Oona Szyja

She is an introvert by nature, and if you would have asked me 20 years ago if she would be teaching, She would have laughed. What me? In front of a group of people? No way! she have very light skin that is prone to redness, which, as she was growing up, caused many people exclaim “Oh! She’s blushing!” even if she was not embarrassed. Therefore, She could not imagine speaking in front of people for a living. Not me.

Around 15 years ago, she was given the opportunity to work on a major modernization project with the organization she was working with at the time. This opportunity saw me as part of a team of people who were required to design training programs from scratch for thousands of employees to learn the new systems being implemented. Towards the end of the project, she found out that she was also expected to deliver the training she was developing. she was surprised and nervous … but she went out there and delivered training to an initial group of 40 people, plus around 10 of the senior executives of the organization. Talk about trial by fire! After the first 5 minutes, she discovered that she absolutely loved teaching/training people. It is pleasure to guide the participants and see them “get it”. she went on to train hundreds of people across Ontario and loved every minute of it. She was hooked. She have not looked back since. This is what she was meant to be doing – blushing and all!

She love sharing her knowledge of accounting with the students at Confederation College and also learning from them. It is truly a profession She is honoured to be a part of, and She look forward to going to work every day.