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Start small: Chapman

October 06, 2009

Chairman of OLLY Shoes Katherine Chapman

Interest in community relations sparked career

September 01, 2009

Director of Public Safety, Humber College, Gary Jeynes

Creativity is key for this career expert

June 09, 2009

Career expert and professional speaker Kendra Reddy

'Big difference between job and career'

May 12, 2009

George Brown College, Centre for Financial Services Education, School of Business and Design Professor Terry McCullough

Willingness to learn key

April 14, 2009

Professor of Japanese Studies, York University Norio Ota

Analytical skills essential for engineers

March 10, 2009

John Camarda, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology/Researcher

Art, science combine for craft brewer

February 10, 2009

Adrian Popowycz, Brewmaster at Black Oak Brewing

Integrity key to being a life coach

October 14, 2008

I studied personal growth and self-development courses for over 10 years — how the mind, sub-conscious, behaviour and communication affect the choices we make.

Joys, perils of being a professor

September 09, 2008

Psychology professor at the University of British Columbia Mark Schaller

The science of art, or vice-versa

August 26, 2008

In post-secondary circles, it is generally understood that there is a long-standing incompatibility between the arts and the sciences. To be a lover of both is nearly unfathomable; the two are immiscible like water and oil.

Event planners make connections

July 08, 2008

Derek Clarke and Jamie Sharpless of rollouttours.com answer Metro's question

Event planners make connections

July 08, 2008

Owners of www.ROLLOUTTOURS.com Derek Clarke & Jamie Sharpless

Both college, university best for HR

May 13, 2008

After graduating with a sociology/psychology degree from the University of Western Ontario, Barbara applied for a contract position as a research assistant in the sociology department at the University of Toronto.

Summer job kickstarted career

April 08, 2008

It was a summer job during high school at a resort hotel. I was a bell boy for a month at the age of 16. I loved it: the environment, the people and the money I made.

Plugged into paralegal field

March 10, 2008

Circa 1999, I began part-time paralegal and law clerk studies at a community college. While studying, I began volunteering as a paralegal for friends and family.

Need for community workers

February 11, 2008

I made a career change from ER nursing to social work in 1996. I wanted to make the move from working in a hospital to working in the community. I went back to university and specialized in addiction studies.

Photographers need business savvy: Prof

December 04, 2007

I loved to paint and draw, and really enjoyed art classes in high school. Around the same time I started to become aware of photographic images and how they were used to sell products, especially in fashion magazines. I then decided to enroll and complete a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Stills Photography at Ryerson University.