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Career Explorations

The interviews on this page are with individuals who practice interesting or unusual careers, which may provide some inspiration to students in their career explorations.

Dr. Elvis Cepuš

Dr. Elvis Cepuš is a forensic engineer who works for MEA Forensic in Vancouver, British Columbia. He conducts failure analyses on a variety of component and machine failures. Examples are metallic and plastic plumbing and fire protection system components, ladder mishaps, transmission bearings, metallic and plastic fastener failures, and automotive component failures. In his interview, he describes a bicycle seat failure case that he investigated and talks about what a job in forensic engineering entails.

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Jennifer Jager

Jennifer Jager has 20 years of experience in federal government communications, working in media relations, parliamentary affairs, public affairs and emergency communications. Jennifer is currently a Senior Communications Advisor in Marketing and Outreach at Public Safety Canada, focused primarily on the Department’s emergency preparedness social marketing campaign and strategic marketing partnerships. Jennifer has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Mass Communications from Carleton University. In her interview, she talks about the role of a communications advisor and a social marketing campaign called “72 hours – Is Your Family Prepared?”

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Nicole Roch

Nicole Roch has been a crown attorney for the Manitoba Department of Justice in Winnipeg for the past two years and specializes in cases involving domestic violence. Prior to that, she had a private practice as a defence lawyer. In her interview, she talks about dealing with the stress of being in a high conflict job and striving to give people a positive experience with the justice system.

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Rachel Topps Colman

Rachel Topps Colman has enjoyed working as a Speech Language Pathologist for 15 years. She received an honours degree from McMaster University in 1994 and a Master of Speech Sciences in 1996 from the University of British Columbia. Rachel lives in Ottawa with her husband and 3 children. In her interview, she talks about her role in helping children improve their speech and language skills and one particularly memorable woman that she worked with early in her career.

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Sandy Reif

Sandra Reif is a registered massage therapist, practicing at Westboro Physiotherapy in Ottawa, Ontario. She uses her training to treat athletic injuries, overuse/ repetitive strain injuries, myofacial issues, muscle imbalances, TMJ syndrome and a variety of other conditions and ailments. In her interview, she describes some of the challenges of massage therapy and explains why she loves her job.

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Tyler Smith

Tyler Smith has been an electronics technologist at the Communications Research Centre, a division of the Federal Government that is based in Ottawa, for 16 years. He specializes in communications equipment prototyping and integration. In his interview, Tyler talks about leaving engineering for a more hands-on technologist program and how he wishes he had more time for learning on the job.

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