Career Minded

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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Jean-Jacques Defert “Intercultural competence is all about better knowing oneself,” says the Assistant Professor. Canada has long been among the world’s most linguistically and culturally diverse nations. Today, as more and more newcomers to Canada bypass traditional immigrant gateways and make their way to smaller and mid-sized cities, from coast to coast, intercultural competence is […]