Success does not usually happen in a straight line. It has twists and turns, speedbumps and detours. But something that’s fundamental to success is equipping yourself with the right skills…but what are the right skills? Well, let’s find out. Join me, Michael Sangster, as we learn about how successful people have turned a set of skills into success. From students to business leaders, veterans, policymakers, blue-collar workers and educators. You’ll find out how learning a set of skills can lead to a lifetime of success. Welcome to the EdUp Canada podcast. Let’s learn together.
EdUp Canada
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Success does not usually happen in a straight line. It has twists and turns, speedbumps and detours. But something that’s fundamental to success is equipping yourself with the right skills…but what are the right skills? Well, let’s find out. Join me, Michael Sangster, as we learn about how successful people have turned a set of skills into success. From students to business leaders, veterans, policymakers, blue-collar workers and educators. You’ll find out how learning a set of skills can lead to a lifetime of success. Welcome to the EdUp Canada podcast. Let’s learn together.
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Recent Episodes
July 1, 2026
Two-thirds had never been on a Set. Now There's $100 million in Production with Andrew Barnsley of the Toronto Film School & Executive Producer, Schitt's Creek
<p>Most people who've watched Schitt's Creek, Son of a Critch, Kids in the Hall, or Jann don't know they were watching a career college story unfold.</p><p><br></p><p>Andrew Barnsley — executive producer of all four, president of the Toronto Film School, and one of the most respected television producers in Canada — has spent the last several years running both a production company and an institution purpose-built to fill the creative industries with the people those productions need. In this Canada Day edition of the EdUp Canada Podcast, he makes the case that those two roles are not as separate as they sound.</p><p><br></p><p>The conversation starts in Newfoundland, where Andrew traces what five seasons of Son of a Critch did to an entire province's film industry: when they arrived, the province had roughly one and a half crews; when they left, it had more than doubled. $100 million in production flowed through in 2025 alone. That growth didn't happen by accident — it happened because the labour pool deepened, and labour pools deepen through training.</p><p><br></p><p>At Toronto Film School, Andrew is investing in the infrastructure that makes that depth possible: a new campus with motion capture studios, a theater, sound recording booths, and $2.5 million in state-of-the-art production equipment. The Hollywood Reporter has named it one of the top international film schools in the world for three consecutive years.</p><p><br></p><p>But the conversation's most memorable moment happens at a wrap party in Newfoundland, where Andrew turns to a grip and says: "Never forget how important your work is. When we do our jobs right at every level, we're impacting the world." It's a line he's been saying to students, too — and it's the clearest explanation of why he's doing both jobs at once.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>[00:07:30] — The Mission: A Graduate on Every Set, Coast to Coast to Coast</strong> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>[00:08:00] — One and a Half Crews to Four: The Newfoundland Story</strong> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>[00:09:30] — "Raise Your Hand If This Was Your First Time on a Set"</strong> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>[00:11:30] — Three Years on The Hollywood Reporter's List</strong> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>[00:15:00] — Why No Government Touches Film Tax Credits Anymore</strong> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>[00:17:00] — 1,000 People Bring One Show to Life</strong> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>[00:24:00] — "It Started in a Dark Room in St. John's"</strong> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>[00:36:30] — People Want to Know the Secret</strong> </p><p><br><a href="https://share.descript.com/view/3VAHa5tbuZE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><br></a><br></p><p><a href="https://www.edupcanada.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><br></a><br></p>
June 17, 2026
He Can't Sell Sonography Machines. There's No One to Run Them with Dr. Sherif William
<p>Most career colleges operate inside an office park or a downtown tower. Mississauga Career College operates inside a building that also houses a private school, a museum, a family service center, a food bank — and two churches, one of them so striking it stopped host Michael Sangster mid-sentence when he walked through the door.</p><p>Dr. Sherif William, a medical doctor by training who arrived in Canada and found his way into career college education in 2018, now directs the college. It's owned by a not-for-profit charity built specifically to serve newcomers to Canada — and the model shows up everywhere, from a personal support worker program that's graduated nearly 700 students directly into local care homes to a free tuition policy for students who genuinely can't pay, with every dollar of revenue cycling back into community programs like food banks and orphan support.</p><p>In this episode of the EdUp Canada Podcast, Sherif walks Michael through what it actually takes to get a 2,400-hour diagnostic sonography program approved in Ontario — a three-year process derailed midway by a regulatory rule change that sent them back to square one. He explains the college's unusual pre-medical pathway, which guarantees acceptance into four Caribbean medical schools for students who complete two years and hit an 80% success threshold. And he talks about a partnership with ACHEV, a government-funded settlement organization offering low-interest student loans specifically for newcomers training in regulated health programs.</p><p>It's a conversation about regulation, community, and what a career college can look like when its mission is community service first and everything else second.</p><p><strong>[00:02:00] — A College Built for Newcomers, By Design</strong></p><p><strong>[00:03:30] — The First Call He Made</strong> </p><p><strong>[00:04:30] — Inside the Building: A School, a Museum, Two Churches, and a Family Service Center</strong> </p><p><strong>[00:07:00] — Three Years, Two Sets of Rules</strong> </p><p><strong>[00:09:00] — "He Cannot Sell Machines"</strong> </p><p><strong>[00:10:30] — A Guaranteed Path Into Medical School</strong> </p><p><strong>[00:18:30] — "Show Up in Your Perfect Way"</strong> </p><p><strong>[00:22:30] — Free Tuition, No Questions Asked Publicly</strong> </p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://share.descript.com/view/1iW4ge9LZKn" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Read the full transcript here: https://share.descript.com/view/1iW4ge9LZKn </a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.edupcanada.ca/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Listen to past episodes here: https://www.edupcanada.ca/ </a></p><p><br></p>
June 10, 2026
100 Students Want to Be Doctors. 3% Will Make It. Here's What Nobody Tells the Rest with Jason Chu
<p>Most people picture a career college student as someone fresh out of high school looking for a fast path to a job. Jason Chu wants you to think again.</p><p><br></p><p>As Director of Operations at AAPS College of Health Sciences and Technology — formerly the Academy of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences, founded in Toronto in 2003 — Jason works with students who already hold bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhDs. Scientists who went through every academic credential the system offers and still couldn't land a job in the field they trained for. Internationally educated medical doctors who practiced for a decade and arrived in Canada to find their credentials didn't transfer. Food science graduates discovering that there's no job title called "biologist" — but dozens of openings in quality control.</p><p><br></p><p>AAPS exists to bridge that gap. In this episode of the EdUp Canada Podcast, Jason walks host Michael Sangster through what that actually looks like: a six-to-eleven-month postgraduate diploma program, industry professionals teaching live curriculum, an alumni network of managing directors and VPs who recruit directly from current cohorts, and career services that starts halfway through the program — because three months in, students are already applying for jobs.</p><p><br></p><p>He also tells the stories that stay with him: a PhD student who'd lost all hope, hired within three months of starting. A medical doctor who practiced overseas for a decade, companies lining up before he graduated. And a clear-eyed argument for why the career college sector — misconceptions and all — is doing work Canada can't afford to undervalue.</p><p><br><strong>[00:03:00] — "To Bridge That Gap Between Academia and Industry"</strong><br></p><p><strong>[00:05:00] — The Alumni Network That Recruits for You</strong> </p><p><strong>[00:09:30] — "500 Applicants. 90 to 95% Not What They're Looking For."</strong> </p><p><strong>[00:13:00] — What Professors Tell Him at University Talks</strong> </p><p><strong>[00:16:00] — The PhD Who Lost All Hope</strong> </p><p><strong>[00:18:00] — The Doctor Who Couldn't Start Over</strong> </p><p><strong>[00:21:00] — "I'll Give You Three Days to Sort This Out"</strong> </p><p><br><strong>[00:25:30] — "If You Have a Bad Batch of Tylenol"</strong> <br>Read the full transcript: <iframe src="https://share.descript.com/embed/g5wcRLYzaMm" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </p>
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