Future Ready Blog

April 22 is Earth Day! This year @earthday.org’s campaign is highlighting eco-anxiety. Eco anxiety is defined as: extreme worry about current and future harm to the environment caused by human activity and climate change. Many of us who are aware of and acknowledge climate change can experience eco...

Why should we care about sustainable self-care anyway? #DidYouKnow According to Zero Waste Week , every year more than 120 billion units of packaging are produced globally by the cosmetics industry alone? This contributes to an annual loss of 18 million acres of forest! Many standard self-care...

Why should we care about sustainable self-care anyway? #DidYouKnow According to Zero Waste Week , every year more than 120 billion units of packaging are produced globally by the cosmetics industry alone? This contributes to an annual loss of 18 million acres of forest! Many standard self-care...

By Emmett Steele | 3rd year Journalism student Creativity is a driving passion for many young artists, and a spark of creativity can be found in everyone. Shaista ‘Shay’ Obaidullah has found a way to harness her creativity and use it to pursue a career where she can let it thrive. How did she do it...

Have you ever thought of what words might come to mind when people reflect upon who you are as a person and what you represent as an individual? Elements such as your personality traits, likes, dislikes, habits, system of values and experiences are all important areas that may be considered by...

By Emmett Steele | 3rd year Journalism student Most people have played with Lego at least once or twice, and some will remember it prominently from their childhoo d. Spending hours putting blocks together, taking them apart , and building them back up again to create something new. According to...

By Emmett Steele | 3rd year Journalism student When a semester approaches its end, most students find themselves with their noses buried in their books, deep in study. However, Paralegal student and Study Skills tutor Olivia Barontseff finds herself teaching others how to study. Olivia’s journey as...

By Emmett Steele | 3rd year Journalism student For many people, the question of what to study in college is difficult. For others, life sends you down a path that provides clarity in what you want to study. When it came time for Chloe Gallagher to enrol at Mohawk College, she knew exactly what...

By Oliver Cercal Kreutzer De Goes Journalism student My name is Oliver, and I am in my second year of the Journalism program. I moved to Canada in 2020 from Brazil. As a person with OCD, anxiety, and ADHD, I experienced a lot of challenges in my home country. In Brazil, since the LGBTQ+ community...