SKCDA Podcast - Episode 7: Never Bored - Alignment of Capacity & Challenge (Dr. Roberta Borgen (Neault), Life Strategies Ltd.)

Published Nov 1, 2021
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Dr. Roberta Borgen (Neault), CCC, CCDP, GCDFi, is President of Life Strategies Ltd., Project Director with the Canadian Career Development Foundation, and President of the Counsellor Educators Chapter of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. An award-winning career management specialist with almost four decades of relevant experience in counselling, coaching, consulting, training, curriculum design, research, and writing, Roberta recently retired as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences for Yorkville University and served on Team Canada for the 2017 International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy in Korea. She is the recipient of the BC Career Development Association's Mentor of the Year Award, the National Employment Counseling Association's Professional Development Award, the Canadian Career Development Foundation's prestigious Stu Conger Award for Leadership in Career Counselling and Career Development in Canada, and the Gold Medal and Diamond Pin for Leadership in Career Development. She was recently awarded an honourary membership with the Career Development Association of Alberta and, on behalf of the Life Strategies team, received the Outstanding Educator of Career Professionals award from the Asia Pacific Career Development Association.

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Don't forget to register for the November 16/21 Beyond the Basics Panel!

Dr. Borgen is leading a special panel on Nov 16/21 at 12 noon CST about her new book, Career Development for Diverse Clients. Find out more here.

Resource Notes

Cognella books from Dr. Borgen
Career Development for Diverse Clients (cognella.com)
Career Recovery (cognella.com)
Career Flow and Development (cognella.com)
 
Life Strategies Tip Sheets - http://lifestrategies.ca/resources/tip-sheets.cfm

Other Resources Mentioned in Episode:

Certified Career Development Professional site - https://ccdp-pcdc.ca/en/

• This includes 2021 Code of Ethics and National Competency Profile

Career Development Conferences & Other Provincial Associations

• Manitoba - Let's Get to Work (Nov 5/21)
• New Brunswick - Conference Nov 23-25/21
• Cannexus 2022 - Note SKCDA is a Supporting Organization, so members get discount
• British Columbia - BC Career Development Association
• ASPECT BC - Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training
• Contact Conference (SK)- organized by Saskatoon Industry Education Council (SIEC)

Life Strategies

• Microcredential for teachers (linked to CCDF)
• Career Engagement Model

Recognition for Career Development Professionals

• Stu Conger Award past Stu Conger Award Winners
• Etta St. James Award  past Wileman Award Winners

​CERIC Resources

• Ethics: Do we do what we say we will do? (2004-06-01 article by Gisela Theurer and Roberta  Borgen (Neault))
• Ethics in Practice - A Dynamic Process (2020-02-04 article by Cassie Taylor and Roberta Borgen (Neault))
• What's really going on? Using theory to better understand your clients ((2019-02-04 article by Roberta Borgen (Neault) re context for Career Theories book)
• Career Theories and Models at Work - in particular, note library of  Free Webinar recordings at bottom of page, including "Career Engagement: Re-aligning Challenge and Capacity in Chaotic Times" (1 hr) presented 2020-10-19 - see link to video off CERIC vimeo below