About The CRWG

The Canadian Research Working Group (CRWG) was created in 2004, following the PanCanadian Symposium on Career Development, Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development.  At the Symposium, the need for a stronger research agenda and specifically for better data on the impacts of career development services were identified at priorities for follow-up action.   A research roundtable with researchers from Canadian Universities was organized with the support of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and the Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF).  The CRWG was formed from this roundtable.  The CRWG is a pan-Canadian collaboration of seven distinguished professors and researchers at six universities, the University of British Columbia, the University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge, Université Laval, Université de Sherbrooke and the Université de Moncton and the CCDF. 

Members of the CRWG

Robert Baudouin, Ph.D.

Robert Baudouin, Ph.D., is a full professor with the guidance program at the Université de Moncton. After earning his doctorate in measurement and evaluation, he participated in the evaluation of a large number of projects both in Canada and internationally. He was the president of the Association francophone des conseillers en orientation du N.-B. (AFCONB) and a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Counselling Association (CCA) and the New Brunswick Career Development Action Group (NBCDAG).

Lynne Bezanson, M. Ed., CCC

Lynne Bezanson is Executive Director of the Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF). Lynne is a career development leader, author, researcher and adult educator.  She has directed numerous Canadian career development initiatives, managed for Canada two International Symposia on Career Development and Public Policy and the inaugural pan-Canadian Symposium on Career Development, Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development. She is a member of the National Steering Committee for the Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Development Practitioners and a founding member of the International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy and the CRWG.  She is the recipient of the Public Service Award of Excellence and the Stu Conger Gold Medal for Leadership in Career Development.

William A. Borgen, Ph.D

William Borgen is a professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He is the Coordinator of the Counselling Psychology program at UBC. Dr. Borgen has conducted research and has developed programs in the area of life transitions and career development for several years. His work has been translated and adapted for use in Bhutan, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, and Sweden. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Umea in Sweden for his leadership in the development of counsellor education in Sweden.  He was the President of the International Association for Counselling from 1998 - 2006. IAC is an international Non-Governmental Organization that has consultative status with several United Nations agencies, and is involved with UNESCO in ongoing projects related to guidance and counselling. In 2001, he was awarded an honorary life membership in the Canadian Counselling Association in recognition of his leadership in the development of counselling and counsellor education in Canada.

Liette Goyer, Ph.D.

Liette Goyer, Ph.D., is a professor of guidance with the Faculty of Education, Université Laval. A researcher at the Centre de recherche et d’intervention pour l’éducation et la vie au travail (CRIEVAT), she is interested primarily in career counselling and the instruments (programs, tools) used in guidance and in measurement/evaluation. In addition, she conducts research with international graduate students at Québec universities.

Bryan Hiebert, Ph.D

Bryan Hiebert is a full professor, Applied Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Calgary and President of the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance. Dr. Hiebert was president of the Canadian Career Development Foundation from 1985 to 1999. In 1994, he co-chaired the first Canadian National Symposium on Evaluation in Career and Employment Counselling. In 1999, he co-facilitated the first International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy. He was co-chair of the National Steering Committee for Career Development Guidelines and Standards from 1996 to 2004 and also contributed to the development of the International Competencies for Educational and Vocational Guidance Practitioners. In 2005, he was granted Honorary Life Membership in the Alberta Teachers’ Association Guidance Council in recognition of his contribution to guidance and counselling in Alberta.  In 2007, he was awarded the Stu Conger Gold Medal for Leadership in Career Development.  

Vivian Lalande, Ph.D 

Vivian Lalande, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of Calgary in the Division of Applied Psychology. She is the Editor of the Canadian Journal of Counselling and the Chair of the Canadian Psychological Association Division of Counselling Psychology. She has written and presented papers in the areas of career program development and evaluation, post-secondary career counselling, and women's career development. Dr. Lalande is a registered psychologist who provides training and supervision in these areas.

Kris Magnusson, Ph.D

Kris Magnusson is a full professor, Counselling Psychology, in the Faculty of Education, and currently holds the position of Associate Vice-President, Academic at the University of Lethbridge. Dr. Magnusson has been a featured speaker at local, national and international conferences, has written several training manuals related to the practice of counselling, has been active in the design of innovative programs in career development, and was the 2006 recipient of the Stu Conger Gold Medal for Leadership in Career Development.  Much of his work has been dedicated to program development.  He was a co-developer of Alberta’s first dedicated program for the training of career development specialists.  In 1998, he joined the University of Lethbridge and developed the M.Ed. in Counselling Psychology, and he was a founding member of the Campus Alberta Applied Psychology: Master of Counselling program.    In his role as Associate Dean, he was instrumental in the creation of Ni’itsitapi, a unique teacher-training program based on culturally specific (Blackfoot) language and values.   He continues to divide his time between University administration duties, collaborative and innovative program development, and career development research.

Guylaine Michaud, Ph.D.

Guylaine Michaud, professor with the Vocational Guidance Department, Faculty of Education, Université de Sherbrooke.  Dr. Michaud is a member of the Équipe de recherche sur les transitions et l’apprentissage (ÉRTA). Her research focuses mainly on skills assessment and skills development and transfer. She teaches career counselling.

 

Céline Renald, M.Ed.

Céline Renald is a senior consultant for the Canadian Career Development Foundation. She has been involved in several initiatives with the Foundation such as the National Symposium on Career Development, Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development, the International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy, and the delivery of training for trainer sessions for the Future to Discover research project in partnership with the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation.  An adult educator by training, she managed the Government of Canada’s competency-based training program for employment counsellors (HRDC).  She also participated in consulting projects for employment service development in Russia, Malaysia and Jordan. 

Réginald Savard, Ph.D.

Réginald Savard is a full professor with the Vocational Guidance Department, Faculty of Education, Université de Sherbrooke, and Director of the Collectif de recherche en counseling et développement de carrière (CRCDC). Dr. Savard teaches individual career counselling and the processes inherent in clinical supervision. He is also a guidance counsellor and psychotherapist. Over the past few years, he has taken an interest in career counselling with a focus on vocational guidance and transition, labour force entry and re-entry, vocational adjustment and readjustment, and evaluation. His research pertains mainly to intervention effectiveness, clinical supervision, and career counselling training. He has developed interventions and training programs for clients who are disconnected from the labour market in order to promote their labour force re-entry as well as facilitate the rehabilitation and return to the workforce of injured workers.