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Upskilling & Continuing Education Stephanie Henry @henrylstephanie
Televison Host & Host of Toronto Womxn in Data Science Conference, April 27th & 28th Returning to school as a mature student can be daunting. What advice would you give to those thinking about continuing education? I never thought I’d return to school. Once I finished my degree in Sociology and diploma in Broadcast Journalism I thought that I would be done! However, when you finally get your career going you realize that you still have a ladder to climb. A lot of the time it doesn’t require going back to school but if returning not only increases your knowledge, chances at a higher wage,
and makes you more valuable to your company, then how could you not jump at the opportunity? My advice if you’re thinking of returning? Have more than one thing you’re good at. Have a backup plan. Remain passionate, driven, keep thinking about where you want to be in five years and how you can continue to elevate yourself to meet your goals.
Julia Romano @julesthelawyer
Project Lawyer at Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic on the #AndMeToo project. Tell us about your TikTok journey. How has it impacted your life and career? I started my TikTok account as a hobby. It has completely changed my life as well as the trajectory of my legal career. It has allowed me to explore a new passion of mine in content creation and take on my dream legal role. It gave me the stability to leave my position as a tax lawyer and move to my current role at Barbra
Schlifer Commemorative Clinic in Toronto. I provide legal services to women, gender diverse, and non-binary folx in precarious employment situations that have survived sexual harassment or sexual assault. I volunteered with the Clinic throughout law school, and I am thrilled at the opportunity to return as the #AndMeToo project lawyer.
Scotia Boyd @scotiaboydmakeup Film & Television Makeup Artist
What advice can you share to help individuals overcome feeling complacent throughout their careers? We all reach a point in our careers when we start going through the motions somewhat aimlessly. I think it’s important to make a practice of assessing where you’re at every six months to a year. Are you getting closer to where you would like to be long term? Are you being challenged creatively? Are you
learning? If not, what kinds of changes can you make now to put you on the right path to achieving your goals? Stopping to assess can help with complacency because you’ll either see where you can make some changes, or you’ll be able to appreciate the job that you have now and the freedoms and trade-offs that it brings you.
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Upskilling at Canada’s Polytechnics
W
hile many workplaces were disrupted during the pandemic, its aftermath is increasingly defined by skill shortages. As employers adopt new technology and new business models, today’s workers must be resilient and ready for change. Given the pace of that change, it is unlikely that one degree or diploma will be enough to sustain a whole career. Lifelong learning is becoming a necessity. Canada’s polytechnics — the country’s largest institutes of applied and technical learning — are committed to delivering workplace-ready talent.
Sarah Watts-Rynard
With nearly 17,000 continuing education and professional development courses available, this very much includes the mid-career workforce. Industry-relevant training programs are designed to meet today’s needs. Courses in areas like digital marketing, entrepreneurship, business resilience and workplace diversity are relevant, efficient and just-in-time. They are offered in formats including online, hybrid and in traditional classroom settings. Most cost less than $500 and take fewer than 40 hours to complete. Polytechnics are also excellent collaborators, creating mission-critical training in cooperation with employer partners. Employers identify skill
shortages and help develop content. In many cases, instructors are also drawn from industry. As workplaces change, lifelong learning is becoming critical.
Learn what polytechnics have to offer at polytechnicscanada.ca.
This article was sponsored by Polytecnics Canada.
Sarah Watts-Rynard CEO, Polytechnics Canada
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