Whatever the future brings in their musical careers, Jamie Fine and Elijah Woods will always remember Algonquin College.
Since graduating nearly four years ago, the two alumni, both in their early 20s, have acquired a growing reputation for their music-making talents. In January, after winning an episode of CTV’s The Launch, their musical careers leaped to another level.
It all goes back to a fateful day in 2014, when Woods – then a student in the College’s music industry arts program – heard a classmate’s smartphone recording of Fine’s voice. Her singing so impressed him that he immediately tracked her down. “I was just blown away. I was like, ‘Why don’t I know her?’”
“It is quite incredible to reflect on the 50th anniversary of Algonquin College and realize that my career, also over the span of 50 years, began and will end with Algonquin. I take great pride in this.”
Cathy Yantha and Algonquin College have been a team for 50 years. It started in 1967: the same year Algonquin was founded. In fact, her Marketing and Advertising certificate names both Algonquin College and its predecessor, the Ontario Vocational Centre.
Now, Cathy works with Employment Services as the Co-op Coordinator at our Pembroke Campus. We spoke to Cathy about how she found her path and built her career. We are honoured to share her story.
Algonquin College taught Katrina Lewis to be an esthetician – and a feminist.
The former was the result of classes on skin care and body treatments in the College’s Esthetician diploma program, from which Lewis graduated in 2001. The latter was an unexpected consequence of the two-year Business Management and Entrepreneurship program Lewis completed last year.
