News from Quint
Gordie’s Success Story
“I got a job and that is what it is all about!” Gordie was used to walking onto a job site and handing in his resume directly to the employer to get the jobs he wanted. However, when he finished his last janitorial position he knew he was going to have to switch up...
A Pandemic Shift. What are Employers Looking for in their Next Employee?
Temporary and permanent closures of businesses along with daily news headlines as a result of COVID-19 have made it hard for the ripples in the local labour market to go unnoticed. Saskatoon’s labour market has seen a harsh decrease of 17,300 jobs since the month of...
Disparities in Saskatoon’s Core Neighbourhoods
Saskatoon’s west side core neighbourhoods experience a concentration of poverty and underdevelopment. Almost every benchmark concerning human development—such as economic growth, health, education, and standards of living show significant disparities between the core...
Can We Create More Equitable And Just Communities After the COVID Crisis?
Vulnerable people in low income and marginalized communities are at greater risk from and are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This unprecedented crisis is highlighting the need to address structural inequities in our communities in order to...
Can You Bake A Cherry Pie – Quint in the “Baking” Our Early Years
I remember, actually quite fondly, being at an event two years after our start up when a provincial government representative came up to me, shook my hand and said congratulations. Puzzled I asked him why the congratulations and he replied “You proved me wrong. I...
Adam’s Story
“I’m 24. Eight months ago, I got my first job. I graduated from high school in 2013. However, I didn’t look for a job for many years because I worried that a workplace would be like high school, which had some very bad days. My mom made my first appointment at Quint...