With a Bachelor of Law from her home country, Nigeria, Keno Eden-Ettah, had set her sights on a career transition after settling in Canada in 2018.

"Starting a program amid a worldwide pandemic in 2020 had not been part of my plan, but it is something I certainly do not regret.

I strongly believe the knowledge I gained this year is good ground to prepare for my career in Canada.

I have been a marketing specialist for 20 years in Hong Kong. As I wished the fill my gap in business and leadership knowledge, I decided to give myself a break from work and to go back to school for further studies.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step!

My first step was to enroll in a Human Resource Management Program at the UWinnipeg PACE. Since then, it has been a marathon that I finished this month by completing the internship program at Qualico Canada.

The opportunity to secure an internship was one of the main reasons I chose the Human Resource Management program with UWinnipeg PACE. Internships are meant to set students up for success, which remains true of my experience.

All people have milestones that mark significant events in their lifetime.

One year ago, my life absolutely changed. In 2018 I moved to Winnipeg and got a second chance to start a new life. It was a hard decision to leave 27 years of my living in Ukraine and my family there. But I just followed my heart.

When I started my academic endeavor at PACE last year, I had zero knowledge about both public relations and marketing. After completing my internship at the end of the program, I was offered a full-time position as the Communications Coordinator at Dooley PR & Marketing.

Meet Javier Gore. Javier is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with Loblaws. Javier graduated from our Human Resource Management Diploma in 2019. We asked Javier to reflect on how the pandemic has impacted his work-life.

Meet Felista Karanja. Felista is an Associate Project Consultant with InScope Project Management & Consulting. Through InScope, she's working as a Program Coordinator for a project with BellMTS.