“The pandemic gave people an opportunity to really rethink who they are and what it is that’s important to them, as far as their careers are concerned,” says Gina Antonacci, senior vice-president of academic at Humber College in Toronto. Log In Create Free AccountĬanada’s colleges and institutions are seeing the fallout from nearly two years of pandemic angst, in the form of an increase in mature students seeking either new skills for jobs they still love, or new jobs altogether.