ASPECT & BCCDA Consultation session

ASPECT BC & the BCCDA are coming together to host a consultation session on Friday, May 13 from 1:00 – 2:00pm. 

You are warmly invited to participate in our upcoming community engagement session, providing valuable input into the current study and exploring the feasibility of launching a Career Development Professional Institute. This professional "home" could provide basic and foundational training, support a community of practice, build a strong evidence base, and unite the sector from coast to coast to coast in ways we haven't seen before.

The Future Skills Centre has asked the Canadian Career Development Foundation and MixtMode Consulting to conduct a feasibility study to explore the establishment of a national Career Development Professional Institute that could potentially focus on 6 main objectives: 

• Providing a home for the Competency Framework, National Profile, Code of Ethics, and associated resources and a hub to promote their integration and application 
• Supporting CDPs to access basic, foundational training, at no to low cost, on the career development process, helping to ensure a common language and an understanding of the full scope of career development practice 
• Creating and nurturing a community of practice, where CDPs can exchange and grow with respect to their practice, application of learning, and further development needs 
• Establishing a central hub as a one-stop for CDPs to find out about the full range of existing training available to them, as well as professional supports/associations and national/international developments that matter to our profession
• Building a strong evidence base for our sector to inform policy and practice
• Being a unified voice to advocate for our sector and our critical contribution to the socio-economic health of individuals, communities, and our nation.

Take this opportunity to join the CCDF's new Community of Practice web platform at https://cdprofessionalinstitute.tradewing.com/home.