Young Professionals


YPDaily: Jeremy Dias

YPDaily: Jeremy Dias

Jeremy Dias is a 28-year-old uOttawa graduate who works at JersVision.org, where he educates and engages youth in Canada in dialogues on homophobic and transphobic bullying. Working primarily in rural communities, he often speaks to youth who have never engaged...
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YPDaily: Tales From a Bar Stool

Today's YPDaily is the creator and author of Tales From a Bar Stool, an online platform that stemmed from two friends sharing lessons and experiences from sitting on bar stools. Read more about the anonymous young professional behind the concept and her unique social storytelling
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YPDaily: Robyn Sachs

Robyn Sachs has a long educational background, having graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor degree in psychology and political science, and Masters in Health Promotion Studies, which paved the path for her eventual career as a consultant at Cambridge Education
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YPDaily: Michael Gaudet

Michael Gaudet, a 28-year-old McGill graduate (and future MBA student at the University of Calgary), connects potential customers with the stock photography, video, audio and illustrations offered by iStockphoto/Getty Images and cites a major career milestone as presenting at the Google boardroom in San Francisco in today's YPDaily
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YPDaily: Joshua McVeity

Finding consistent professional work as a photographer can be stressful at times, but that's part of what 32-year-old Joshua McVeity loves about the job. Find out how the Alberta College of Art and Design grad got his big break just two months after graduation and how he balances times when there's too much work with times when there's not enough
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YPDaily: Michael Armstrong

Michael Armstrong's line of work may be a bit complex to understand, but basically people, charities and corporations give him their money and he invests it for them. There's much more to it, of course, which you'll find out in today's YPDaily
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YPDaily: Mosha Lundstrom Halbert

As the editor of FLARE's fashion news pages, 25-year-old Mosha Lundstrom Halbert has been everywhere from London Fashion Week to shopping centres in Calgary's suburbs. Here's how the U of T Art History and French Cultural Studies grad made it to where she is now
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YPDaily: Jorie Brown

Dance has always been a huge part of Jorie Brown's life, having been a part of dance teams from the Toronto Raptors to the Argos. The 29-year-old Communications Studies graduate from York University is now the head coach, choreographer and coordinator for the Toronto Argos cheerleaders
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YPDaily: Alex Middleton

After working as a freelance journalist in Spain where he boldly faced the difficult, emotional circumstances he was placed under, Alex Middleton returned to Calgary to combine his passion for people and writing as a PR consultant in today’s YPDaily
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