Discover Year

Discover Year has provided some incredible lessons and opportunities that I will continue to carry throughout my life. For example, before joining I was really struggling to find a job, at 17 and I still hadn't had my first work experience. Thanks to staff and coaches I could land a solid job and start saving my earnings.

DY has also encouraged me to speak up for myself and out to voice my opinions and communicate effectively with others, I myself have witnessed even the shyest students become incredibly confident and outspoken through the year. I think that this course is a great place to build confidence and skills required in post-secondary life and everyone should have a structured gap year like this one.

my experience as an online dy student was great!! i loved getting to meet the people during the orientation period when i was in ottawa and experiencing new things!! the workshops were super helpful and informative,, and the mentors were all very insightful and interesting!! although i was physically not there for majority of the year, i still felt like i was apart of the team!! and even though i was not there during the experiential activities,, i was able to still participate in the activities by creating an experience on my own!!

At 18 I didn´t know what I wanted to do with my life after high school. I did my research and found DY. Since the first moment, every member of the staff was super nice and welcoming. The program itself is a great tool for your gap year. I got to build a lot of skills and learn topics that aren´t taught in school. The community is great and you´ll get to meet a lot of great people throughout the year. DY gave me a sense of who I am and who I aspire to be! Would totally recommend if you want to build new friendships and skills or if you feel a bit lost in life ;)

At 18 I didn´t know what I wanted to do with my life after high school. I did my research and found DY. Since the first moment, every member of the staff was super nice and welcoming. The program itself is a great tool for your gap year. I got to build a lot of skills and learn topics that aren´t taught in school. The community is great and you´ll get to meet a lot of great people throughout the year. DY gave me a sense of who I am and who I aspire to be! Would totally recommend if you want to build new friendships and skills or if you feel a bit lost in life ;)