The month of February was the travel period at Discover Year – a time when our students were given complete freedom to travel anywhere they wanted, as long as they chose a destination that piqued their curiosity and would expose them to places, people and situations that would teach them something…
Measuring Success at Discover Year

Many of our students go on to post-secondary education. Many have incredible stories that can be told to impress an audience. Many meet the superficial metrics for “success” in our society - good grades, working toward high-status degrees, jobs and organizations. It’s great. But honestly, we don’t really…
The Benefits of Taking a Gap Year: Reflections From a Discover Year Alumna

Discover Year life path coach Britt-Mari Sykes recently caught up with Kate Gallagher [https://brittmarisykes.ca/interview/kate-gallagher], a Discover Year alumna who was enrolled in the program's inagural year. Kate now lives and works in Dublin, Ireland, where continues to apply the lessons and skills she learned during her…
Discover Year - Lessons Learned: Humility and Inspiration

Stanley cup champions, PhDs, award-winning entrepreneurs, Olympic athletes, empathetic educators, dedicated parents, innovative engineers, expert communicators, passionate humanitarians, warm-hearted counsellors and enthusiastic students. These represent a fraction of the adjectives and careers we could use to describe the people that make up our committee of Discover Year mentors and educators.…