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Skills Canada can help students achieve their goals when they participate in the
events and activities put on by Skills Canada Nunavut.
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Name:
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Aloka Wijesooriya
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Hometown:
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Iqaluit
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Grade:
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12
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Prepared Speech
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My interest in Prepared Speech was sparked by removing my fear
of facing a large audience and communicating without breaking into a cold sweat
sparked my interested in prepared speech. I realized that within Skills Canada they
had a range of clubs for employment skills, technological skills to service skills.
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My inspiration is anyone around me, who are able to publically
speak without enduring the humiliation of addressing a large audience. Their confidence
boosted my confidence to persevere and improve my presentation skills to a vast
array of people. My advisors all helped me during my speech writing process, practicing
my speech and giving me words of encouragement before the competition. All the support
added to my self-confidence to deliver my speech with assuredness.
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My fondest memory with Skills Canada Nunavut was being selected
to go to Waterloo for the Skills National competition for prepared speech which
allowed me the privilege to be overswept with a feeling of jubilee. Preparing for
the speech took an excruciating amount of time, yet the moment that brought tears
into my eyes was during the closing ceremonies. Sitting with the rest of the Skills
Nunavut team and waiting for the results brought a feeling of anxiety. Finally when
they announced “Nunavut” and my name I felt a sense of triumph erupt in me. All
my hard work preparing for this moment finally paid off. Winning a bronze medal
in prepared speech will be one of my highest achievements and I am tremendously
proud of myself.
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Skills Canada has helped me to improve myself as a person. Prepared
speech was not the only skills clubs that I took part in, cooking and baking were
among the other clubs I practiced. All the clubs helped me become more independent,
whether speaking to a group of people or serving a meal for a hundred. The knowledge
that I gained during my sessions in each skills club boosted my ability to face
dilemmas. All the skills I learned will always stay with me and Skills Canada is
who helped me learn and appreciate them.
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My future career goals are still undetermined, but all the skills
I gained will help me while I live independently. The benefits of Skills Canada
helped me become a well-rounded person because certain skills need to be obtained
first hand and not through books. These on-hand skills will become an asset for
my future career.
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Name:
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Bjorn Simonsen
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Hometown:
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Iqaluit
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Grade:
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12
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Silver Medalist at the 2007 Canadian Skills Competition
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My interest in TV and video production was sparked by my love of
making films for school projects when I was younger.
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My inspiration is the great modern filmmakers of Hollywood like
Quentin Tarantino and Alfonso Cuarón.
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My fondest memory with Skills Canada Nunavut was the day of the
competition because it was so intense and there was a lot of pressure to produce
a very polished final product in only one day. It was a rush. Winning was pretty
cool.
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Skills Canada has helped to push me to do better in general. Our
instructor shows us that everything can be improved and that is inspiring when it
comes to doing almost any task, because you know if you try you can do a really
great job.
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My future career goals are to go into the field of filmmaking and
video production.
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Name:
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Lauren Solski
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Hometown:
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Iqaluit
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Grade:
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12
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Silver Medalist at the 2007 Canadian Skills Competition
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My interest in TV and video production was sparked by my passion
for journalism.
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My inspiration is the creativity and determination that is seen
in today’s media field.
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My fondest memory with Skills Canada Nunavut is winning the gold
medal for Prepared Speech at the Canadian Skills Competition in Edmonton two years
ago.
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Skills Canada has helped to broaden my experience in the field
of journalism through speaking in front of a crowd and dealing with deadlines and
pressures.
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My future career goals are to attend Ryerson University in the
fall for journalism and achieve my goal of becoming a television broadcaster.
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Name:
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Lucy Idlout
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Hometown:
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Iqaluit
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Grade:
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Second Year Nunavut Arctic College Student
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Silver Medalist at the 2007 Canadian Skills Competition
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My interest in hairstyling was sparked by my Barbies! All of my
Barbies had different haircuts and styles.
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My inspiration is the hairdressing course I am taking, which reinforces
my passion for hair.
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My fondest memory with Skills Canada Nunavut is my first Canadian
Skills Competition where my baby competed with me (I was 7 months pregnant!).
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Skills Canada has helped me to become more interested in hair and
more precise with cuts and styles. Now, at night I think about all the new hairstyles
I can do.
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My future career goals are to do hairstyling.
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Name:
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Eliane Kanayuk-Gabriel
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Hometown:
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Iqaluit
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Grade:
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Third Time Canadian Skills Competitor
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My interest in baking was sparked by going to a cooking Skills
Competition that made me realize how much I loved cooking.
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My inspiration is Skills Canada, family and friends.
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My fondest memory with Skills Canada Nunavut how intense the National
Competition is. Skills Canada has helped me to learn a lot about cooking and competition
and got me excited about cooking and baking.
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My future career goals are to have my own bakeshop café/restaurant.
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