Welcome to Eight Days A Week! I am really happy you are here and I hope you enjoy your time. I’m excited to present this blog alongside some fantastic contributors. Since graduating from my undergrad, I have been actively working to continuously develop skills in an area I am extremely passionate about – communications. My love for writing, for sports, business and life, and for connecting with people has evolved my vision for a blog into what Eight Days A Week is now. The importance of finding and feeding your passion, whether it is in your career, personal life or beyond cannot be overstated. Instead of a recipe book for ultimate success, our blog will hopefully cultivate new thoughts and ideas through sharing experiences and reflections of successes or failures.

As a young professional, I take a great deal from others and their career paths. I learn not only when hearing from executives, but also from my peers. When I was in my first year of university one of my professors told me to look around, he told me that my best network was the people sitting around me in that room. It turns out that professors know exactly what they are talking about as my peers have turned into a supportive and budding network. They continue to connect me with new people and opportunities. They also continue to grow my mind.

Each of the Eight Days A Week contributors have graduated from Sports Administration at Laurentian University, the only program in Canada to pair a commerce degree with Sports Administration. The program is fantastic and offers experiential learning, including numerous opportunities inside the sports industry to build your network. Additionally, the program instills fundamental knowledge of business. Despite the same degree each contributor has chosen a different path and is focused on different levels/areas of sports and business. Their experience is extremely diverse including the Olympics, Toronto PanAm, National Sports Organizations (Hockey Canada, Sail Canada, Softball Ontario), the CFL, OHL, and NHL. Additionally, there are many fantastic opportunities outside of sport and I hope we can showcase some of those streams too. The range of variety is exciting, isn’t it? So continue reading, and tell us what you think!