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Between media awareness, political and social activism, and changes in university mandates, we are seeing a strengthening of discourses on people speaking out about the production of social injustice. But there’s something missing. University mandates and policies are talking the talk with language around diversity and inclusion but how does this translate into meaningful engagements? […]

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 […]

There hasn’t been a moment where Riel Reddick-Stevens didn’t want to be on stage. When was four, she was enrolled in a variety of camps at Neptune Theatre, and has been doing musical theatre for most of her life. But participating in Neptune Theatre School’s Neptune Prep program last year opened her eyes to the […]

Paul Meier spent his 20s wanting to travel and never doing it. Teaching abroad gave him the chance to be adventurous and follow-up on his dream to travel. His experience in China opened his eyes to a world unlike the one he grew up in, and he quickly learned that he was participating in a […]