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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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Second year student has dreams of opening own spa

Second year student Shelley Sargent took a six year break before returning to MaKami College this semester to take her second year of training.
“I love learning and I love MaKami College,” says Sargent, who decided to come back and upgrade her training after finding out the college offered a second year program. “It sounded like a lot of fun and it has been. I’ve learned a lot of really valuable information that will help me with my career.”
Sargen is currently working at a spa...

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Makami College grad now a successful spa owner

Kerstin Pelletier is a Makami College alumni member!
Pelletier graduated from MaKami College’s massage therapy program and decided to open her own spa.
“I got a lot of confidence from learning at MaKami College and when I left I knew I had the tools to go out and be who I was and do a good job for my clients,” says Pelletier, who says she enjoys the feeling she gets from helping others.
“I see people come in not feeling well, and they often leave and they say they feel like...

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