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Kitrina Godding I’m bringing attention to climate change in the Arctic. What drew you to the Marine Geomatics program at NSCC? To take the program at NSCC you have to either be in the survey program at COGS, NSCC’s Centre for Geographic Sciences, or have a preferred Bachelor’s degree. I had just finished an undergrad […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]