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Julie Hatfield “I’ve developed a big passion for MSVU.” I was an athlete in high school, and that was my primary focus for going into university. I spent my first year at Cape Breton University on an athletics scholarship for volleyball. I enjoyed it there, but my priorities shifted and I realized that I wanted […]

Denise Costard “I knew I made the right choice from the moment I walked in the door.” I had been working at call centres for 11 years, when I decided that I needed a change in my life. It took some time to really think about it, but I realized that working with animals was […]

Kyung Shin Being a researcher is like an addiction to find out what questions to ask next. When I graduated high school I decided that when I started university, I didn’t want to move far away from home. I wanted to focus on my academics and go to a highly regarded research school with plenty […]

Gabrielle Fairbairn Opening doors with another language. I grew up in a bilingual house. My mom is from Quebec so I always spoke French with her. But I’m from Nova Scotia, and growing up here it makes it difficult sometimes to practice French because almost everything is English. I never saw how I could really […]

Lindsay MacPhee Owner and founder, The Floatation Centre. I was working as an environmental engineer, and had just moved back to Halifax to start a job that ended up falling through. I was on EI, and wasn’t entirely satisfied with my career as an engineer, so I started looking for other options. That’s when I […]

Jasmine Boudreau Administrative Health Officer for the Public Health Agency of Canada 1 I was looking for direction I think like a lot of millennials, figuring out what you’re going to do for work was a big concern for me. You’re left asking yourself what you’re going to do. I had been in a few […]

Mathieu Boulanger My goal is to start my own wellness centre. Before starting massage therapy I had been a competitive swimmer for 14 years, which led me to have a real awareness of mind and body. What drew me into massage therapy was the ability to use that awareness to help other people. I started […]

Tami Meredith I’m adding a world of opportunity to my computer science background. I just finished my Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, or CELTA, and I couldn’t be happier about. The way it’s run at The Language Centre at Saint Mary’s, it’s a very intensive month-long program that throws you straight […]

Julian Covey Running camps and classes is both “nerve-wacking and amazing.” What inspired you to go to NSCAD for your degree? I was doing a foundation art and design program in Ontario and one of my mentors was a NSCAD alumni. He’d always talk about it, and because of his encouragement I applied. The thought […]

Alex MacDonnell I’m Executive Director for the Hepatitis Outreach Society of Nova Scotia. What was it that made you interested in becoming a councillor? I’ve always had an interest in counselling, specifically addictions counselling. I’m the kind of person who loves to listen to people’s stories, and that’s a big part of it. Before coming […]

Natalia Ultremari I’m a graphic designer at Form:Media. For Natalia Ultremari, NSCAD University’s Interdisciplinary Design program acted as a magnet, drawing her from São Paulo, Brazil to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The day after her graduation ceremony in May 2015, she began putting her Bachelor of Design degree to use as a graphic designer at Form:Media, […]

Abisola Adeniran I’m a software developer for IBM. After finishing my undergrad, I had been working as an information technologist specialist for a USAID project in Nigeria for a few years. I was doing IT, but wasn’t doing any programming, which is something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time. There was a […]