Beau Sackey, AMBA, has written Come and Thrive, a book to help newcomers to Canada and young people find work and start their careers. Beau says he was inspired to write it while teaching at Seneca College. There, he often found himself helping students (including many immigrants) improve job-search and job-interview skills. “Assisting my students this way got me thinking about how I could impact more people in an effective way,” he says. The book is available at comeandthrive.ca and Amazon.
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Kimberley Shuya, AMBA’20, and Warren Shuya welcomed a baby boy, Finn Eli, on Dec. 2, 2023 in Edmonton.
Katherine Wong Too Yen, BCom’12, says that she’s taken on a new role as director of marketing at Adro, a fintech company based in New York City that offers credit cards, chequing and savings accounts to U.S. newcomers.
Kat Wong Too Yen, BCom, tells us that after six years at EQ Bank, she recently joined Perch
(myperch.io), a real-estate technology startup in Toronto. Kat heads up marketing efforts at the company, which, she says, recently closed a seed round of funding and is “now focusing on scaling.” Perch also recently ranked No. 3 on the “Top 27 Hottest Toronto Startups” list of FoundersBeta.
Katherine Wong Too Yen, BCom, has taken on a new role as senior manager, customer engagement at Equitable Bank (EQ Bank) after spending close to five years in the company’s digital-banking operations unit.