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Meet the Speakers at this Summer’s 2016 Ashton Achievement Awards
On June 18th, Ashton students, faculty, and administrators will gather at the Burnaby Mountain Clubhouse to celebrate their achievements over the past year. The Ashton Achievement Awards are the...
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The Power of Personality | Tammy McKinnon
For Tammy McKinnon, personality and career go hand in hand. As the Human Resources Manager at New Line Hose & Fittings, an industrial distribution company with offices throughout BC and Alberta,...
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Think Big & Empower Others | Rosanna Pancotto
If a true influencer is the one that always strives for more, makes her work her passion, and does her best to serve others, then there is no better candidate than Rosanna Pancotto to fit the...
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Exploring the Barriers to Immigrant Success in Canada
Immigration is the darling of the Canadian media. The press loves feel good stories of immigrants who experience hardship on their journey to Canada only to redeem themselves with hard work,...
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A Journey To Permanent Residence | Katharine Mills
Just upstairs from the main floor here at Ashton is the administration offices. In many ways, the fourth floor of the building is the nerve centre of the campus. It’s where upper management, program...
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Hard Work, Heart and Passion | Alex Chiu
Alex Chiu’s views on life, work and success can be summed up with a favourite quote of his: “Hard work isn’t just about physical work. It’s about putting your heart and your passion into something.”...
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Lifelong Learning, Coaching & Growth | Michelle Gibbons
Michelle Gibbons is very open about her passion in her career and her life. A lifelong learner and a dedicated facilitator, Michelle does her best to emphasize the importance of knowledge and education...
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Introducing the Abbotsford Campus
You might have seen glimpses of some big news on our social media channels over the past few months; but in case you didn’t here it is: Ashton College is opening up a brand new campus right in the...
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Refugees, Immigration and Rhetoric
The decision to leave one’s country of origin is never easy. The journey of an immigrant is usually arduous, definitely stressful and always unpredictable. It’s because of this that immigration in...
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The Passion to Make a Difference | Bobby Ning
If you were to ask Bobby Ning in 1999 if he could see himself running a successful Vancouver based financial literacy group with a growing list of clients, he’d probably shrug off the suggestion with a...
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Strength, Perseverance & Positive Attitude | Nevena Djuricic
Nevena Djuricic is the Executive Director of New West Immigration Services, and an instructor in Ashton’s Immigration Consultant Diploma program. Coming from a law background, Nevena had to start her...
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Dealing with Data Loss
It’s a finance officer’s worst nightmare: data loss. And if it doesn’t cause accountants and bookkeepers to have sleepless nights or wake up in a cold sweat then it’s at least enough to make the job...
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The Road to Success | Jesse Bittle
It isn’t often that a nineteen year old decides to enter the finance world and immediately becomes successful at it. Even less frequently do they buy into a life insurance company at age 24 and become...
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Celebrating Canada’s 149th Birthday
Tomorrow is Canada Day. All across the country, Canadians new and old will gather together to celebrate being part of this great country. It will be a day of raucous celebration for some and for...
View Article2016 Summer Ashton Achievement Awards
The 2016 Summer Ashton Achievement Awards (AAA) took place on Saturday, June 18th at the Burnaby Mountain Clubhouse. AAA is Ashton’s biannual celebration of our students’ success and their recent...
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Pursuing New Opportunities | Karen Klouth
Immigration to a different country can require certain sacrifices, including leaving your career behind. But Karen Klouth has never seen coming to Canada as a sacrifice – for her, it was an...
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Eagerness to Explore New Opportunitites | Marcelle Sprecher
Some individuals have a specific career path in mind that they are eager to pursue with perseverance and dedication. For Marcelle Sprecher, that was not the case – and she never wanted it to be that...
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Home Inspections Across BC Fall to Basement Levels
There’s big news in the Vancouver housing market and as usual, it isn’t pretty. A story broke yesterday all over the media, and we figured we’d give an expert opinion on it from one of our own....
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Coworking in Heritage Buildings: New Opportunities in Old Spaces
When it comes to real estate in Vancouver, space is always at a premium. With the entire downtown core occupying an area of less than four kilometres, over fifty thousand people compete with one...
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Perseverance Brings Rewards | Erin Wanini
The road towards your dream career is not always straightforward. Sometimes you need to have a desire to succeed and perseverance to take the first step – and that’s the step Erin Wanini took to change...
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