Share this Story : They started university amid a pandemic. Is the class of 2024 ready for what's next? Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News They started university amid a pandemic. Is the class of 2024 ready for what's next? From poor stress management to a lack of public speaking experience, how prepared are this year's graduates to enter the working world? Author of the article: Abyssinia Abebe, Special to the Citizen Published May 20, 2024 • Last updated 38 minutes ago • 7 minute read Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here .
Or sign-in if you have an account. Jonah Grignon is graduating in journalism at Carleton University. Photo by JULIE OLIVER / POSTMEDIA Article content It was a strange experience for Jonah Grignon when he ran into a classmate at an art show during COVID-19.
Grignon, now a recent graduate from Carleton’s Journalism school, had taken all of his first-year classes on Zoom. It was a year later, while reporting on the art exhibit for his second-year class, that he bumped into the schoolmate and realized they had never actually met in person. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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