 2013, which sparked the launch of her own entrepreneurial venture, Creative Horizons Communications, a one-stop Halton, Ontario-based holistic career services firm.
Lori supports jobseekers around the globe, in all fields, levels, and stages of transition. As a career change advocate, she uses an innovative and customized approach to help jobseekers realize and re-channel their purpose, and harness empowering brand marketing tools and resources to confidently achieve their career goals.
Lori is a dedicated, multi-certified member of Career Professionals of Canada (CPC). She is a volunteer, senior content contributor, tele-networking facilitator, and tele-networking team lead.
Along with her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees, she holds over 15 industry designations, including CPC certifications in résumé, employment, interview, and work-life strategy. Lori has earned more than 50 industry-related awards for career service excellence.
In her spare time, she enjoys engaging in the arts, dance, and fitness while keeping up to date with innovative business practices and labour market trends, as well as local community events.
Rita Kamel is a Career Development Practitioner (CDP), a Master Certified Career and Employment Strategist (MCCS and MCES), as well as a Certified Résumé, Interview, and Work-Life Strategist. She is a member of Career Professionals of Canada and an active volunteer for the association.
As the founder of DossierPro, a career and employment consultancy, Rita is on a mission to empower professionals to lead their international career moves. She specializes in career coaching, career document development, job search strategies, interview preparation, and mindset shifts. Rita speaks English, French, and Arabic.
With 15 years of experience in recruitment, she provides clients with a 360° view of the employment space. Rita's real-world experience is at the core of her consulting practice and she looks forward to sharing her expertise with clients looking to generate career opportunities around the world.
Newly settled in Edmonton, Alberta, Rita enjoys going out with her family to explore the city and make new friends.