SIWIKE “Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier”: the podcast

Mintikah (Minti) is a senior motivator at Good Life and an aspiring YouTuber.

This is a great video to watch if you're looking to start becoming a personality on YouTube or elsewhere.

She shares …

Ellie and I chat about what else you can do with a biology degree. The typical options for a biology degree would be to

1. go to med-school
2. do research in academia and become a professor We learn how…

Sherina is a sociology and philosophy grad that continued on to teacher's college from York University who is now working as a teacher with North York Women's shelter.
She shares her journey and SIWI…

Mentor corner
Nora and I chat about hiring for coop/internship and new grad programs.
We walk through some of the timings and considerations for coop and new grad programs, as well as the types and n…

Hammad is a LinkedIn coach with a background in international trade and and experience in the NGO space. He started as an inquisitive kid that was able to connect with folks and build meaningful conn…

Dominic is a health-tech customer success practitioner, aspiring product manager and professional artist

She shares her journey of art. Then pursuing a path to become a doctor and starting Future Bl…

Tiffany is a career strategy coach who previous worked as a group marketing manager at L’Oreal Canada.
We chat about her journey struggling in school early on, then later on having it become a streng…

Marisa and I speak about success. What does success mean. Where did our ideas of success come from. How have they changed. And what might we have done differently.

Marisa is an IB high school grad …

Revant and I discuss learning in an online environment. He shares his experience and he provides some of the challenges and what has helped him over come them.

Revant is an international student fr…

Angela Chung is a speech language pathologist (SLP) and entrepreneur who is looking to help others grow in their communication through her startup Speak Fluent https://speakfluent.ca?ref=luki (let th…

Mentor Corner

In this episode we walk through Eram's experience in nursing school. Her somewhat roundabout journey to nursing that she wouldn't change.
We chat about not focusing on "timelines" and…

Youth Corner
Revant and I speak about First Term at university. We speak about studying, connecting with and making friends, as well as some of his SIWIKE!

Revant is an international student from I…

Ghazala and I chat about her journey to Canada. She shares some of the decisions to ultimately choose to land in Toronto, Canada. As well as some of the experiences and SIWIKE she had along the way. …

Ellie shares her career journey starting with an "understanding" that she would go to university on her way to be a doctor/nurse or researcher/professor. Then experiencing a research opportunity and …

Marisa and I speak about imposter syndrome. We share some of our experiences dealing with it in our lives. We haven't exactly overcome imposter syndrome, though we're getting better at coping with it…

Youth Corner
Revant and I speak about Frosh at school. We reminisce and learn about pagers, pay phone and parading downtown (that was in Luki's day). Then speak more about "the year before COVID fros…

Ghazala Zaidi is a commercial credit analyst, MBA, public speaker and YouTuber/Vlogger https://www.youtube.com/user/GFZaidi
She shares her wisdom and experience from a professor to a successful comm…

Eram and Luki speak about some of the considerations (and SIWIKE) someone should understand before they undertake nursing as a career path. From 12-hour shifts, to loving it with your gut, "FLU-VID" …

MENTOR CORNER: Guest Host Hendra Hendrawan
He shares his insights on starting a new role. What should you be doing in your first 30, 60, 90 days? From taking notes, to building relationships, to gett…

Marisa is an IB high school grad with a systems design engineering undergrad who went on to pursue her MBA and entrepreneurship
She’s the founder of Time Transform Virtual Assistance
https://www.link…