Families are starting to feel the pressure for a post-secondary decision as the deadline for accepting an offer for fall 2020 gets...

Max Brauch, originally from Toronto, started back at Concordia University in the fall of 2020 after a gap year built on gaining new...

COVID-19 has forced everybody to slow down. With this extra time, people are taking the opportunity to refocus, re-center, and...

No Travel. No Problem. Everything right now feels uncertain, and many people thinking about school are feeling that same uncertainty,...

By now, we are all tired of hearing about COVID-19. We’re all wishing we could go back to normal, forget this ever happened and get on...

Because of COVID-19, everybody is experiencing some level of trauma. It might sound scary – trauma is a big word, and something we don’t...

Tim Tamashiro’s Ikigai is “to delight” – it is the reason he gets out of bed every morning and he wants you to live a life knowing your...

James spent his gap year working in hospitality and retail while taking the time to shift his focus into finding a pathway forward. He...

Gap Years aren’t all about travel. Despite what Instagram and media coverage of A-list celebrities and royalty might tell you, most...

COVID19, also known as the coronavirus, took over the world in March 2020, and because of it, many gappers have had to cancel or change...

After being removed from it for a little bit of time, we can forget how many major stressors and transitions happen in the late teenage...

I love to talk about this topic because it is one that keeps parents and teens up at night. Parents often approach me saying “my kid...

Lynn Trevesan is a mother of two girls, now 18 and 15 years old. But when her oldest daughter was reaching the end of high school, Lynne...

Everywhere I go, I hear incredible stories about gap years. Whenever I’m at different fairs or conferences, people come up to me to tell...

While you’re probably looking forward to what your gap year has in store, there’s probably still some nerves about things you don’t know...

So you’re trying to decide what comes next after high school, and there’s a lot of career options out there. Astronaut? Lawyer? Marine...

Finding the right path after high school isn’t easy – and anybody who pretends it is, is a liar. Okay, not necessarily. For some, it may...

When people hear about the Canadian Gap Year Association, they start by asking if we make clothing... Then we have to start from the...

You are not alone! The Canadian Gap Year Association works with many young people who are not returning to post-secondary after first...

Holiday dinners are always full of delicious food, warm wishes, unsolicited kisses from Aunt Ethel and concerned comments from Granny...