WHO WE ARE
The Centre for Employment Innovation (CEI) at St. Francis Xavier (StFX) University works alongside communities to strengthen the development and delivery of employment services in Nova Scotia through various activities, partnerships, projects and research.
The CEI works diligently with its partners to:
- enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion within workplaces;
- foster exemplary career development practices;
- conduct applied and practitioner-based research;
- provide distributed systems leadership;
- foster a more skilled, resilient, and productive workforce;
- encourage collaboration for a greater collective impact for all Nova Scotians.
As part of a systems-focused approach to employment services excellence, the CEI conducts many of its activities in collaboration with Nova Scotia Works and other provincial employment services providers, the Nova Scotia Career Development Association (NSCDA), and the Government of Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration.
Land & Labour Acknowledgement
The Centre for Employment Innovation operates on the ancestral, unceded territory of Mi’kma’ki, which holds a complex history of—and continues to be impacted by—exploitation, violence, and colonization. We acknowledge Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) people as the original caretakers of this land and recognize the failure of colonial institutions and systems to maintain the Treaties of Peace and Friendship that were intended to guide our presence here.
We also acknowledge the historical presence and contributions of African Nova Scotians and Persons of African descent, whose forced labour played a significant role in forming the foundations of this province, and whose own relationship with land has been complicated by the impacts of slavery and colonization. The labour of refugee and immigrant groups, as well, has been exploited towards the same end.
Race and Indigeneity have been used as tools to oppress and repress various communities across these lands, and the intentional and unintentional maintenance of otherness continues to cause harm and contribute to the grief and trauma of historically excluded groups. As an organization, we take responsibility for learning and seeking long-term transformation in our relationships with land and labour in our province.
EVENTS
NEWS & UPDATES
Introducing Our Collective Impact for Inclusive Youth Employment (CIIYE) Intern
Meet Kevanya! Kevanya recently accepted the role of Collective Impact for Inclusive Youth Employment (CIIYE) Intern. In her new role, Kevanya will support current research and support the development of the mentorship component of CIIYE. Kevanya is a recent graduate...
Introducing Our Future of Leadership Intern
Jack recently accepted the role of Future of Leadership Intern at CEI.
Introducing Our Youth Engagement and Research Intern
Meet May! May recently accepted the role of Youth Engagement and Research Intern for the summer of 2022. May is entering their fourth year at StFX, studying a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. They were born in Amherst, Nova Scotia and grew up in Malagash, Nova Scotia....