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Build A Dream. Breaking Barriers - Creating Pathways with Nour Hachem - Episode #21


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In this episode, weโ€™re joined by ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ, ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ, a nationally recognized workforce strategist who is reshaping how Canada attracts, prepares, and retains talent across the skilled trades, STEM, and beyond.

With over two decades of experience at the intersection of education, industry, and public policy, Nour has built Build a Dream into a national organization, hosting hundreds of career discovery events over the years, creating scalable workforce solutions, and securing federal funding to advance economic participation for equity-deserving communities.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ, Nour brings both vision and action to the future of work.

Throughout the conversation, Nour shares how her work has evolved from breaking barriers to building real infrastructure, connecting talent to opportunity through national employer networks, innovative programming, and measurable outcomes.

Together, Dan and Nour explore the challenges of outdated recruitment systems, the importance of early exposure to career pathways, and what it truly takes to create an inclusive and sustainable workforce development.

This episode dives into the shift from performative conversations to real structural change, and what it means to build a future where opportunity is accessible, intentional, and built to last.

๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ? Feel free to reach out to her at [email protected]

Donโ€™t forget to visit ๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜„.๐—ฐ๐—ฎ to explore more opportunities and resources. If you have a story to share, a guest to suggest, or a topic youโ€™d like to hear on the podcast, email Dan at ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜@๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜„.๐—ฐ๐—ฎ.


๐Ÿ”ป๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—” ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ

โ https://www.webuildadream.com/โ 

๐Ÿ”ป ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ตโ 

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