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BCCDA PHILOSOPHERS CAFÉ
The Philosopher's Café is a monthly face-to-face discussion held in various locations throughout the province. These discussions are intended to promote and support a learning dialogue between career practitioners. Each Café discussion is supported by a volunteer facilitator who coordinates the session. Cafés can be held at any location including local agencies.
You can participate in the Philosopher's Café by
- Joining the discussions
- Volunteering as a Café facilitator
- Hosting a session at your agency
The Philosopher's Café is available to BCCDA members at no additional cost. Non-members are welcome for $10.00 per session.
Contact BCCDA if you have questions about the Café, would like to volunteer as a Café facilitator, or your agency is interested in hosting Café sessions.
When and Where Are Philosopher's Café Sessions?
ENET has created an online social network for Café participants to connect with and support one another beyond the face-to-face meetings. Use this network to find an upcoming café session and join in the discussions or create and organize a new Café in your area. To access the social network site and find a session near you, click here.
Monthly discussion topics are listed below and will be announced in the bi-weekly BCCDA News. Please note that we welcome discussions on any topics relevant to the sector and encourage Café topic suggestions. To submit your idea for future Café sessions email info@bccda.org.
Upcoming Café Topics
DATE: January 25 - 29, 2010
TOPIC: Giving a Voice to Clients
DETAILS: How can career development practitioners give a "voice" to their clients in general, and especially during this economic hard time?
DATE: March 2010
TOPIC: A Global Face in a Local Place
DETAILS: How can career development practitioners prepare themselves and their clients to face global changes that are seemingly beyond their control? What roles do/should they play ? as professionals and as national/global citizens ? in the face of these huge globalization forces?
DATE: May 2010
TOPIC: Multicultural Awareness and Counselling
DETAILS: How can career development practitioners acquire essential cultural knowledge and skills to facilitate their work with an ever diversifying (in any sense of the word) client population?
DATE: July 2010
TOPIC: Who do Career Development Practitioners Rreally Work For
DETAILS: Who do career development practitioners really work for ? government, clients, community, our profession? When interests are in conflict between these roles, and what can they do to deal with these conflicts
DATE: September 2010
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DATE: November 2010
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