Career Minded

O riginally from Lebanon, Elsy Makhlouf left home in pursuit of a public relations degree at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU). Coming to Canada as an international student was an adjustment, but she never felt like a stranger at MSVU. “Professors supported me in every step along the way, and I was able to make […]

Maria Garcia had first expressed her interest in becoming an Early Childhood Educator when she visited ISANS (Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia) in 2013. She had a few concerns with enrolling; the first was that her English language skills weren’t where she wanted them to be, and this was an important requirement to access […]

Kaelen MacDonald heard about the Bachelor of Arts Honours in Theatre (Costume Studies) from the director of her after-school theatre program. She encouraged Kaelen to apply, noting that half of the reason to train at the post- secondary level is for the connections you can make. Kaelen happily applied to this one-of-a-kind program, and was soon […]

After spending two years working in the music industry in Montreal, Bronwyn Worrick was ready to go back to school. She already had an undergraduate degree in Sociology and International Development Studies, pointing to an obvious path for further studies. But luckily a former classmate from McGill guided Bronwyn towards a less-obvious choice for grad […]

Mount Saint Vincent University’s co-operative education program is celebrating 40 years of shifting students’ learning from the classroom to the workplace, and helping to break the “you need experience to get a job, but you need a job to gain experience” cycle. After completing paid work terms in industries related to their fields of study, […]

Each summer, Clean Foundation hires interns for a nine-to-15-week period to work various positions across multiple organizations throughout Nova Scotia. Clean provides these interns with the knowledge and tools to inspire and encourage actions that lead to positive environmental change, through their Clean Leadership Program. Daniel Robinson, a student of Environmental Sustainability at Acadia University, […]

Rhonda Kaassamani is in the first wave of students taking the new Intercultural Studies program at Saint Mary’s University. This new major dovetails perfectly with other areas of study, including Rhonda’s prior experience as an American Sign Language/English interpreter. “I want to be that person who can help mesh all the worlds together,” says the […]

When Tracy Roach was completing high school, she didn’t think she would ever pursue a career in health care. Even though she always knew she wanted to help people, nursing was never on the table. “After a few years of being home, my family had been affected by many cases of cancer. I spent so […]

Entering the New Year with holiday credit card debt and the next round of student-loan payments, we couldn’t have expected the good news about the current employment increase in Canada. While experts were only expecting the economy to grow by 5,000 jobs in January, the latest numbers from Statistics Canada say it actually gained 66,800 […]

When it came to choosing schools, Virg Iredale picked Dalhousie twice. The first time, she was thinking of enrolling in Dal’s acting program. She then switched programs, schools and provinces on an entirely different venture. But after receiving a message from one of her favourite teachers, Virg went back to Dalhousie because she knew that […]

A Baptist Minister walks into a bar and then – think you know what happens? Think again. It was 25 years ago that God started tugging on Halifax Distilling Co. owner Arla Johnson’s heart strings. She wasn’t sure where she was being pulled, but God kept tugging. She finally said “yes” and enrolled in the […]