Some Montrealers are pivoting careers while the city copes with labour shortages

in Jul 08, 2022

As COVID-19 ripped through Quebec’s short-staffed and ill-prepared nursing homes at the beginning of the pandemic, David S. Landsman was among the province’s hailed “guardian angels” in health care who rushed to the front lines. The orderly was deployed from his position on a psychiatric unit at a Montreal hospital and left his other job[…]

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Recipe for success: Lethbridge chef reflects on career following national recognition – Lethbridge

in Dec 15, 2021

Chef Doug Overes, chair of the School of Culinary Arts at Lethbridge College, is adding to his collection of accolades after earning the Canadian Culinary Federation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He was nominated by fellow chef Jeremy Luypen, the executive winery chef at Summerhill Winery in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley. “There are a lot of gentlemen,[…]

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Thinking about retirement? Why preparing emotionally is as important as financial planning

in Sep 02, 2021

Donald Smith wasn’t ready to retire. At 71 years old, he was still running his business and meeting with clients. It was the interactions with people that kept him working. “I thought I was going to live forever,” laughed Smith. “It was my wife that said, ‘We’re not going to live forever. One of us[…]

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Lethbridge College preparing next generation of local chefs – Lethbridge

Lethbridge College preparing next generation of local chefs – Lethbridge

in Mar 08, 2019

[ad_1] Working in a restaurant kitchen might be a chaotic scene for some, but for Jose Mendoza, it’s another day closer to his dream of becoming a chef. It’s a career path inspired by his grandmother. “Every time I was at her place, she always makes me some kind of dish that I did not[…]

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Durham business owners tell you ‘How to Quit Your Job’ in new online series – Durham

Durham business owners tell you ‘How to Quit Your Job’ in new online series – Durham

in Feb 05, 2019

[ad_1] Donna Benson has groomed dogs for decades, but working for other people just hadn’t cut it for her. “I’ve groomed around Durham Region in many salons, but I think … it came to a point where I thought, ‘OK, I have different ideas and ways that I’d like to run my salon.’” Nine years[…]

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Oshawa crossing guard retires after over 30 years – Durham

Oshawa crossing guard retires after over 30 years – Durham

in Feb 01, 2019

[ad_1] They are the unsung heroes in the community that don’t always get the headlines. On Friday, students past and present who crossed Olive Avenue and Grandview Street in Oshawa said thank you. Rose McIntosh has been a crossing guard at the intersection for three decades and Friday was her last day on the job. For the past[…]

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Family Matters podcast: Moms re-entering the workforce & Canada’s new food guide

Family Matters podcast: Moms re-entering the workforce & Canada’s new food guide

in Jan 28, 2019

[ad_1]     View link » Getting back into a career after staying home to raise kids can be daunting, especially competing against people who haven’t left the workforce. According to data from the Harvard Business Review, stay-at-home moms are half as likely to land a job interview compared to moms who get laid off. In[…]

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‘Disgusting’: Ex-Mountie who won first sexual harassment suit against the RCMP says little has changed

‘Disgusting’: Ex-Mountie who won first sexual harassment suit against the RCMP says little has changed

in Jan 25, 2019

[ad_1] Alice Clark wanted to be a Mountie before women were even permitted to join the force. But when she joined in 1981, it wasn’t the honourable job she was expecting. After experiencing years of harassment, Clark left the force and became the first woman to successfully sue the RCMP for sexual harassment. READ MORE: $220M[…]

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‘We’re focusing on the most invisible of injuries’: research project targets mental health at work

‘We’re focusing on the most invisible of injuries’: research project targets mental health at work

in Jan 24, 2019

[ad_1] Cross-country research led by the University of Ottawa, backed by $1.4M in federal funding, aims to get a better sense of mental health problems on the job — and offer solutions. “Looking at issues around psychological health and safety particularly at work, the opportunities to take leaves of absence and to encourage return to[…]

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Research project on injured workers heading back to the job gets $1.4M funding boost

Research project on injured workers heading back to the job gets $1.4M funding boost

in Jan 23, 2019

[ad_1] Sang-Hun Mun came to Toronto from Korea in 2004 and began a carpentry apprenticeship. The following year, he fell off a roof onto the concrete ground below. “I broke my right foot…I got injured, my neck and shoulder and back,” he said. Mun still feels the effects of that injury today. He says he[…]

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