The Globe and mail (PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 2022)
Sabbaticals can help with talent attraction and retention, experts say
Sally Phuong took a four-week sabbatical from her job as an account executive at Sun Life Financial last year so she could participate in a professional floral design program at the Canadian Institute of Floral Design in Toronto.
TORONTO life (October 2021)
I gave up my career as a TD executive to become a florist
BY LAURA SOUSA | PHOTOGRAPHY BY EBTI NABAG
Laura Sousa spent eight years as vice-president of enterprise project management at TD. When she started working remotely, she lost her passion for her work. So, last June, she resigned to become a florist. Here’s how her Covid career pivot came about.
–As told to Andrea Yu
Thirtieth Anniversary Wishes from the PMO (February 2019)
What an honour to receive these warm greetings and good wishes from The Rt. Hon. Justin P.J. Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada.
CIFD on CBC Marketplace (fall 2018)
CBC Marketplace, a popular consumer watchdog program, investigated a series of complaints lodged against a local florist. Host Charlsie Agro invited Don Waltho to provide his thoughts on the bouquets that the show ordered as a delivery experiment.
letters on our silver anniversary celebration (2014)
We were honoured to receive letters of congratulations from The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, and Ontario Premier, Kathleen Wynne on our 25th anniversary.
Early press: it’s a success! (Canadian Florist, 1989)
