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A new partnership between George Brown College and construction solutions company Hilti Canada will create more training opportunities for women who want to work in the skilled trades. Hilti Canada is providing a $40,000 financial donation to expand the Women Transitioning to Trades and Employment...
After years of avoiding leadership roles, business student Sandra Adderley-Melbourne decided to welcome the challenges that come with taking the helm. Now, she's pushing student entrepreneurship projects forward, working to create positive changes in the greater community, and strengthening online...
Katherine Cabrera Velasquez knows what it takes to run a business—she and her husband have been operating a successful international fruit export company for a decade. Now Katherine is working toward earning a diploma at George Brown College’s Centre for Business “because I have the experience, but...
Shortly after Hannah Gaum started the Bachelor of Commerce (Culinary Management) program she realized she wanted to work in a lab instead of a kitchen. She seized an opportunity to work at George Brown College’s Food Innovation and Research Studio (FIRSt), and is collaborating with culinary...
When the world fully opens to travel again Georgy Pyle wants to be at the forefront of an ethical and sustainable tourism transformation. In the meantime, she’s taken a leadership role at the college, ensuring sustainability issues are top of mind for students and the George Brown College...
Fashion entrepreneur and George Brown College graduate Emefa Kuadey embraces change, and her career path embodies her “no regrets” approach to taking on new challenges. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she took a risk and completely changed the business plan for her newly launched fashion brand...
Culinary Technologist Candace Rambert’s passion for problem solving moves her clients’ food and beverage ideas from the lab to store shelves. It also helped George Brown College’s Food Innovation and Research Studio (FIRSt) meet the challenges posed by COVID-19. FIRSt offers a range of services for...
Breanne Drennan returned to college looking to shift into a career with a focus on human connections. She found it in the Practical Nursing program, in the people she’s caring for during her placement and in the community of her fellow students, professors, and mentors. “I’ve been motivated by the...