Embracing The Unknown | Astronomer
As the self-described “Lorax” for the stars, Derek Kief has always been driven by an insatiable desire to question everything around him.
34 Questions: Jeremy “JBC” Kennedy, MMA Fighter
While shooting his story It’s All in Me, we sat down with Kennedy for a True Calling lightning round, each question of which was swiftly answered with a gentle certainty.
Karina LeBlanc
Karina LeBlanc Who knew Karina LeBlanc used to be the shy kid? If you've ever seen the Olympian out and about, her energy is absolutely contagious. Now a motivational speaker and Unicef ambassador, she's inspiring others to find their voice. MORE stories...
Before You Quit Your Job
Your morning commute to work feels like hours, sitting at your desk is torture, and you’re at the end of your rope with issues that won’t seem to go away. You feel like you’ve done your time at this job, and although you’re not sure about what you’re going to do next,...
This Fundraising Director Tells Us What It Takes to Ask for Money
Amy Robichaud’s resume is intimidating. And yet when you meet her, Amy only wants to talk about helping others—girls and women in particular—work in their strength and achieve their full potential.
Heart of the Arctic
Kylik Kisoun Cultural Guide Entrepreneur. Cultural ambassador. Guide. Canadian. There are many words that Kylik Kisoun Taylor now identifies with, but none came easily at first. It took returning to the North, and becoming re-rooted in his culture to get where he is...
Hereditary Chief Tyson Alteo is helping us connect to the land
Tyson Atleo Hereditary Chief Everything we do in life is about relationships. For Tyson Atleo, that's the basis for all his work. Tyson is the 27th generation hereditary leader for the Ahousaht First Nation in British Columbia. In short, he was born into...
Adrian Duke is leading the way in entertainment technology with his entrepreneurial spirit
Adrian Duke Entrepreneur Adrian Duke took the big jump, sold his truck and left his well-paying job on the oil rigs in Alberta, BC to realize his dream of creating his own business. Now he's running two companies in water slides and escape rooms, and both are leading...
Tonia Marshall is making the makers by helping indigenous students become shipbuilders
Tonia Marshall Program Coordinator Tonia Marshall helps Indigenous students become shipbuilders in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Pathways to Shipbuilding is a partnership between the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre, Irving Shipbuilding Inc., Nova Scotia Community College, GE...
Telling the story of the individual, not the demographic
Let’s, for a moment, exaggerate demographic stereotypes and generalizations. If you’re a millennial, and you’ve been reading my posts, you’ll remember that your group is (sarcastically) “narcissistic”. You job hop, live in your parent’s basement, watch Netflix all...
Catherine Ruby is a CPA in the business of school
Catherine Ruby Chartered Professional Accountant I work at a school, but I'm not a teacher, nor a student counsellor. What am I? MORE stories
Adaptive athlete Lindsay Hilton is defining bad ass in the world of rugby and crossfit
Lindsay Hilton Adaptive Athlete This is Lindsay Hilton, and she's the ultimate fitspiration. Rugby and Crossfit were two things she didn't necessarily think she could do, but today Lindsay can't imagine life without them. MORE stories
Kelly Sakaki marries his love of robots and engineering to help map the human brain
Kelly Sakaki When you have a fascination with creating robots and a love for biology… why not do both? MORE stories
Cool and random jobs featured on Reddit in the past year
I love getting a firsthand account of a job I know hardly anything about—even better, a career I never knew existed. It’s like a glimpse into a new world, one that is totally normal for, say, the person sitting next to you on the bus. So every time Reddit, the forum...
Cornelia Wieman is the first female Canadian Indigenous psychiatrist
Cornelia Wieman Psychiatrist She’s one of the survivors of the '60's Scoop'. Taken from her biological parents at the age of three and adopted by a non-indigenous family in Ontario. Nel Wieman went on to become the first indigenous female psychiatrist in Canada. MORE...
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