Jeff’s story is unique. I say unique because it is something we all think about, but never get the nerve to do. Except in this case, Jeff did it. He quit his job and pursued his dream. That simple; that complex.
From his passion for t-shirt design and social change, he went on to create the Joy T-shirt project. It is an online T-shirt company that features hundreds of hand-drawn portraits of people from all over the world. Participants select...
Brenda’s story is one of courage and fortitude. Growing up in Toronto, ON, Brenda learned a valuable lesson in life: that it is just as easy to make a good decision as it is to make a bad one. For her own safety, she called a help line that provided her with the resources and support she needed to leave home in her final year of highschool. Although she had to live in a hostel and eat at local food banks, it was a safe haven, a place where she stayed the course, determined...
I have never met a more enthusiastic alumnus than Gerard Cleveland. A self-described working-class Irish -Italian kid who thought the possibility of ever going to university was a myth. He became a cop but always wanted more. At 31, and with some trepidation, he enrolled at Waterloo, choosing to study English through correspondence. He says that this experience gave him a million-dollar gift, one he uses every day in his work as an educator, a lawyer and university lecturer. ...
Kurt’s story is one of inspiration and determination. Upon graduation from high school, he had plans to attend university and keep playing the sport he loved – hockey. However, in January 1989, during his Grade 12 school year, his world changed. While playing hockey, he lost the edge of his skates and tripped head first into the boards. “It was a freak accident,” Kurt explains.
As a result of the accident, Kurt is a quadriplegic, paralyzed from...
“What more can I do?” was the question that consumed Sarah Lewis, BA ’06 Economics, as she left the impoverished community of Cameroon, Africa, after a four month co-op work-term with Engineers Without Borders (EWB).
As a child, Sarah recalls how she was always touched by stories about poverty and wondered how peoples’ lives and opportunities could be so different. After high school, pursuing a degree in economics seemed a logical next step for...
