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Category: Stories

From Passion to Profit: Shawn Docksader’s Food Entrepreneurship Journey with Oneida Sweet Treats

Oneida Sweet Treats

For Shawn Docksader, the founder and owner of Oneida Sweet Treats, in Oneida Nation of the Thames, Delaware Ontario, the journey into the food and beverage industry was born out of passion, community, and a desire to create something meaningful.  From his early days learning to cook in high school to launching his own business […]

From Bangladesh to Ontario: Johny Palma’s Success Story in the Food and Beverage Processing Industry

Johny Palma’s Success Story in the Food and Beverage Processing Industry

Ontario’s food and beverage processing industry is brimming with opportunities. It offers professionals a platform to leverage their skills while contributing to a sector essential to daily life.  Johny Palma, a mechanical and industrial engineer from Bangladesh, has learned first-hand the dynamic career paths available in this industry. His journey, which began overseas and has […]

Why ‘It’s Souper’ to be a Food Entrepreneur

Food entrepreneur Lola Adeyemi, founder of It's Souper!

Lola Adeyemi’s journey as a food entrepreneur started when she wanted to create an easy way for people to make and share her favourite African soups in Canada.

From Sanitation Worker to Plant Manager: Adam Fontaine’s Career Journey at Bonduelle

Climb the ladder from an entry level position to a career in the food and beverage processing industry

Adam Fontaine shares his career journey from sanitation worker to plant manager!

Maple Lodge Farms’s Victoria Cartagena: A Great Employee Experience Champion

A photo outside the Maple Lodge Farms facility.

As Employee Experience Champion, Victoria is tasked with employee engagement which means new hires and long-standing employees know they are valued as an essential part of the Maple Lodge Farms family.

What is the Role of a Great Maintenance Manager?: A Q&A with Alek Zelnins of Gay Lea Foods

Alek Zelnins is maintenance manager at Gay Lea Foods.

Alek Zelnins talks about being Maintenance Manager at Gay Lea Foods.

Don’t Follow Your Passion: Focus on Developing Transferable Skills

Chefs bring a lot of transferable skills to the food and beverage processing industry.

Veronica Hislop dives into the importance of transferable skills when it comes to careers in food!

New FoodGrads Podcast: How to Put on Your Innovator Hat Using Side Projects

Michelle Lang, serial innovator, talks about her experience at Niagara College's in the FoodGrads Podcast.

The FoodGrads Podcast’s episode 19 features an interview with food scientist and soon-to-be graduate of Niagara College’s Culinary Innovation and Food Science, Product Development program, Michelle Lang, who is also a serial innovator who has run a few of her own businesses, too.

Canada’s First Honours Bachelor of Food Studies Program

Study food in the Honours Bachelor of Food Studies degree program at George Brown College.

Introducing Canada’s First Bachelor of Food Studies Program from George Brown College.

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