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Canadian Positive Psychology Association 2018: Tim Pychyl on Procrastination. Plus Ryan Niemiec & Margarita Tarragona

Mark Franklin was your Career Buzz correspondent interviewing keynoters and speakers on-site at two conferences: the Canadian Positive Psychology Association’s 2018 Conference in Toronto. The CPPA promotes the science and practice of positive psychology - and facilitates collaboration among researchers, practitioners, teachers, and students in Canada. Up first is Dr. Ryan Niemiec who is the Education Director of the VIA Institute on Character. It’s a global, non-profit organization in Cincinnati, Ohio that advances the [...]

July 19th, 2018|Tags: career, connection, curiosity, emotion management, goals, inspired action, job crafting, narrative practice, positive psychology, procrastination, signature strengths, strengths, therapy|0 Comments

Canadian Positive Psychology Association 2018: Tim Pychyl on Procrastination, Plus Ryan Niemiec & Margarita Tarragona

Mark Franklin was your Career Buzz correspondent interviewing keynoters and speakers on-site at two conferences: the Canadian Positive Psychology Association’s 2018 Conference in Toronto. The CPPA promotes the science and practice of positive psychology - and facilitates collaboration among researchers, practitioners, teachers, and students in Canada. Up first is Dr. Ryan Niemiec who is the Education Director of the VIA Institute on Character. It’s a global, non-profit organization in Cincinnati, Ohio that advances [...]

July 19th, 2018|Tags: career, connection, curiosity, emotional management, goals, inspired action, job crafting, narrative practice, positive psychology, procrastionation, signature strengths, strengths, therapy|0 Comments

Don’t Make Any Assumptions: Inside U of T Mississauga’s Career Centre

“Don’t make any assumptions,” said self-confessed career geek, Felicity Morgan, “about what you think about any career area.” Felicity is director of the career center at the University of Toronto at Mississauga. The UTM career centre serves over 13,000 students, with 15 staff. When we make assumptions we risk “not seeing our own biases and [...]

Getting every student talking about their future

In 2004, Ryan Porter quit a business program in college to start his quest to answer the question, “What do I want to be when I grow up?” Two years and a world of travel later, Ryan dedicated his career to helping young people answer the very question he set out to answer. Now, [...]

January 16th, 2016|Tags: career change, CEO, classroom learning, counselling, curiosity, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, facilitation, happiness, intentional exploration, millennial, student, student-teacher relationships, teacher, tourism, travel, youth counselling|0 Comments