To see your name in print would be a dream come true for many aspiring writers. But for Chantel Simmons, best-selling author of Stuck in Downward Dog and her more recent novel, Love Struck, her dreams of becoming a published author have already become a reality.
Copywriter Kavi Guppta describes the joys and challenges of working in the advertising field, as well as his personal choice to forgo formal education in favour of real world experience.
There is a new breed of writers who are getting their start on the net, turning their blog into a successful book. I spoke with Suzanne Gardner, a ‘blauthor’ who recently turned her Glee blog into a book.
Co-op acted as an intermediary between the real world and student life for Brian Chung, a recent sociology graduate from the University of Toronto Scarborough, who used his co-op experiences to land a prestigious internship at the United Nations in Switzerland.
Jennifer Mansell, a fourth-year honours co-op environment and business student at the University of Waterloo, recently completed a work term in Costa Rica at the Centre for Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Learning, where she learned to slow down and live the “pure life.”
Launched late last year, Damn Heels offers stylish, fold-up black flats that come in a sleek reusable bag designed to hold your high heels.
Before Greig Perantinos was 20, he opened his first Cool Moose Creamery store in Tottenham, Ont. Since then he has expanded his business to neighbouring Alliston and will be opening a new store this year in Cookstown.
Heidi Turner, a “happy freelancer” who writes, edits and consults from her home in Burnaby, B.C., says “If you are serious about freelancing as a career, you need to take it seriously and really make a go of it, rather than just treating it as your hobby.”
Asia Nelson is a certified advanced yoga instructor, yoga teacher trainer and director of her own company, Pranalife Yoga, based in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.
22-year-old Amanda Morra has studied jazz, tap, ballet and hip-hop and is also working toward her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology at York University.
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