| In 2017, I graduated with distinction from
Conestoga
College’s Career Development Practitioner program.
I have been in private practice since then, and have worked
with over fifty individuals at different stages of their working
lives -- starting out, making a mid-career shift, and beginning
an encore career after retirement.
In 1998, I was awarded a PhD in Applied
Psychology and Human Development from the University of
Toronto. I did my doctoral studies in OISE’s Centre for Applied
Cognitive Science. Under the supervision of Prof. Keith Oatley, my
thesis, The Economics of Attention and the Fate of Scholarly Concerns, explored the impact of social
emotions on how use our time and attention.
In 1992, I was awarded a Master's degree in Environmental
Studies from York University. My thesis explored how individuals
look at situations, and decide what the situation calls for
in terms of action.
Much of my work as an educator involved working with individuals
in a counselling and coaching role. In addition to advising
young people in university settings, I have also helped older
adults obtain new employment through self-employment or retraining.
Each year for the past 22 years, the Canadian
Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC)
has held a conference for the Career Development profession.
I was a presenter at the conference in 2018, 2020, and a co-presenter with my colleague Warren Thorngate in 2022.
For many years, CERIC also published a quarterly magazine
devoted to career development topics. I published two articles
in Careering, one on encore careers, and the other on hiring challenges
for creative industries in small towns.
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