Justine Arsenault

BCIT provides support for veterans and military students

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The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) offers comprehensive training and professional development to its military members that can easily be transferred into post-secondary education and the civilian workforce. Some of these in-demand skills include leadership, critical thinking, judgement and decision making, in addition to specific hard-skill training tailored to individual occupations. Despite these valuable skills, when … Read more

Education-to-employment pathways for Canadian Armed Forces members

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The 2018 BC Labour Market Outlook reports that critical thinking, active listening, decision-making, and problem-solving are the top-rated professional skills by employers for the next ten years. It may come as surprise that Canadian military personnel, no matter what their serving occupation, develop and practice these critical skills throughout their military service in high-pressure settings … Read more