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Episode Six: How to Salvage your Gap Year During COVID-19
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...
Almeera Eman
Mar 17, 20208 min read


Episode Five: Who should take a gap year and why? Jane’s perspective as a Formal Guidance Counselor
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...
Almeera Eman
Mar 10, 20205 min read


Episode Four: Is your kid ready for post-secondary?
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...
Almeera Eman
Mar 4, 20204 min read


Episode Three: Lynn’s Story: Parenting a Gapper - Pre, During, and Post Gap Year
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...
Almeera Eman
Feb 25, 20202 min read


Episode One: Welcome to the Gap Year Podcast!
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...
Almeera Eman
Feb 25, 20204 min read


Episode Two: Life Lessons about University Deferrals, Age and Traveling, According to Grace
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...
Almeera Eman
Feb 25, 20202 min read


Gap Year Questions: What is a Gap Year and Who Takes Them?
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...
Almeera Eman
Feb 23, 20206 min read


What To Do If You Leave your Post-Secondary Program
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...
Almeera Eman
Feb 23, 20208 min read


What is a gap year anyways?
When people hear about the Canadian Gap Year Association, they start by asking if we make clothing... Then we have to start from the...
Michelle Dittmer
Jan 23, 20192 min read


So, you’re not going back to University in January - 3 Must Haves to Make it Great!
You are not alone! The Canadian Gap Year Association works with many young people who are not returning to post-secondary after first...
Michelle Dittmer
Dec 23, 20183 min read


Top 5 Tips For Telling Granny You’re Taking a Gap Year
Holiday dinners are always full of delicious food, warm wishes, unsolicited kisses from Aunt Ethel and concerned comments from Granny...
Michelle Dittmer
Dec 19, 20184 min read


Holiday Gifts for Gappers
With the holidays around the corner, its time to check off all of the people on your list. Maybe you have a gapper or future gapper on...
Michelle Dittmer
Dec 13, 20183 min read
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