This document contains eight papers in the field of vocational guidance and counseling that were collected in Canada. In the first paper, David Clemens describes the distribution of a career planning booklet through newspapers in Ontario, determining that the booklet was useful to a widespread audience. In the second paper, Charles Bujold views the Canadian Values Inventory and concludes that the most exciting research in this field is yet to be done. The third and fifth papers in this collection, by Joan Hearn and Paul Smith respectively, concern life skills education, suggesting ways human relations skills can be taught and materials that can be used in life skills coaching. In the fourth paper, D. Stuart Conger sets forth the 10 tasks of the assessment component of employment counseling and suggests how the counselor can help clients to set goals. The final three papers concern various aspects of counseling. In the sixth paper, Guy Busque and Georges Sarrazin suggest an evaluation system of employment counseling, while D. Stuart Conger and M. Catherine Casserly explore stages in adults' lives as they relate to career counseling and work patterns. In the final paper, which comprises half of the document, R. F. Giroux presents competencies that should be possessed by persons who provide adult career counseling and guidance. (KC)