Going easy on me, myself and I
We’re entering 2022 with another transition. Returning to classes on campus. Returning to working in person. Returning to social gatherings. I’m...
Let’s chat about resilience: Responsibilities, relaxation and realistic thinking
What does resilience mean to you? Resilience, to me, means staying true to your feelings and working with them accordingly....
Let’s chat about resilience: Program decisions, planning and pandemic pets
What does resilience mean to you? To me, resilience means never giving up. Not giving up when things get hard,...
It’s okay (and helpful) to talk about failure
Failure and setbacks impact us all. Resilience is what happens when we keep going in spite of these challenges.
It’s possible
The Canadian Career Development Foundation’s Career Month theme this year is all about the fact that it’s possible, whatever "it"...
Five key traits to help navigate your career
The excitement and hopefulness of planning your career are often combined with the stress of uncertainty of what’s ahead. Forecasting...
The Planned Happenstance Project: Barkhaa Talat
Many people do not want to think about the possibility of not getting the acceptance they want or having their...
The Planned Happenstance Project: Fabiha Faiza Islam
The language was never a barrier, but transitioning was difficult... In the end, I realized that cultural differences exist, but...
The Planned Happenstance Project: Olamide Ilori
I realized that the university curriculum is very different from that of high school and to succeed I must change...
The Planned Happenstance Project: Ananya Sharma
At the end of the day, you have to try. I know it’s so much easier to say than do...
The Planned Happenstance Project: Asma Maqsood
When I was in my first year, I took a mandatory cell biology class. Although I had been a good...
The Planned Happenstance Project: Sharif Mohammad
There is a policy in my home university where they hire the top one student in the department as a...
The Planned Happenstance Project: Morgan Martin
My barrier at times has been myself and not believing in myself – I think it’s the biggest barrier you...
The Planned Happenstance Project: Reta Meng
I’ve heard of this saying where it’s like, it’s not the fact that you think about the future that makes...
Introducing The Planned Happenstance Project
Often growing up we are led to believe that career paths are linear; however, this is often not the case...