Nov 2024 logoAmplifying Advocacy: Career Development in a Disrupted World of Work

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
12:00 - 1:00 pm Eastern Time

Presented free as part of the Global Career Month (continuing education credit available)

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*if you are not an NCDA member or do not have an NCDA record, please create an account to register for this event at no charge.

How can career development professionals move beyond acknowledging disruption to shaping solutions?

Join us for a FREE virtual event on November 19, during North America Career Week, to explore the path forward - how we can activate engagement, adapt with creative resilience and advocate more powerfully - together.

The North American collaboration between NCDA, CCDF and CERIC will bring together a dynamic panel of leaders to discuss taking action on today's pressing challenges - from youth and long-term unemployment to service cuts, rising living costs and the impacts of AI on work.

What to Expect to Gain:

  • Mobilizing Advocacy: Strategies, tools and ideas to amplify your voice and those of the people and communities most affected.
  • Real-World Examples: Hear what's being done to drive change - and what you can take away for your own practice.
  • Sector Leadership: How career development itself is part of the solution, advocating both for the people we serve and for the profession as a whole.
  • Inspiration and Action: A celebration of the agency we all have to adapt in the face of turbulence and uncertainty.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and act. Registration is required.

Registration Fees Rate
NCDA Member Free or $25 for 1 continuing education hour
NCDA Member: Student / New Professional / Retired Free or $25 for 1 continuing education hour
Non-Member Free or $25 for 1 continuing education hour

 

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Speaker Biographies

*times listed are Eastern

Amplifying Advocacy: Career Development in a Disrupted World of Work

Candy HoModerator: Candy Ho, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

 

 

 

 

 

Janet Morris ReadeJanet Morris-Reade, ASPECT, BC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharon GivensSharon Givens, Visions Counseling and Career Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shelby McIntyreShelby McIntyre, Pasadena City College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tristram Hooley, Professor and Researcher

Wendy CukierWendy Cukier, Diversity Institute, Future Skills Centre, Women Entrepreneurship Hub
Dr. Wendy Cukier is a professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Founder and Academic Director of the Diversity Institute and Academic Research Director of the Future Skills Centre. The Diversity Institute has 80 full time research staff, 10 hubs across Canada and 300 partners, undertaking research and evidence based programs to advance growth, sustainability, innovation and inclusion. She has published more than 200 articles and received many academic, industry and community awards for her work. She holds an MA, MBA (Toronto), a PhD in Information Systems (Schulich, York) and two honorary doctorates (Concordia, Laval).

 

 

Registration Fees Rate
Member Free or $25 for 1 continuing education hour
Student / New Professional / Retired Free or $25 for 1 continuing education hour
Non-Member Free or $25 for 1 continuing education hour

 

 

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Continuing Education 

One Continuing Education hour is available for this event. The cost of 1 continuing education hour is $25 for members and non-members. You can choose the CE option when finalizing your registration. All CEs will be posted to your NCDA record and CE Transcript available to download at your convenience following the event.

NCDA Cred Comm LogoNCDA's Credentialing Commission has approved this as a Career Practitioner Event (CPI) according to the Continuing Education Manual.

 

 

 

What is a Career Practitioner Institute?

What is an in-person Career Practitioner Institute?


NCDA offers these smaller, regional conferences for the purpose of

  1. gathering practitioners together for a day-long event at a low cost
  2. allowing state CDA leaders, NCDA Board members and representatives opportunities to present to and interact with smaller groups of practitioners
  3. showcasing NCDA expert members, helpful products and benefits to anyone working in the field of career development
  4. offering CEs (continuing education credits) to practitioners who seek these
  5. convening Board meetings and state CDAs

What is a virtual Career Practitioner Institute?

NCDA offers these global gatherings for the purpose of

  1. gathering practitioners together virtually for an afternoon at a low cost
  2. allowing NCDA partners, global leaders, NCDA Board members and representatives opportunities to present to numerous practitioners
  3. showcasing NCDA expert members, helpful products and benefits to anyone working in the field of career development
  4. offering CEs (continuing education credits) to practitioners who seek these
  5. supporting career development partners around the world

 

What are participants saying about
NCDA Career Practitioner Institutes?


 "Two of the best things about the presentations were the thought- provoking ideas and concepts and the competencies of the facilitators."


 "I enjoyed gaining new information and practices to re-energize my work."


 "As a new member, this was very beneficial... I learned about the many resources and training opportunities available to me personally, but also those that will be helpful in my work with my students."

What have participants learned?

"Models"

"How to facilitate people to unlock their own potential."

"The importance of focus."

"How to be the 'guide on the side, not the sage on the stage'."

 

Looking for more ways to celebrate Career Development?

Plan to join colleagues in the MENA Region to celebrate National Career Development Week, November 14-21, 2025.  Go to www.cdweek.me for more information or view the Mena week flyer.