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Bakery entrepreneurs

Young Entrepreneurs – Math and Your Dream Business

Backgrounders

Learn how entrepreneurs use math when starting a business.

Heinz Plaumann leading a training session

Heinz Plaumann (he/him)

Career Profiles

Co-founder and CEO

I run a business that offers career, life coaching and training to a wide age range of people.
Father and daughter doing online banking

Buying Power: The Math Behind Money

Backgrounders

Learn the basics of managing your money.

Luke Humphries

Luke Humphries

Career Profiles

Director, Process Development

I lead teams of scientists to discover and develop the best ways of making drug molecules for clinical trials.
Engineers and architect looking at blueprints

Careers in Building and Design

Lessons

Students explore careers that involve designing and building structures and devices.

Group of students working together

Team Tower Challenge

Lessons

Students will explore what it means to be a member of a team and highlight the skills and qualities that make one a good team member.

Portrait de Madu Kingsley

Madu Kingsley

Career Profiles

Manager, Digital Platform

I manage a diverse team of cross-functional software developers.
Nathan Kostiuk headshot

Nathan Kostiuk

Western Regional Coordinator

Nathan coordinates the work of the Let’s Talk Science volunteer sites from Manitoba to British Columbia.
Rod Russell

Dr. Rod Russell

Professor of Virology and Immunology

I run a research lab where we study viruses and how they cause disease.
Mariam Jordi sur le site de construction d'un bâtiment pour la formation des pompiers et pompières.

Miriam Jordi (she/her)

Career Profiles

Project Coordinator

Miriam works with a construction company and helps make sure projects are completed on time and on budget.
Illustration of the Earth

Summer Symposium Series: Climate Career Resources

Backgrounders

A career focused on climate change and sustainability would let you help people by working to help solve the biggest problems of our time.

Student going over materials and plans

Summer Symposium Series: Engineering Career Resources

Backgrounders

A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.

Peter Grootelaar

Peter Grootelaar

Engineer, Kitimat Operations Superintendent

Marianne Torres-Heckford in laboratory

Marianne Torres-Heckford

Microbiology Technologist

I provide technical assistance to the University of Winnipeg Biology Department teaching and research labs.
Fairy Sahay

Fairy Sahay

Civil Engineer (Green Economy Project)

I work to protect, conserve and restore natural resources.