Rotimi currently resides in Toronto, Ontario, where he is working as a Market Development Representative for DocuSign. Here he shares his story of graduating university amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and moving towards the workforce with confidence.
Your Next Step – Learn From Alumni
Si Jia resides in London, UK, where she works for Revolut in strategic finance. Learn how she navigated the changes involved in relocating to a new country for work.
Launching in celebration of UBC Okanagan’s 15th anniversary in 2020, alumni UBC’s afterwords is a digital conversation series that shares the stories of some of UBC Okanagan’s extraordinary alumni in 15 questions.
This article was originally featured by the Faculty of Forestry’s Asian Forest Research Centre. To access the original article, click here. In the award-winning book “The Faraway Nearby”, Rebecca Solnit reminds us that we’re all made of stories, and to love someone is to tell yourself their stories. “What’s your story? It’s all in the…
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Ivy Hui, BCom’18 currently lives in Hong Kong and works as a Marketing Management Trainee for Unilever. Ivy describes her experience moving to Hong Kong and navigating the change from academia to the corporate field. Tell us about your role As a Marketing Management Trainee, I am responsible for managing brands in different categories. These…
This past spring, we launched a new social media program called Alumni to Alumni. Each week, we posted questions sent in by current students and recent graduates on our alumni UBC social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn). We then invited alumni like you to provide advice in the comments below each post. The…
Name: Poonam Sandhu Degree: Bachelor of Arts 2015, Sociology T-Bird Sport: Field Hockey (2011-15) Current Profession/Employer: Head Coach, UBC Women’s Field Hockey Program
Name: Haley Cameron Degree & Year: Bachelor of Arts 2013 (Major in English Literature; Minor in Art History) T-Bird Sport: Golf 2009-13 Current Profession/Employer: Senior Editorial Manager at Quietly Media Inc (content marketing agency)
Tony Yang, BSc’08, PhD’16 resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, and works as a Translational Research Program Manager at UBC and Providence Health Care (PHC). Dr. Yang shares his experience providing mentorship through his own non-profit and the diverse skillsets he has gained throughout his career. Tell us about your role I am building and managing…
Danielle (Dani) Bicknell, BA’08 currently resides in Oakland, California. Dani works as a Program Manager at SecondMuse, a social impact consulting firm. Dani shares how she is driven by her passion and how to navigate these current times. Tell us about your role I work as a Program Manager for SecondMuse, a global social impact…