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Carving a new path: Turning challenges into a university career
As a lecturer at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business, Adam Pankratz’s job is to communicate the challenges of business to his students, which range from undergraduates to masters-level students – and make it interesting. This was nowhere near what he envisioned for his career when he graduated with a linguistics degree and worked in the hotel industry. As with all careers, it is never a straight line. But his difficulties with finding a job that matched his skills led him to the world of business and an entirely new path.
Serving Vancouver’s diverse business community
As CEO of the Vancouver Board of Trade, Bridgitte Anderson needs to be diverse – after all, that is what her members are.
Attracting economic opportunities and investments
How do you create economic opportunities and attract the right investments? That is a question that Jacquie Griffiths tries to answer every day, as the President of Invest Vancouver. The key to this is developing talent and seeking investors from abroad, helping to create a well-rounded industry. This is a lot of responsibility – and it all depends on the sense of relationship-building that she developed very early in her career in workforce development.
Answering to a calling: Journey for a piano prodigy
For Sasha Luchkov, music is not just a career – it is something that is always with him. He hears it all the time subconsciously and it became clear very early that this is his calling. To reach his goal, he has learned that music is not just notes on a page, but also the feelings and intentions of the piece to make it come alive.
Combining a passion for finance and creativity
John Stackhouse graduated during the 1981 recession; seeing its impact, he decided to study something more practical – commerce. However, he had a creative itch to scratch. Joining the school newspaper gave him a desire to break out of the financial world after graduating and landed at the Globe and Mail as a business reporter, which led him to both the creative and practical sides of finance.
Collaborating and taking initiative to get ahead
Christine Mallier’s passion for sustainability landed her a dream job, but she didn’t get there immediately. She worked in everything from events, customer service, public relations, and more – and that gave her a chance to know almost every department of her company and how to best work with each of them.
Delivering accurate economic forecasts to British Columbia
Jock Finlayson is only half-retired, but it doesn’t mean that he has slowed down. Working with multiple think tanks and organizations, he has to deliver accurate economic forecasts to the sectors that keep British Columbia’s economy alive.