CANNEXUS27 / PAN-CANADIAN WORKING DIALOGUE

Career Development is Nation Building: A Pan-Canadian Working Dialogue

Monday 25 January 2027 | 9:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Rogers Centre Ottawa | Room 213/215

 

Co-hosted with CERIC and organized by Phil Jarvis, Candy Ho, Dave Redekopp, Sareena Hopkins, Lucy Sattler, and Sharon Ferris, this event will bring leaders together to identify priority gaps in Canada’s career-development infrastructure, propose practical actions that could begin within twelve months, and explore contributions to sustained collaboration.

 

Invitation scope

The following organizations and representative have received invitations. Inclusion does not indicate confirmed attendance, endorsement or a partnership commitment. Final representation is subject to participation arrangements and available space.

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1.National stewardship

Government, policy, evidence and national coordination

• Employment and Social Development Canada

• Council of Ministers of Education, Canada

• Forum of Labour Market Ministers

• Future Skills Centre

• Labour Market Information Council

• Business + Higher Education Roundtable

• Canadian Chamber of Commerce

• Canadian Labour Congress

• Statistics Canada

• Representatives of the federally supported Workforce Alliances

• Provincial or territorial deputy minister or assistant deputy minister

 

2 People and communities

Provincial and regional associations

• British Columbia WestCanCDA; ASPECT BC; BCCES

• Alberta and Saskatchewan and northern territories WestCanCDA representation for Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon and the Northwest Territories

• Manitoba Manitoba Association for Career Development (MACD)

• Ontario Career Development Professionals of Ontario (CDPOntario); Ontario School Counsellors’ Association (OSCA); Ontario Cooperative Education Association (OCEA); Halton Industry Education Council

• Quebec AQPDDC; OCCOQ; AXTRA; Réseau des carrefours jeunesse-emploi du Québec

• New Brunswick New Brunswick Career Development Association (NBCDA)

• Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Career Development Association (NSCDA)

• Prince Edward Island Career Development Association of PEI (CDAPEI)

• Newfoundland and Labrador Community Employment Collaboration (CEC)Community and population perspectives

 

• Francophone communities RDÉE Canada

• Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) agreement-holder network; National Association of Friendship Centres

• Youth Students Commission of Canada;

• Pathways to Education

• Newcomers Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

 

3 Education and delivery systems

Schools, post-secondary institutions, employment services and local systems

• Canadian School Boards Association

• Canadian Teachers’ Federation

• Canadian Association of School System Administrators

• Skills/Compétences Canada

• Canadian Apprenticeship Forum

• Colleges and Institutes Canada; Polytechnics Canada

• Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers (CACEE)

• Canadian Association of College and University Student Services (CACUSS)

• CEWIL Canada

• Brainstorm Strategy Group

• First Work

• Federation of Canadian Municipalities

• Economic Developers Association of Canada

 

4 Employers and workforce partners

Industry, labour and organizations supporting youth and workforce pathways•Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters​

• Canada’s Building Trades Unions

• ECO Canada; Magnet

• Junior Achievement Canada;

• BGC Canada (formerly Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada)

 

Technical partners

• myBlueprint

• Xello

• Chatterhigh

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5 Research and international learning

Comparative evidence and experience from other systems

• OECD — Director of Education and Skills

• International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy (ICCDPP) — President

• International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) — President

• Career Industry Council of Australia

• Education and Employers UK — CEO

 

Contributing to the work ahead

Invitees will be encouraged to identify knowledge, relationships or resources they could contribute, and to consider participation in follow-up work on stewardship, demonstrations, research, communications or funding. To ignite collective imagination, a “starter project” has been suggested to invitees.

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