SKCDA Podcast Episode 3: The Right to Succeed or Stumble (Kristen Thoms, Quint Development)

Published 2021-07-02
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The SKCDA Podcast team interviews Kristen Thoms, Program Manager of the Core Neighbourhoods at Work Program of Quint Development Corporation in Saskatoon.  We discuss collaboration, autonomy, and relationships in the context of Career Development work.

Here is Kristen's bio from the Quint Saskatoon website:
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Kristen Thoms is a community-minded professional responsible for managing the Core Neighbourhoods at Work program which assists 1,500+ jobseekers annually. She has been a career development practitioner for the past 14 years and has a Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) and a Bachelor of Social Work.

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Resource Links Related to Episode:

QUINT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

• Quint Development Corporation Saskatoon https://quintsaskatoon.ca/
• Quint - Core Neighborhoods at Work - https://quintsaskatoon.ca/programs/core-neighbourhoods-at-work/find-a-job/
• Quint Development - Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUla9tzxcxoZZLJZy6tJfHQ
• Quint 25th Anniversary slideshow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZjLZYbli_U

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• Office of the Treaty Commissioner (re land acknowledgement) http://www.otc.ca/
• OTC Maps http://www.otc.ca/resource/category/maps.html
• A guide to indigenous land acknowledgement https://nativegov.org/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/

SASKATOON ORGANIZATIONS

• Saskatoon Antipoverty Coalition https://www.facebook.com/Saskatoon-Anti-Poverty-Coalition-170764632971670/
• Saskatoon Interagency Response to COVID https://saskatooninteragencyresponse.ca/ 

TRAUMA-INFORMED, MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, STRENGTHS-BASED APPROACHES

• Trauma-Informed Practice - 12 Resources (CERIC) https://careerwise.ceric.ca/2021/01/29/12-resources-to-support-learning-on-trauma-and-career-development/#.YNsVUehKjIU
• Motivational Interviewing - 13 Resources (CERIC) https://careerwise.ceric.ca/2021/02/04/12-resources-to-understand-and-use-motivational-interviewing-in-careers-work/#.YNsVb-hKjIU
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy  - resource from CAMH - https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-illness-and-addiction-index/cognitive-behavioural-therapy
• Strengths-based approaches - article from Positive Psychology - https://positivepsychology.com/strengths-based-interventions/
• What is Strengths-Based Approach (video) https://youtu.be/BALni0nEmGM
• Strengths-based approaches - Alliance for Children and Youth Waterloo - backgrounder on Strengths-based approaches -  - http://www.healthyllg.org/_resources/Strength-Based_Approaches_Backgrounder.pdf

NATIONAL CAREER-DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS

• CERIC - About CERIC - https://ceric.ca/about/
• CCDF - About CCDF - https://ccdf.ca/who-we-are/

LABOR MARKET INFORMATION

• Labor Market Information - link to Labor Market Information Council project for Career Services - https://lmic-cimt.ca/projects/equipping-career-services-with-lmi-tools-and-data/
• Canadian Online Job Posting Dashboard - https://lmic-cimt.ca/canadian-online-job-posting-dashboard/
• LMI Best Practices Guide - https://lmic-cimt.ca/lmi-best-practices-guide/
• What is LMI? video from LMIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhI9wsUGCM8&t=14s

PRIDE AND PRONOUNS (LGBTQ)

• History of Canadian Pride - https://www.queerevents.ca/canada/pride/history
• Why Pronouns Matter - Ontario Human Rights Commission - http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/questions-and-answers-about-gender-identity-and-pronouns

IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS & CAREER DEVELOPMENT

• Impact of Residential Schools - Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada reports - https://nctr.ca/records/reports/
• Residential School timeline - https://nctr.ca/exhibits/residential-school-timeline/
• CERIC - Allyship Terms, Tips and Tools to support Career Development  Work- https://ceric.ca/2021/01/allyship-terms-tips-and-tools-to-support-career-development-work/