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After graduating from college with a diploma in horticulture, Meredith joined our Creative Employment Options program for help with her job search. She has anxiety, and is neurodivergent with diagnoses of autism and ADHD. Despite previously taking part in a horticulture co-op placement during school and related volunteer experience, she found she was facing barriers in finding employment.
Hannah is an occupational therapist at a pediatric clinic in Collingwood, Ontario. She’s also a Clubs That Care youth leader, making assistive devices for the clinic and her community.
Members of our Creative Employment Options team (from left to right), Nikki Langdon, Patty Lavakittichaiyant, and Julie Lebel, are at Canada’s largest bilingual career development conference — Cannexus 2025 in Ottawa.
Emily had been job hunting for the previous nine months and knew that fully remote positions were less common than they had been previously during the pandemic. However, she was determined to be optimistic about securing a remote position since she is unable to commute due to leg and hand pain.
Earlier this year, students from Queen’s Biomedical Innovation Team (QBiT) and Queen’s BioMechatronics Team (QBMeT) at Queen’s University took part in a design sprint with Neil Squire’s Makers Making Change program.