Professor
Director of CNPS PhD Program
CNPS 363 Coordinator
Registered Psychologist
Scholarly Interests:
Theoretical Orientation:
Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, 2018
Fellow of the International Association for Counselling, 2014
Canadian Career Development Foundation Stu Conger Award for Leadership in the area of career development, 2011
Honorary Life Membership, International Association for Counselling, 2006
Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of Umea, Umea, Sweden, 2005
CNPS 362 Basic Interviewing Skills
CNPS 688 Supervision of Couselling Practice
CNPS 598 Field Experiences
CNPS 677 Theories of Vocational Development
CNPS 588 Supervised Clinical Experience in Counselling
University of Alberta
Cultural Infusions and Shifting Sands: How Indigenous and Immigrant Youth Make Career Decisions with Marla Buchanan, Lee Butterfield, Alanaise Goodwill and Ishu Ishiyama, SSHRC
After the Guns Have Stopped: Civilian Life Transitions for Canadian Forces Members with Tim Black, SSHRC
How Middle Managers and Non-retiring Workers Successfully Handle Change with Norm Amundson and Lee Butterfield, SSHRC
Towards a Flexible Workforce: Workers and their Ability to Meet the Challenges of Ongoing Change with Norm Amundson, SSHRC
Borgen, W. A., & Neault, R. A. (in press, 2019). Applications and careers for counsellors and counselling psychologists. In M. E. Norris (Ed.), The Canadian Handbook for Applied Psychological Science. Kingston, ON: eCampus Ontario. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Borgen, W. & Edwards, D. (2019) Context counts in career development. Canadian Journal of Career Development, 18(1), 59-72.
Borgen, W.A., & Butterfield, L.D. (2018) Job loss: Outplacement programs. In U-C. Klehe & E.A.J. van Hooft (Eds.), Handbook of job loss and job search. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 547-560.
Nandini Maharaj, Arminee Kazanjian & William Borgen (2018) Investing in human–animal bonds: What is the psychological return on such investment?, Loisir et Société /Society and Leisure, DOI:10.1080/07053436.2018.1545417
Borgen, W.A., Becker, E.S. & Butterfield, L. D. (2016) Career counselling in Canada. In Gazzola, N., Buchanan, M., Sutherland, O. & Nuttgens, S. (Eds.) Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy in Canada. Ottawa: CCPA, 203-226. Handbook of Counselling.
Kivari, C. A , Oliffe, J. L., Borgen, W. A., & Westwood, M. J. (2016) No man left behind: Effectively engaging male military veterans in counseling. American Journal of Men’s Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988316630538, 1-11.
Robertson, S. E. & Borgen W. A. (2016) CCPA accreditation of counsellor education programs in Canada: An historical perspective. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 50(3), 259-277.
Borgen, W. A., Butterfield, L. D., Gazzola, N. & Goyer, L. (2015) Towards a definition of Canadian career psychology. In Sinacore A. & Ginsberg F. (Eds.) Canadian Counselling Psychology. Montreal: McGill Queens University Press, 165-205.
Conn, S. E, Amundson N. E. , Borgen W. A., Butterfield, L. D. (2015) From hero to zero. The Canadian Journal of Career Development, 14(1), 48-57.
Howard, L. J., Butterfield, L. Borgen, W. A., & Amundson, N. E. (2014). Young women who are doing well with changes affecting their work: Helping and hindering factors. Canadian Journal of Career Development, 13, 36-48.
Borgen, W. & Hiebert, B. (2014) Orienting educators to contemporary ideas for career counseling: An illustrative example. In G. Arulmani (Ed.). Handbook of Career Development: International Perspectives, Springer: New York, 709-726.
Zheng, L., Amundson, N. E., Borgen, W. A. & Butterfield, L. (2013). The experiences of mainland Chinese immigrant professionals who believe they have made a successful transition: Strategies that help or hinder. Canadian Journal of Career Development, 12(2), 48-57.