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.”

Paula Shaver
Client Account Program Manager
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corporation