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Herzing’s Mental Health and Addictions Worker diploma is designed to turn out compassionate, capable professionals who are ready to make a positive impact in people’s lives.

One of the mentors guiding students through this journey is Laurie Imbeault. She’s an experienced educator and frontline practitioner with decades of work in community health, trauma-informed support, and addictions services.

Keep reading to learn more about Laurie’s teaching approach and how she helps students build the skills and resilience this field demands.

Online learning has become an essential pathway for many students, but not all online experiences are created equal.

Here at Herzing, the focus goes beyond flexibility to ensure that students feel supported, connected, and challenged throughout their studies.

In this interview, National Director of Academics Robin Day shares his perspective on why online learning matters, what misconceptions still exist, and how Herzing’s online programs promote meaningful engagement and real-world success.

If you’re thinking about starting school or are already planning your next steps, there’s an important update to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) you’ll want to know about.

Interested in managing a hotel, restaurant, or event planning company? Want to run a resort, spa, or work for a tourism company? All of these careers fall within the hospitality industry.

This field is all about delivering an unforgettable, totally personalized customer experience. It takes a combination of business strategy, great people skills, and teamwork to really excel in a hospitality management role.

What else does it take to get your career off the ground?

In this post, we cover all the steps, training, certifications, and key skills needed to be competitive in the hospitality and tourism industry.

Read on to explore the field and learn how to get started.

If you’re considering a career in mental health, you’ve likely come across the term trauma-informed care. It’s one of the most important concepts in modern mental health and addictions work.

Trauma is far more common than many people realize, and its effects can shape the way individuals think, feel, behave, and relate to the world. Whether someone has experienced a single distressing event or long-term, repeated harm, their mind and body can be affected in profound ways.

For mental health workers, understanding trauma—and knowing how to respond with compassion and sensitivity—is essential to providing safe, effective support.

In this post, we break down what trauma-informed care really means, why it matters in today’s mental health landscape, and how aspiring professionals can begin building this vital skillset.

The demand for those who can find the meaning in a sea of data is skyrocketing. According to the Future of Jobs report, big data specialist is expected to be the number one fastest growing job over the next few years.

So how can you develop the skills you need to succeed in this booming field? By training in data analytics.

Data analytics is the process of collecting, cleaning, and analyzing data to uncover patterns and insights that drive decision making. Programs focus on helping you gain the technical skills and business acumen to turn complex datasets into actionable insights.

Here are the essential skills you can expect to learn in data analytics training:

Herzing’s Data Analytics With AI program is designed to take students from total beginners to industry-ready professionals. Learners benefit from hands-on coursework that combines programming, statistics, cloud technologies, and real-world applications, all with the support of instructors who know how to teach complex concepts in an accessible way.

Zakiya Malek is one of those instructors. With a doctorate in cybersecurity and decades of experience teaching and working with technology, she brings a strong mix of academic expertise and real-world insight to her classes. She helps Herzing students understand not only how to analyze data, but also how to work responsibly with data in enterprise environments.

In this interview, she talks about how the program is structured, what students can expect to learn, and the kinds of roles graduates are prepared for.

If you’re considering a career in legal support work, don’t underestimate the power of soft skills. While mastering hard skills like legal procedures, forms, and software is important, soft skills are often the differentiator between someone who just “does the job” and someone who excels, earns trust, and builds a long-term, fulfilling career.

Skills like communication, organization, and time management help you handle complex cases, support clients, liaise with attorneys, and ensure that no deadline or detail slips through the cracks.

In this post, we explore why soft skills matter so much in legal careers and which ones you need to develop to thrive in this demanding field.

Do you find yourself having to reinvent your career? Maybe you were laid off, or your industry no longer offers the stability it used to, or you simply want to get into a line of work with more opportunity.

If you’re looking to retrain, upskill, and re-enter the workforce, Better Jobs Ontario can be a powerful resource. It’s a government-funded program designed to help people get the skills training they need to launch a new career.

Keep reading to find out what Better Jobs Ontario is all about and how you can take advantage of it.

For anyone looking to build a stable, future-focused career in IT, gaining expertise in both networking and cybersecurity is one of the smartest moves you can make. Employers increasingly want professionals who can design resilient networks, defend against attacks, and keep critical systems running smoothly.

Exploring IT career paths? Here’s why combined training in cybersecurity and networking can unlock a wider range of job opportunities.