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AGENDA
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

07:30 - 08:30 am
REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING BREAKFAST
08:30 - 08:45
WELCOME
08:45 - 10:00
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Reimagining Careers in Changing Times
Dr. Rich Feller - Colorado State University

10:00 - 10:30
NUTRITION BREAK


10:30 - 11:45
SESSION 1
Backward and Forward Looking”  A reflection on collaborations between Industry and Education within indigenous community contexts
Dr. Sean Lessard - University of Regina, College of Education and Derek Rope - BHP Billiton

SESSION 2
Road to Employment
Clinton Nellist and Denis Luchyshyn, co-founders - Road to Employment
SESSION 3
Making Mentoring Work: Tips, Tools and Strategies
Peter M. Paul - Maytree Foundation

SESSION 4
Beyond Making a Business Case for Hiring a Mature Worker
Cheryl Olenick - Cheryl Olenick Consulting

11:45 - 01:00
LUNCH


1:00 - 2:15
SESSION 1
Mental Health and Work - Our Role in Making a Difference
Dr. Marie-Helene Pelletier - Sun Life Financial
SESSION 2
First Nations Career Development Practitioner Program
Dr. Dave Redekopp - Life Role Development
SESSION 3
A Hard Look at Soft Skills: What To Assess and How
Ruth Kinzel - Kinzel, Cardrin and Associates Consulting Inc.
SESSION 4

Refreshing Your Testing Toolkit – What’s New?  What’s Revised?  What are you Missing?
Dr. Deirdre Pickerell - Life Strategies


2:15 - 2:45
NUTRITION BREAK


2:45 - 4:00
SESSION 1
SaskCareers.ca - A New Provincial Career Development Websystem
Janet Uchacz-Hart, SIEC and Vicki Towriss - Towriss and Associates Workforce Solutions

SESSION 2
Tips, Tools and Techniques in Career Development
Dr. Rich Feller - Colorado State University
SESSION 3
Bridge Over Troubled Waters...Intercultural Competence and Why It's Important To Career Specialists
Elizabeth Duret - Sask Polytechnic
SESSION 4
It's a Money Thing! Financial building blocks for your Students and Clients
Jesssie Usselman, Community Investment Specialist - Affinity Credit Union
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