Summer Student Profile
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My Habitat Experience: Angela Trojanovic
My name is Angela Trojanovic and I am part of the Canada Summer Jobs 2018 Program at Habitat for Humanity Halton- Mississauga. This summer I had the pleasure of being a Community Ambassador for the organization. I am currently entering my final year at Western University in the Media Information…
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My Habitat Experience: Kyle Fritz
The Paradox From a young age I understood the importance of a positive contribution to society through the installation of amazing moral values by my inspiring parents. Both of them were very active in our community through participating in parent councils, school field trips, coaching sports teams for…
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My Habitat Experience: Evie Creary
After starting off this summer by working for a small business where my main job was selling their products at trade-shows, I knew after a week that I wanted to get more out of my summer and position than I was getting. I quit my first…
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My Habitat Experience: Matthew Burgess
I never imagined myself working at a non-profit organization. Before this summer, my work experience had been exclusively at for-profit businesses. Looking to enter the business world after graduation, charities haven’t been on my radar in the past. While I have always supported these organizations, I wasn’t aware…
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My Habitat Experience: Laura Belford
My name is Laura Belford, and I am 23 years old. I am a concurrent education student at Queen’s University, a music lover, and a summer Event Coordinator at Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga. I am also a survivor of final stage Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. When I finished my cancer…
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Summer Student Profile: Meet Safiyyah Khan
Safiyyah Khan dreams of starting her own business. A second-year commerce student at McMaster University, she is learning valuable business skills this summer working as a Brand Ambassador at Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga. Safiyyah’s job involves “calling organizations and getting them to display our materials; like our bookmarks, our…
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Summer Student Profile: Meet Sonia Kodgule
Sonia Kodgule came from India to Canada a year ago, and she is already getting involved in her local community to make a positive difference. Inspired by her experiences volunteering at DoorStep School in India, an organization which seeks to provide education to children who can’t afford to…
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Summer Student Profile: Meet Boosani Ncube
Boosani Ncube wants to change people’s lives and leave a mark on the world. This, he said, will fulfill him. One way Boosani hopes to achieve these goals is through his work as an engineer. Currently going into his second year of studying civil engineering at Humber College,…
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Summer Student Profile: Meet Paige Gregory
After getting her start with Habitat For Humanity Halton-Mississauga as a co-op student, Paige Gregory is back as a summer student working as a Warehouse Associate. Her job “involves organizing the warehouse, making sure it’s kept tidy, helping load and unload the trucks that come in and just…