Degrees of anxiety
Friday, April 25 at 1:00pm

I spent my twenties obsessing about what I should do. But the career and life choices were more limited then, and there weren't as many suffering from career confusion - most of my friends had a clear plan. Today, confusion is much more widespread

From dreams to dust
Monday, April 21 at 7:00am

In my office I have two red plastic chairs for guests. They are separated by a red table with a lid that lifts away to reveal the stash of chocolates I keep for kids and colleagues.

On top of the lid is a box of tissues, which is full in November and empty by Christmas. The box is replaced and then lasts from the end of exams in January to about the third week of February. The crying seasons coincide first with university and college admissions and then with course selections for Grade 12.

St. Lawrence College Graduates Get Jobs
Wednesday, April 9 at 2:00pm

(Brockville, Cornwall, Kingston, April 9, 2008) – Ontario college graduates continue to have a distinct edge in the job market. 92.3 per cent of St. Lawrence College graduates who entered the labour force found employment within six months, according to the provincial Key Performance Indicator (KPI) results released today.

Furthermore, employers give St. Lawrence College graduates top marks, with 95.7 per cent of surveyed employers expressing satisfaction with graduates hired within the past year.

Congratulations to Diana Drury, Student Life Counsellor at St. Lawrence College
Tuesday, April 8 at 2:00pm

Congratulations to Diana Drury, Student Life Counsellor at St. Lawrence College, on the recent announcement that she'll be inducted into the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame as an All-Round Athlete (hockey, lacrosse, fastball, basketball, bowling, track and field), for her contributions to Athletics at the Provincial and Canadian levels, and her mentoring of females athletes through coaching throughout the years. The induction ceremony will take place on June 6th, 2008 in Peterborough, ON.

Have skills, trades and vocations been undervalued in education?"
Sunday, March 30 at 1:00pm

Host Rex Murphy's introduction to the March 30th, 2008 program

Today we're live from the waterfront campus of Nova Scotia Community College in Dartmouth ...and we're talking about education and whether there has been perhaps not enough stress put on the value of a more practical education in areas of skills, trades and vocations.