Here you’ll discover resources to help your work with Aboriginal people, immigrants, parents, women, people with disabilities and youth.

Working with Aboriginal People

Check out Finding Your Path: A Guide to Education and Career Planning created by the First Nations Education Steering Committee. It’s designed to help First Nations education coordinators, post-secondary counsellors and others to support First Nations students.

The paper Counselling Across Cultures: Working with Aboriginal Clients is also useful. It discusses how to provide career counselling that is appropriate, culturally sensitive and helpful.

Also check out Career-Life Planning with First Nations People. It includes a career-life planning model for working with First Nations people.

Working with Immigrants

Go to WelcomeBC’s Service Providers. You’ll find news stories, publications and reports, as well as information on programs, projects and funding.

You may also find the paper Career Counselling Multicultural Immigrant Groups of interest. It discusses multicultural career counselling and the goals and activities for each phase of counselling.

Working with Parents

View WorkBC Parents’ Guide and use a step-by-step guide for career planning.

Working with People with Disabilities

WorkAble Solutions features a section for employers and service providers, with information on interviewing, hiring and keeping workers.

Working with Women

Check out the Women in Trades Training Initiative through the Industry Training Authority. It contains specific information for career practitioners.

Working with Youth

See the Spring 2010 Bulletin from Contact Point. You’ll find articles on youth employment and career development.