Graduating Career Ready with the Employability Framework
degree and a question: what’s next? Entering the world of work can be challenging, but Carleton’s Career Services has launched a tool to help. The E mployabilityFramework is a resource to help students graduate career ready, with all the skills and abilities required to secure meaningful employment in fields related to their degrees.[…]
Sprott’s Employability Passport to the Future
first-year Bachelor of Commerce student with a concentration in marketing, Coulter says he was compelled to start networking immediately by a requirement in Sprott’s new co-curricular E mployabilityPassport, a four-year program designed to help students engage in career and professional skills development relevant to the business world they plan to enter. […]
Carleton University Achieves Top 10 Ranking in Graduate Employability Rankings
A new report issued by QS World University Rankings has singled out Carleton University for being among the 10 best Canadian universities for graduate e mployabilityin 2019. Carleton was recognized in the overall global ranking with its highest scores in the alumni outcomes indicator, placing 163rd globally out of more than 20 000[…]
Future Learning Lab Brings Immersive Environments to Carleton University
a meaningful and transformational impact on the teaching and learning culture at the university, while at the same time improving student engagement, learning, graduation rate, and e mployability." The bright, modern lab, located on the fourth floor of Carleton's MacOdrum Library, houses spaces for studying, events and workshops, along with an[…]
Ontario Investment Supports Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities
students and employers Piloting innovative strategies at postsecondary institutions to actively foster the growth and accessible opportunities for students with disabilities in career preparation and e mployabilityskills “Since 2018, Carleton University and the partner institutions have done a terrific job of supporting students and graduates with disabilities in Ottawa to find meaningful[…]
Online Resources and Support for the New Academic Year
support offerings to a virtual environment. To help our community explore all the online services available to support student success in the areas of academics, finances, e mployability, campus life and wellness, we’ve compiled a Current Students Online page, which will remain an up-to-date resource at students.carleton.ca/online. To ensure our newest Ravens are[…]
David C. Onley Initiative Making Recommendations to Advance Employment for Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities
It’s a Carleton-led partnership with the University of Ottawa, Algonquin College and Collège La Cité. In order to better understand the factors contributing to the e mployabilityof students with disabilities, the initiative embedded researchers in career and disability offices on each of the four campuses. They spoke to those responsible[…]
Experiential Learning: EU-Canada Joint Ministerial Committee Simulation
academic content to real-world experiences, either within the classroom, the community, or the workplace, which advances program or course-based learning outcomes that are specifically focused on e mployabilityskills. It may be undertaken independently or in teams. It advances learning outcomes and encourages reflection and application of skills and knowledge in contexts that prepare students[…]
Carleton to Host Accessible Employer Showcase for Students with Disabilities
among post-secondary students with disabilities and strives to boost those rates by exploring enterprise development and industry awareness. It assists students through applied research, by building e mployabilityskills, and entrepreneurship. It also engages employers and their capacity to support the needs of candidates and employees with disabilities. The Onley Initiative is managed and[…]
Carleton University Achieves Outstanding Global Ranking in Politics and International Studies
this year, we have not lost ground in any discipline.” Carleton also recently achieved a top 10 ranking by QS World University Rankings in graduate e mployability. QS World University Rankings was established in 2004 and is an independent source of global intelligence on the higher education sector. Media[…]
City Partners: Carleton Focuses on Collaboration
Carleton University is woven into the fabric of Ottawa, and in today’s age of partnerships, the university’s collaborations with government, industry and non-profit institutions will play a key role in its ability to successfully navigate the fast pace of societal change. These ideas, the central theme of a speech delivered by Carleton President Benoit-Antoine Bacon
Creating Accessible Workplaces
services, job interview preparation, including mock interviews, and individualized career advising sessions, Career Services helps students enhance their job readiness and gives them the knowledge and e mployabilityresources they need to market themselves to employers and be successful at work. More Interesting Reads Fighting for Disability Rights Carleton Designers Win[…]
Learning Through Experience
When Tayler Hernandez chose Carleton University for its unique Bachelor of Global and International Studies (BGInS) program, she knew she was in for an experience of a lifetime. Leaving North America for the first time, Hernandez headed to Uganda to fulfill the international experience requirement of her program by spending three months studying at Makerere
Boosting Digital Literacy
with a background in them. Providing mentorship and exposure to these technologies can open doors down the line in a school setting and ultimately lead to e mployabilityin the tech fields," she adds. The long-term goal for Link<ed> is to reach all of the seven Boys and Girls Club locations in Ottawa to[…]
Careers for People with Disabilities
university’s Research, Education, Accessibility and Design (READ) Initiative, the two-year $5-million Onley Initiative is funded by Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and was created to increase e mployabilityand entrepreneurship opportunities for post-secondary students with disabilities. It will examine factors contributing to lower rates of employment and strive to boost them by engaging industry,[…]
Carleton University to Host Launch of David C. Onley Initiative for Employment and Enterprise Development
Education, Accessibility and Design Initiative (READ), this two-year, $5-million initiative is funded by Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. The project aims to increase e mployabilityand entrepreneurship of post-secondary students with disabilities. It will examine factors contributing to lower rates of employment and strive to boost them by engaging industry, building awareness,[…]
Board of Governors Meeting Summary – Thursday, May 24, 2018
Tuesday fundraising campaign committees. Christian reached out to student groups, giving leadership and philanthropy talks aimed at empowering fellow students who want to do good. E mployabilityand Experiential Learning Update Suzanne Blanchard, vice-president (Students and Enrolment) and university registrar, provided the Board with an update on initiatives underway at Carleton to enhance[…]
Carleton Day at Queen’s Park
agenda,” said Summerlee. “Listening to student views is the right direction, because they will inherit our society in the next few years.” Focusing on E mployabilitySkills and Experiential Learning Among the messages shared by Carleton’s representatives was that the Ontario government’s support for accessible higher education allows universities to focus on employability[…]
Stories North
to the craft of journalism, recognizing its missteps, constraints and potential to be something we may have never yet considered. Experiential education often focuses on future e mployability. While I certainly hope that this course produces better qualified journalists, the intent is more expansive: creating better citizens.” Despite these lofty ambitions, at its[…]
Carleton Students Take on Shopify Internships
strategic goals The new Shopify internships address the goals of Carleton's Strategic Integrated Plan in a number of ways. It will help ensure the e mployabilityand future success of students through experiential learning and innovative teaching. It will help meet a societal need — in this case, a shortage of more than 200,000[…]