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Lily Bond is an Ottawa-born entrepreneur studying at the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management. I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Bond to talk about her experience in the entrepreneurship world through running and operating Spyce Girlz Seasonings. Created in 2017, Lily started her business in high school, selling to...
Read MoreAs students enter the workforce in the upcoming years, developing good habits in terms of work performance, work-life balance, and self-care is important to start as soon as possible. Mental health is relevant in all aspects of our lives, and work/school is certainly one of the leading factors that affect our mental health. This is why events...
Read MoreThere’s a people pleaser in every one of us. The degree to which we listen to and act upon those people-pleasing instincts vary, but we all have urges to do things for others to help them, help ourselves, or to make them like us. The issue arises when we are chronically prone to taking on tasks that others ask of us, even when it puts us in an...
Read MoreIntroduction It will always fascinate me how many individuals have this clear natural ability to speak freely and with utter confidence. Some have practiced for years to grow such social skills and to others, it is a natural characteristic of their personality and a gift at that. The idea of standing in front of an audience of people (where...
Read MoreOn the 21st of January, I attended the Bridge to Success Conference, hosted at the National Arts Centre and organized by the Telfer Finance Society in collaboration with the University of Ottawa Consulting Association and the Telfer Business Technology Association (BTA). The event consisted of four main components: workshops, cocktail...
Read MoreRight out of high school, I found myself at uOttawa’s Faculty of Science, attracted by the $130 million facilities and one-of-kind biopharmaceutical science program (Charbonneau, 2023). At the time, having graduated high school with a Governor General’s Bronze medal, I reasoned I could continue pedal-to-the-metal through a four-year degree,...
Read MoreWhat’s Something that Makes You Happy? Hotels have been a fascination of mine for as long as I can remember. There’s something about staying in a home away from home, in a city unlike your own. For credits, I thank my parents for giving me the opportunity to experience traveling the world from a very young age, and with all five of my siblings....
Read MoreProcrastination has plagued every individual reading this article. Now more than ever, we face the problem of never-ending distractions as a society. Whether it be Netflix, Instagram, TikTok, or any other app, we now have entertainment at our fingertips that has shortened our attention spans. Instant gratification has made it a million times...
Read MoreOttawa, November 27 - CASCO, a twenty-four-year-old organization at the University of Ottawa dedicated to raising funds for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), recently celebrated its annual Gala. The night-long experience was brimming with food, musical arrangements, a fashion show, and various dance performances. A highlight...
Read MoreIt was one of those misleadingly sunny days in Antibes. The sun beamed insistently, begging you to walk along the pristine white beach, take off your shoes, and feel the Mediterranean sea as it lapped at the French Riviera. Do not be fooled: it is horrifyingly cold, the kind of cold that reaches down to your very bones, freezing even someone used...
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