Stories of Success

Nadine volunteers as a tutor at Pathways Ottawa where she has been helping students graduate from high school since 2014. While completing her master’s degree at University of Ottawa, Nadine began looking for volunteer tutoring opportunities. Learning about the...

When students see themselves represented in role models, it helps to shape their self-belief and exposes them to a range of possible career paths—helping them to become the next generation of leaders in their own community and beyond.   Being a role model for...

Today is International Women’s Day, and the theme for 2021—#ChooseToChallenge— encourages everyone to call out gender bias and inequality while also seeking out and celebrating women’s accomplishments. This celebration and empowerment of women, which uplifts them...

“It can be hard to remember that I am valued and cared about when I am unable to truly 'see' or talk to people I care about. When I feel this way, I look back on pre-COVID times and I remember all of the meaningful relationships I have at Pathways and it makes me feel...

This year's Hooked on School Days gives us the opportunity to express our pride in Pathways students in Québec for whom perseverance in school has never been more important than it is today. Over the last year, young people have been forced to adapt to new ways of...

To mark Black History Month, we invited Pathways alum Tatiana to reflect on what the celebration means to her. Here’s what she had to say:  When I was younger, I always wondered why there was a month dedicated to Black History. There was not a month dedicated to other...

2020 has been a year of challenges, but also of perseverance and hope. To celebrate everything we’ve been able to accomplish together, we asked Pathways students to design our holiday card to show their appreciation to you—Pathways donors, supporters, volunteer...

The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to disrupt our world, with youth living in low-income communities being disproportionately impacted and experiencing amplified barriers to education. https://pathwayscanada.wistia.com/medias/a1axxnrj4v By adapting our program...

Emma is a Pathways alum from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She believes it’s important to have diverse voices in literature and hopes to create a non-profit organization to support young writers.   Emma smiles as she signs her book, The Fairy King. She’s at the Miami Book...

The summer before Riely started Grade 9, his mother found a Pathways flyer in their mailbox. “She told me to check it out, see if I liked it,” remembers Riely. “My first day there I met Darlene who is the Program Director, and for meeting a complete stranger, she had...

For more than a century, Indigenous peoples have faced systemic oppression as a result of colonialism and racism. This has greatly impacted their access to education—particularly education that is culturally appropriate and reflective of their histories, cultures, and...

Divine is a Pathways alum from Ottawa, Ontario. After graduating from high school in 2016, she pursued a career in nursing and her goal is to work in pediatric care at a local children’s hospital. Even though her graduation didn't quite look like she’d planned,...