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Mike Cyr’s entrepreneurial curiosity sparked in his high school years. He would search the internet looking for market trends, investigating what consumers might want and need, and then test the leading ideas. He began buying and selling smartphones, and with this success, he never stopped searching for the next business opportunity. Cyr’s first serious business […]

Quinten Bennett’s heart has always been in the culinary industry. For as long as he can remember he’s had his hands in one project or another, including some of his earlier memories of baking and decorating cakes with his mom. So when the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency’s Serve It Up! program came to Bennett’s high […]

In accordance with the Language Schools Act of 2013, teachers of English as a second language in Nova Scotia are required to have an undergraduate degree and a recognized English language teaching qualification. With TESL Canada ceasing operations last year, and the uncertainty of who will step in to oversee and accredit English language teaching […]

Hope Scheller spent her undergraduate years at Cape Breton University, researching technologies to enhance cancer treatment with the intention of later pursuing a career in the medical field. But there was a little voice inside of her that struggled to reconcile her love of science with her strong attraction to the artistic world. With Dalhousie […]

Emily-Rose Smegal began her journey working in architecture and interior design. With success came getting locked into the Toronto cycle: Commute, work, go to bed, repeat. Plus she was travelling for six months of the year. Though this seemed glamorous and fulfilling, Smegal wanted a life outside of airports. She wasn’t enriching the lives of […]

We live in a world where it’s only too easy to feel undervalued and underpaid. A key distinction between the “wanters” and the “doers” is, well, the verb itself. Those who “want” spend their time planning, wishing on stars and moving silently. Those who “do” aren’t very different – they dream, they wish, they shuffle […]

Jasmine Boudreau was nervous to return to school at age 25. When her peers were getting going in their careers, she’d be starting over. But her fear of being out of touch was immediately silenced when she started her classes at Université Sainte-Anne. She felt right at home. Boudreau had always found the idea of […]

Andrew Lipsit spent one year as a math teacher, but he knew before long that teaching wasn’t right for him. After deciding to switch paths, he sought career counselling to narrow down his best path. Considering his math and business background, advice he got was to try out accounting. He was able to secure a […]

Aaron Sanford grew up watching movies and playing video games. She considered digital media a large part of her culture and who she was. Yet instead of pursuing her dream career in the digital arts, she spent years working in customer service. However, once Sanford participated in Katimavik – a non-profit organization offering young adults […]

The non-profit sector is all about connecting you to your community, but if you’re not willing to persevere, the work can be a struggle. Understanding the complexity of the sector and the diligence required is the first key step to succeeding within it. There’s high reward within the industry, but that comes with high complexity, […]

Michael Horne has always dreamed of a career that made him feel like he was making a difference in his community, and he found it with early childhood education. With training from NSCECE — the Nova Scotia College of Early Childhood Education — he has been working in the field for three years, and is […]