The authors describe a model of career therapy they use in working with people who are "stuck" in relation to career issues. The process is conceptualized by a TRIcycle, where people have the need to accomplish tasks (T), to relate to others (R), and to actualize their individuality (I). (Author/JEL)

Illustrates the ways in which clients in career counseling think about the types of change in their career lives and about the determinants of change. Analyzes interview data of 16 adult clients. Proposes two category systems as representative of the clients' thinking about change in these domains. (Author)

School districts are at a pivotal and exciting time in education in the province of British Columbia, Canada. With changes to provincial graduation requirements there exists an opportunity to make a lasting contribution to the life/work journey of youth in this province. Districts have been given the responsibility and challenge to reinvent career…

A brief overview of the role of emotions in facilitating client change from a constructivist perspective is provided in this paper. With this background in place, several case studies will be discussed to illustrate the impact and role of emotions in facilitating change in counseling and career development. (Author)

The "Blueprint" is a common framework of career development competencies that students and adults anywhere in Canada or the United States need to master in order to be successful and self-reliant in planning and managing their careers in a rapidly changing, knowledge-age labor market. A practical resource designed for career…

Describes work being done on 3-year project aimed at developing innovative ways to help rural parents support career development of 15-25 year olds. Notes that project makes use of innovative data-gathering strategy and innovative techniques for analyzing qualitative group interview data. Describes identified rural career-related needs and…

Notes that increasing pluralism of Canadian society offers opportunities for research into cultural identity, components of value systems, interactions between people of different values, and effects of these on career development. Cautions career development investigators and/or practitioners to attend to needs of less visible, minority cultures,…

A survey of 192 managers and professionals in the Quebec public sector indicated that the absence or inadequacy of practices linked to career planning, development, and support, as well as lack of opportunity to play new roles and participate in work groups, accentuates the perception of career plateauing. (JOW)

This research involved in-depth interviews with nineteen women professors, drawn from across various faculties and ranks at one Canadian university, and was intended to explore the interconnections between the women's personal and professional lives. The women in this study chose to combine having children with an academic career. Most of them…

This research explores the maternal and career progression decisions of different generations of women professors in Canada. Nineteen women, interviewed in-depth, reveal how they carefully plan childbearing and childrearing experiences around their demanding work schedules, by having May babies or posttenure babies. Results demonstrate the need…

This article discusses what it is like to be a counselor in a CEGEP (similar to college) of Quebec. A brief history of CEGEP movement is given. The CEGEP students are described. Counseling in a CEGEP is distinguished from counseling in other institutions of higher education. (Author/JEL)

Canadian business graduates (n=217) rated items related to old and new career and organizational realities. Respondents who were older and had higher incomes and longer tenure were more likely to endorse the new career "rules." Those who did had more job satisfaction, more optimistic future prospects, and less intention to quit. (SK)

Examines some of the key issues pertinent to the life career development of female students in law schools. Explore gender-related psychosocial aspects, such as the differences between the career patterns of men and women. Several specific career counseling implications and strategies, aimed at addressing the unique needs of women studying in a…

Examines the relationship between romantic idealism and vocational goals of art education in nineteenth-century Nova Scotia, Canada. Compares these ideas with those of John Ruskin concerning art and morality. Discusses the views of the Nova Scotian educators relative to issues of contemporary art education. (KO)

Uses three hermeneutical or quasi-hermeneutical studies in career development to illustrate important dimensions of this type of research. Discusses collecting, recording, and analyzing research material and presenting the interpretative framework. Addresses issues of subjectivity, reliability, validity, accessibility, feasibility, and…