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Walking Down Memory Lane with MaKami Alumni and MaKami 14 Days Winner!

It was such a lovely visit with Florentina & Lucia Diamondi today at the MaKami College Edmonton Campus.

Lucia is our Day 10 winner, coming to pick up her prize, passes to Kananaskis Nordic Spa. She has faithfully been entering the 14 Days of Christmas Giveaways contest for years and this year she won!

Her mother, Florentina, was a graduate of MaKami College from 2004, and knows all our original staff members, it...

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Emergency Financial Support Now Available For Students!

The Federal Government announced on April 22 that on May 1, 2020 the Canada Student Emergency Benefit will be offered to all students that are currently in College or University, are enrolling in studies that start between May 1st. 2020 to September 2020 or students who graduated from December 2019 to now. The Canada Student Emergency...

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Alumni Save Money!

Did you know that as a MaKami College Alumni you can add more skills to your resume, make your self more appealing to future employers and save money? That's right, MaKami College Alumni save when you sign up for our workshops and programs.

To learn more email us or call 1.833.262.5264.

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Steiner One Spa World Calgary Interview Fair Coming to MaKami Calgary

Attention MaKami Alumni!

MaKami College Calgary campus is excited to host Steiner for their Calgary interview fair. Steiner recruits internationally for fitness trainers, massage therapists, and beauty therapists, to be contracted out to cruise liner onboard spas around the world. Successful applicants will attend training in London England prior to being sent out to begin their contracts onboard cruise ships.

Qualified candiates who are interested should visit ...

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Eye on Alumni

Rita joined the MaKami College campus in Calgary this month as our new Clinic Supervisor!
Rita has more than 20 years of experience in the massage therapy industry and has been a teacher at Mount Royal College in Calgary for more than 15 years.
“Along with teaching I also ran clinic at Mount Royal, I’ve always really enjoyed it,” says Rita, who is responsible for organizing clinic, ensuring students practice their techniques properly and that they get enough hours to graduate....

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Welcome New Staff to MaKami!

Have you met Janine? Janine is our new Clinic Supervisor in Calgary and started in November 2013! Janine is responsible for meeting clients, booking appointments and managing staff to ensure our clinic runs smoothly. As a massage therapist for 10 years and a teacher at Mount
Royal University, Janine has plenty of massage industry experience and is a great asset
to MaKami. “I love it here,” she says. “It’s so much fun and I get great one-on-one time with the students.”

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Eye on Alumni: Spencer

For Spencer, taking the the Advanced Clinical Massage Therapy program at MaKami College was a natural fit.
“I chose massage therapy because I was always in sports and the whole aspect of treating athletes brought my attention to massage therapy,” says Spencer. “I knew how important getting my 2,200 hours was. Plus I wanted to keep going right after first year to second year to stay fresh and on top of my game.”
And Spencer did just that. After graduating this spring he got a job...

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Eye on Alumni: Meet Floretina!

Meet Florentina, one of the first grads to ever come from Makami College! Florentina attended MaKami College in 2003 where she got her 1,250 hours of training. She returned years later to complete her 3,000 hours course. Since then, Florentina has been doing massage at Body Polish Spa and provides massage treatments from home. “I’ve been doing it for eight years total,” she says. “I’ve definitely done more than 10,000 massages!”
Congratulations on your successful career as a massage...

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Eye on Alumni - Meet Ai!

Ai graduated from Makami College’s first year program in 2005. Upon graduation she was hired at Eveline Charles Salon and Spa downtown, where she has been working for the past seven years. Ai has even had the chance to massage Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas!
“I really enjoy working in a spa environment because the setting is very relaxing for clients and I feel relaxed working there. It is such a pleasure for me to see how my clients’ moods change after treatments.”
Ai says she’...

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Eye on Alumni: Krista Gagne, business owner

When Krista Gagne decided to take Makami College’s second year program last year she had planned on working in more clinical settings.
“That’s not really how it turned out when I graduated,” says Krista, who currently serves over 120 clients in her own mobile business.
“I love it,” she says. “I get to make my own hours and I actually use a lot more of the skills I learned in my second year than my first.”
Gagne credits Makami College’s instruction and atmosphere for helping...

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