The Co-op and Career Development Centre brings you Career Talks a series of career panels that will feature experts from a variety of industries. Each panel will focus on a different theme including hiring trends, science & tech, business, and more. These panel talks are open to all registered Langara students and are free to attend.
Fall 2025 Events
Career Talks: Engineering
Tuesday, October 21 | 5:00 pm–6:30 pm | T Building Gallery | Register
The Engineering Career Talk showcases the differences and similarities between different engineer careers such as civil engineers, mechanical, electrical, computer, robotics, environmental, and more. These industry experts will share their career journeys and considerations for work in their discipline.
- Dr. Troy Vassos, Senior Environmental Engineer at Integrated Sustainability and UBC Engineer Professor
- Joshua Fabian, Photonic Integrated Circuit Engineer and Quantum Computing Expert at Photonic Inc.
- Check back for more panelists joining our event
Criminal Justice Career Talk
Monday, October 27 | 1:30 pm–3:30 pm | T Building Gallery | Register
Considering a career as a Corrections Officer, Court Reporter, Criminologist, Law Enforcement/Police Officer, Legal Investigator, Insurance Investigator, Policy Analyst, or Social Service Worker? Join us for this Career Talk to learn more about the day in the life of public service work and the recruitment process working in the private and public sectors.
12:00 pm–3:00 pm | Career Booths
Organizations attending include:
- BC Corrections
- CBSA
- Loblaws
- Providence Health Care
- RCMP
- VPD
- And more
12:30 pm–1:30 pm | Career Talk Panel
A panel talk of designated speakers to talk about their their career journey in Criminal Justice. The talk includes skills for the workforce, a day in the life of your work, and tips you have for students considering a career in Criminal Justice. The Career Talk panel questions are sent to the panelists one week in advance and the panel talk is hosted by Langara staff.
Speakers include:
- CBSA (Canada Border Service Agency) – Tracy Letain, Recruiter, Superintendent, Human Resource Branch
- CSC (Correctional Services Canada) - TBA
- Government of BC - Myrna Luknowsky, Deputy Provincial Director for BC Corrections
- VPD (Vancouver Police Department) – Desiree Luebkemann, VPD Recruiting Unit
- Check back for more panelists joining our event
See the list of past Career Talks events.
Speakers and event details are subject to change. Check this page for updates.
For any questions regarding Career Talks, contact career@langara.ca.