YES April Newsletter 2014-05-08
The YES April Newsletter comes packed with information including our a re-cap of the Women in Technology: NetWORK Now event, the 17th Annual YES Entrepreneurship Conference, the YES Video Project, YES in the NEWS, the Client of the Month and more!
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| In this issue: 17th Annual YES Entrepreneurship Conference RECAP: Women in Technology: NetWORK Now Event YES Internship Program is now OPEN YES Video Project: Making It Work / Getting Inspired YES Fundrasing: THANK YOU! Client of the Month: Vanessa Reid YES in the news: The value of a positive attitude in the workplace Did you know? Winter/Spring 2014 Program Book April Workshops |
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| 17TH ANNUAL YES ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE : UNLEASH YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT! | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| RECAP: WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY - NETWORK NOW EVENT | ||||||||||||||||||||
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On Thursday, March 27th, YES hosted the NetWORK Now event, as part of the Women in Technology initiative funded by Status of Women Canada. Twenty one hand-picked, job-ready candidates met with employers from the tech industry for an evening of networking and on-the-spot job interviews. The event took place at the Quebec regional offices of Google and provided the perfect backdrop for our star clients to meet, present to and impress such high profile companies as Ubisoft, ALDO, Lightspeed, BAM Strategy and Forensic Technology, among others. To view the full set of photos from the event, click here. For more information about our Women in Technology Program, click here. |
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| MAKING IT WORK / GETTING INSPIRED! | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| YES FUNDRAISING : THANK YOU! | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| THE YES PAID INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS NOW OPEN! | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| CLIENT OF THE MONTH: VANESSA REID | ||||||||||||||||||||
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As a child growing up on a farm in Alberta, Vanessa Reid was fascinated by code. She taught herself HTML and CSS for fun and succeeded in building her first website when she was just eleven years old. After high school, Vanessa was accepted into Ryerson University’s elite Radio and Television Arts program and moved to Toronto where she earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree with a specialty in Digital Media Production and a minor in English. She then worked in web content management for the Toronto International Film Festival and the Canadian Mental Health Association. In late 2012, Vanessa moved to Montreal and was hired at Concordia’s radio station, CJLO, to build an online episode archive and redevelop their website. Towards the end of her contract at CJLO, her boss (Station Manager Stephanie Saretsky) recommended that she apply to participate in YES Montreal’s Women in Technology NetWORK Now event. Vanessa was chosen out of over 60 applicants to be one of the 21 women to attend. |
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| The event provided her with an exceptionally invaluable opportunity to meet and connect with influential professionals doing interesting and innovative work in her field. Vanessa was offered follow-up interviews with no less than five companies who are interested in hiring her as a web developer. “As a woman who is passionate about web development, YES Montreal’s Women in Technology program was not only greatly beneficial to my job search but also deeply inspiring,” Vanessa says. “I strongly support YES Montreal and Status of Women Canada’s forward-thinking efforts to advocate for women working in the technology sector and I am proud to have been involved in this pioneering program.” |
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| YES IN THE NEWS:THE VALUE OF A POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN THE WORKPLACE | ||||||||||||||||
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In this segment, and as part of an ongoing look at employment issues around Quebec, YES' Executive Director, Iris Unger speaks with Global Montreal's Breakfast Show host Richard Dagenais about ways to stay positive when you are looking for work and how important that positive attitude is in the workplace.
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| DID YOU KNOW? | ||||||||||||||||
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| For information and updates, visit our website at www.yesmontreal.ca |
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| YES WINTER/SPRING 2014 PROGRAM BOOK | ||||||||||||||||
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| APRIL/MAY WORKSHOPS | ||||||||||||||||
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THE JOHN DOBSON FOUNDATION THE HAY FOUNDATION THE TAUBEN FOUNDATION
THE ZELLER FAMILY FOUNDATION THE LARRY & COOKIE ROSSY FAMILY FOUNDATION CANDEREL |
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| SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR MEDIA PARTNERS | ||||||||||||||||
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