With several professional certifications in her pocket, including a Lean Sigma Yellow Belt Certification, Paula Shaver is always keen to broaden her skill set, to advance her career, and to pursue opportunities that open additional doors for career – which lead her to UWinnipeg PACE.

Paula completed PACE’s Management Certificate in 2018. Paula is a Client Account Manager at Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries, where she has worked for the past 26 years. She has been in her current position for the last two years.

Juggling a full-time job, small business, being a wife, the mother of three children between the ages of 9 and 19, and making time for the cottage and travelling with her family, meant Paula Shaver was looking for a program that met her needs when she decided to upgrade her skills.

 “I loved the online PACE courses where I could work at a pace that suited my busy life 24/7 no matter where I was,” she says. “My PACE experience gave me skills with oral and written communication and organizational behaviour; skills I could put to use every day.”

“The best advice I can give others who are interested in PACE programs is just do it, take the plunge, you won’t regret it. If you try to wait for a time in your life that you think will accommodate school, life will pass you by and you’ll never reach your goals. PACE enables you to do it all.”