Closing the gap year gap for Toronto

Julie Newton (51) has had a lifelong interest in education and training, and had a rewarding career with the Provincial Government for 15 years, before raising her two children, now in their twenties. As an empty nester a few years back, shea new career as a life/business coach. Julie was born and raised in the UK where gap years are becoming almost mandatory for thinking youth. A high energy woman herself, who plays platform tennis and is a power rower, she understands the need of many young people to be active and adventurous, and saw how her own children needed to ‘regroup’.

Julie’s business partner, friend and neighbour Tara Rinomato (43) has long-term involvement in education too. She has a bent for creative problem solving competitions and finding alternative learning situations for her (three) children during their summers, as well as imparting the value of volunteering and recharging by getting back to nature. Julie and Tara talked about the education system, gap years, and finding alternatives, and an idea was born.

Their research began in 2007. In 2008 Julie and Tara together started their www.mygapyear.ca partnership, based on their mutual interests and passions. And the two dynamic women have since built a brand new business.

(5 votes, average: 4.20 out of 5)

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