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Leading the next generation with Illuminate x North York

Mar 28, 2021
3 min

Leading the next generation with Illuminate x North York

Hey! My name is Esther Han and I am a Grade 10 IB student at Alexander Mackenzie High School. This weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the Illuminate x North York Regional Conference. Through this blog I hope to share a few things I learned about life-long learning, choosing the right career path, and futuristic thinking. "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care". - John C. Maxwell Dan Kiernan (Keynote Speaker): When introducing yourself to som

Faith

Mar 28, 2021
3 min

Discovering Entrepreneurial Spirit

Hello! My name is Faith Lee and I am a Grade 9 student at Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School. Yesterday, I had the pleasure to attend the Illuminate x North York Regional Conference. Here is my blog which strives to highlight what I learned about the meaning and importance of developing lifelong learning skills and how to proactively plan ahead to find a career that is right for me. "A good leader leads the people from above them. A great leader leads the people from within t

Charlotte Huang

Nov 14, 2020
3 min

What Is It Like to Have Leadership?

I think it's amazing that the speaker wanted to follow her own dreams instead of becoming an engineer just like the rest of her family. She chose different pathways to see what she really enjoyed which is what I found so great! She didn't know much about CPA yet, she still wanted to explore it and that ended up becoming your future. I found that really interesting because I'm in grade 11 and I'm still struggling to figure out what I really want to do in the future so when she

Avery Z

Nov 14, 2020
1 min

The Amazing NHLC

@Illuminateuniverse #IlluminateUniverse #MyNHLC #Leadershipateverylevel #Learning Hi Everyone! Today, I had the pleasure to attend the Illuminate National High School Leadership Conference with over 170 students globally. Here is my blog which strives to highlight what I learned about topics (pick your topics: management, executive thinking, collaboration, consulting, finance and entrepreneurship). Body Blog Content: I learned that the speaker studied international developmen

How I Found My Dream Career at NHLC 2020

Brandon Chen

Nov 14, 2020
2 min

How I Found My Dream Career at NHLC 2020

Hola! My name is Brandon Chen and I am a grade 11 student at Markville Secondary School. Today, I had the pleasure to attend the Illuminate National High School Leadership Conference with over 170 students globally. Here’s my blog which strives to highlight what I learned about consulting. "You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take - Wayne Gretzky" From the keynote address, I realized that Goodman was a viable program I never considered. Their co-op program makes things reall

Aaron Guo

Nov 14, 2020
1 min

Don't be afraid to be a leader!

Hi, everyone! My name is Aaron Guo and I am a Grade 11 student at Markville Secondary School. Today, I had the pleasure to attend the Illuminate National High School Leadership Conference with over 170 students globally. Here is my blog which strives to highlight what I've learned about executive thinking and entrepreneurship. My favourite inspirational quote from today was "A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way." - John C. Maxwell In our first key

Shlok Panchal

Nov 14, 2020
2 min

Learning Outcomes - NHLC Conference

Personal Introduction: Greetings everyone! My name is Shlok Panchal. I am a grade 10 student in Ontario, Canada. Today, I enjoyed attending the Illuminate National High School Leadership Conference, with over 170 students globally. Here is my blog, which highlights what I learned about executive thinking, collaboration and leadership. "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." - Steve Jobs, Apple Co-Founder What were my key takeaways from the opening keynote?

griffin.llp

Nov 14, 2020
2 min

NHCL: Leadership and Learning

Hi, my name is Laura and I am a grade 12 student at Leaside High School. I had the opportunity today to be a part of the National High School Leadership Conference today with many other ambitious and creative students around the world. This blog will highlight what I have learned about finance. We cannot solve a problem by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them - Albert Einstein To kick off the day, the opening ceremony introduced us to post-secondary in

Dorian Chen

Nov 14, 2020
1 min

Being a leader in the modern-day

Hi Everyone! My name is Dorian and I am a Grade 11 student at Markville of Secondary School. Today, I had the pleasure to attend the Illuminate National High School Leadership Conference with over 170 students globally. Here is my blog which strives to highlight what I learned about management and executive thinking. My favourite quote was “"I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress."” - Mark

Tanisha Nigam

Aug 12, 2020
3 min

Learning Without Limits

Robert John Meehan once said, "Every child has a different learning style and pace. Each child is unique, not only capable of learning but also capable of succeeding". Indeed every child has the potential to succeed, provided they have the appropriate resources and support to do so. However, this is not the case with students who have disabilities. Currently, in learning institutions in Canada, there are limited resources provided to help those with disabilities excel in scho

eLISA-A: The future of inclusive & accessible learning for all

Caleara Mai

Aug 12, 2020
6 min

eLISA-A: The future of inclusive & accessible learning for all

By: Caleara Mai, Business Analyst for BIBC In the highly-developed century of innovations and technology, people are always searching for “the thing” that could transform the world and make it a better place - like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple. “The thing” that people from investors, to founders, and even leaders are looking for is a revolution, a thing that has the power to reconstruct the world, and yes, it lies in The Big Four that are mentioned above - Technology.

The Necessity of Accessibility and Inclusion

Kimberly Yang

Aug 12, 2020
7 min

The Necessity of Accessibility and Inclusion

In my spare time, I was reading an article written by Sheryl Burgstahler, a university professor at the University of Washington. He mentioned his first time teaching an online course was in 1995, with blind co-instructor Dr. Norm Coombs by his side. Unlike those around them, they designed the course to be accessible to anyone and every student - those who were blind, deaf, or had any disability, you name it. When asked by those around them which students had disabilities, th

thomas.zinger2003

Aug 12, 2020
2 min

The Future of Learning

The great Albert Einstein once said, "everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by the ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that is stupid". In this current generation, people, especially children, are often judged based on their abilities in school leading to a lot of bullying. Though many schools offer services to support students with learning disabilities and challenges, it is not enough to help those students succeed. This technology caters

eLISA-A: Developing an Accessible Future Today, for the Leaders of Tomorrow

lfongm

Aug 11, 2020
8 min

eLISA-A: Developing an Accessible Future Today, for the Leaders of Tomorrow

Recent Updates to our Modules/Projects By: Lauren Fong, Business Analyst for BIBC (NHLC Tech Case 3) As the pandemic continues to evolve, I find myself becoming more and more grateful for what I have. One of those things is accessibility to learning - in safe, welcoming environments. After speaking with Mary Lorette, VP of Technology Operations at BIBC, I realized that our current platform (eLISA) needed to further drive engagement and deliver learning content for students -

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