January 13, 2016

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In 2004, Ryan Porter quit a business program in college to start his quest to answer the question, “What do I want to be when I grow up?” Two years and a world of travel later, Ryan dedicated his career to helping young people answer the very question he set out to answer. Now, he’s CEO & co-founder of RaiseYourFlag.com and the author of Make Your Own Lunch: How to Live an Epically Epic Life through Work, Travel, Wonder, and (maybe) College. Plus, Lee Tal of ChatterHigh.com on getting every student talking about their future. Please tune in!

December 23, 2015

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Host: Nicole Hamilton

Guests: Debbie Cornwall, Manager of information, and Student Services Management at George Brown College, discusses how her career commenced, and her current role as a Manager at GBC.

Rebecca Brettingham-Filice, Owner of Dance Extreme, and Vice President of Dance Masters of Canada, discusses elements, and techniques for success in entrepreneurship.

Host Nicole Hamilton, interviews Actors David Wilson, and Veshone Cunningham, in a discussion that covers the birth of their onstage careers, and current screen projects.  What does it take to become an Actor, and what challenges can be faced along the way? The Actors share their experiences, and suggestions for those wishing to enter into the field.

October 21, 2015

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How can parents help their sons and daughters learn about the world of work? The Learning Partnership was founded in 1993 to build important bridges between leaders in education and leaders in business. It’s a national charity dedicated to advancing publicly funded education. Take Our Kids to Work is The Learning Partnership’s signature program. It began in Toronto but since 1994 it’s spread across the country. Ian Hartlen is Coordinator of Career Projects and joined us on Career Buzz. He’s a teacher himself who actually taught the grade 10 career course. Ian is project lead for Real Talk, an exciting new app to change the way young people discover careers.

Your Workplace Conference brings together experts and human resource professionals for two days of learning and inspiration. This year the conference was on Sept 23 & 24, and the theme was ‘creating a resilient workforce, and building a thriving workplace.’ Thanks to Vera Asanin and her team at Your Workplace, I attended the conference as your Career Buzz correspondent. I interviewed presenters and keynote speakers, and today we hear two of those interviews: Linda Morgan of The Clic Effect on the Eco-cycle model of change; and Julie Einarson, VP of culture & communication at Benefits by Design on influencing the culture of an organization. Helping me introduce the segments was Sarah Fletcher, associate editor or Your Workplace magazine.

October 14, 2015

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Liberal Candidate on Opportunities for Young Canadians. Plus, learning to eradicate I-hate-my-job.

Toronto-Danforth Liberal candidate, Julie Dabrusin, joins us. Plus, hear from learning and performance expert, Lindsay MacMurray, of Keels in Motion.

September 30, 2015

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Interviews with:

Eleni MacDonald – Green Party candidate for Scarborough North

Emil Boychuk and Janice Chappell-Traimer of the Association of Career Educators of Ontario

August 19, 2015

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Amena Zafar is an educator and career coach who has worked extensively with youth and the not so young – from all over the world.  Ten years after finishing an MBA Amena went back to school another graduate degree in adult education, where she focused on youth empowerment and community engagement. While much of her work experience was based in her native Pakistan, Amena has more recently been working at the University of Toronto on a government funded bridging program for internationally educated engineers.

In 2010 Ambrish Saini  came to Canada from his native India, for a better future for his family and career. With education and experience as a civil engineer, Saini participated in the Licensing International Engineers into the Profession – a bridging program through U of T. He has since earned his P.Eng. license and founded his own engineering consulting company.