About

CCDF is a non-profit organization that works to advance career services and the capacity of the profession to respond with empathy and skill to their clients and stakeholders in an ever-changing work environment.

CCDF is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in the field of career development. It advocates for services that strengthen:

• the preparation of youth for the workforce and ongoing learning;
• the capacity of workers to skilfully manage their careers;
• the capacity of employers to create quality workplaces that maximize worker satisfaction and productivity;
• the reintegration of adults entering or re-entering work or learning and;
• the transition of older workers to alternative avenues for work, learning and/or community engagement.

CCDF works on a range of projects and specializes in areas of:

• Applied Research: Creating an evidence base for the outcomes of career services and interventions;
• Policy Consultation: Bringing policy makers and service providers together to develop policy that is attuned to the realities of service provision in the field;
• Training: Developing and delivering training courses to a range of practitioners from in-service professional workshops for teachers to post-secondary level accredited courses aligned to the competencies set out in the Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners for provincial and territorial employment counsellors;
• Resource Development: Making career products that respond to client and practitioner needs;
• Service Capacity Building Working with diverse partners to enrich and strengthen career services and to integrate career, community, economic and workforce development.