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Faculty of Health

Dr. Jon Woodend

Jon Woodend

Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor

Counselling Psychology

Accepting graduate students

Contact:
Office: MacLaurin A427 250-721-7827
Credentials:
BSc, MSc, PhD (Calgary)
Area(s) of expertise:
International career transitions, newcomer (international students and their accompanying partners, immigrant workers, people from refugee backgrounds) wellbeing, career development and counselling, graduate student education and training.

For his research program, Jon focuses on career development and counselling. Recent areas of focus include trauma-informed career counselling, and research with newcomers including immigrant workers, international students and their accompanying partners, and people from refugee backgrounds to support policy, programming, and practice for meaningful international career transitions. Jon’s research uses primarily qualitative research methods, and also focuses on innovative approaches to qualitative research as well as research training in counselling psychology and career development.

Publications

A comprehensive list of Jon’s published articles, book chapters, books, and other scholarly activities can be found on his Google Scholar page.

Courses taught

  • CNPY 116 Communication for Personal and Professional Success

  • CNPY 417 Skills for Effective Interpersonal Communication

  • CNPY 516 Career Development and Counselling Across the Lifespan

  • CNPY 518 Advanced Seminar in Theories of Counselling Psychology

  • CNPY 522 Skills and Practice for Counselling

  • CNPY 523 Internship in Counselling

  • CNPY 590 Directed Studies in Counselling Psychology