Transitioning To Post Secondary In A Pandemic - A Session For Parents
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About this Event
During this pandemic, a time in which we are struggling to make even the most basic of choices, our students are making the significant choice about higher education. How can we guide them when so much is in flux?
As a part of Giving Tuesday, on December 1, three of Canada's leading career experts share their tips and suggestions as students apply, select and launch into their post-secondary career.
Lisa Taylor is President and Founder of Challenge Factory. A sought-after expert with relationships to campuses across the country, her expertise is widely recognized in The Globe and Mail, The Wall Street Journal, CBC, TVO, and other major outlets. She is the mother of a grade 10 student and a first-year university student.
Janet MacDonald brings more than 20 years of experience as an admissions officer on multiple campuses to her work guiding students and parents through the application and scholarship application process, with a fantastic track-record of success.
Devon Turcotte is a specialist in student wellness and success, with a focus on long-term career and education planning. She has worked within post-secondary institutions as well as in private practice and focuses on advancing career readiness and success among youth.
The headlines are full of "Generation Jobless", student harm, and lack of preparedness, never mind the focus on "career scarring." With optimism and data, This event will help you recapture the joy of helping the next generation launch.
All proceeds from this event will be donated to Woodgreen Community Services (Homeward Bound). Learn more about this organization here.