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Michaela Lewis has dreamt of being a designer since she was playing dressing up at six years old. “I was so young, but so ready. I always knew,” she said. “My mind has never changed.” By middle school, she was making and customising her own clothes...

It was the tools that attracted Marvelyn Rogers to the trades. Growing up in close-knit neighbourhoods, she always admired the skills of her male peers as they took apart and built their own motorbikes. “When I was younger I grew up in two different...

When the wrecking ball hit The Haven in 2000, Eugene Stovell and Timothy Sousa felt crushed. The building was once their refuge, Mr Stovell in the 1950s when it was a children’s home, and Mr Sousa in 1981 when it was a home for young mothers and thei...

At the beginning of this school year, Lyceum preschool embarked on a journey to transform a derelict courtyard into an outdoor classroom. After several planning sessions, the team which included staff, parents, and many members of the community sta...

Back in early January, chief officer Reginald Gomes and principal officers Sandra Gomes and Michael Christopher of the Farm facility were approached by Sarah Desilva and Llewellyn Simmons to partner for a project to transform Lyceum Preschool’s outdo...

We first heard about Lyceum’s intention to transform its outdoor learning space in September and were pleased to be invited to the public input session. From the start, the community was available and supportive of the project — this is the key to s...

Damn, I’m still alive. That’s what Tania Stafford thought when she awoke from a failed suicide attempt in October 2010. She’d neatly cut an artery in her arm, hoping to quietly slip away from the world. Luckily, her cat woke her up. “At first I thou...

They’re either going to really, really love it, or really, really hate it. That’s what Afnan Farooqui’s teacher said when she entered a Canadian high-school essay competition in January. The teacher was worried because the CedarBridge Academy student...

When it comes to footwear, its not uncommon to choose fashion over function. But with Stuart Weitzman’s nudist sandal, the strappy, minimal shoe is comfortable to wear and “as close to bare as a fashionable foot can get”. The brand is built upon th...

As a young doctor in 1985, Yasmin Darwich was invited to speak about the difficult balance between career and family. Thirty years later, she is still having the same conversation. The president of the International Federation of Business and Profess...