Sayge was bitten by the airplane bug early in her high school experience following a flight path that included an air cadets program, employment opportunities, and industry volunteer work to find the confidence to earn a flying license and become a voice for women in aviation. 

Noah sees failure as the ultimate learning experience, full of opportunities that fueled his leadership skills in football, first nations advocacy, entrepreneurial mentorship, and university programming where he had to learn to trust his best instincts, give back to others, and find his "tribe of mentors" before he built a true sense of purpose.

Andrew recalls losing the drummer in his band, becoming a champion body builder, shaping his analytical reasoning in law school, and relishing "option courses" that shaped an "unusual career path" spurring on his curious learning instincts, resilient mindset, and calculated risk-taking that built one of Canada's cutting-edge audio engineering studios.

Adventures in Careerland - Season 10 -Episode 2 Zach Piché

Zach explains how smart phones kept students connected during COVID and shares how lessons from his football team experience prompted him to join a broadcast media program that re-ignited his curiosity and challenged his growing notion that school was "boring."

Despite her initial trepidation with leaving the beaten path of high school, Ihuoma (Oma) discovered new "air to breath" in the kinesthetic learning environment of a broadcast media program that ignites new skills and opportunities that she never knew existed outside conventional school walls. 

Matt had no clear plan when he left high school but knew he learned "by doing" so he enrolled in a physical education program at university, joined the military, felt the rush of entrepreneurship, started teaching for a stint, and took a serious interest in the drone industry as he connected the dots of his life and learning.

Neil barely survived a high school system that demanded rote and "sequential" study and began to soar when he embraced an imaginative "random" mindset that turned him in a highly successful serial entrepreneur who decided to "dream big" in everything he pursued.

Keenly interested in leadership during his high school, university, and work experiences, Michael gravitated towards the arts and politics where he realized that the work building skills and relationships outside the classroom may be more important than the academic work in it.

James "wandered the wilderness" in a variety of experiences until he combined his university football experience, his business degree from UBC, and his heartfelt desire to help athletes turn their skills and efforts into future career paths.