09/27/2026
On September 23, I was honoured to attend the Hospitality Awards as a nominee for the Employer of the Year Award 2026.
Being nominated was both humbling and exciting. A sincere thank you to Jade Wilk for the nomination.
Working with today’s youth certainly comes with challenges, but I truly believe that working alongside young people with diverse needs and abilities has helped me grow, both personally and professionally, as an employer. For the past 17 years, I have been a small business owner, striving to be fair, accommodating, and supportive while helping young adults reach their potential as future members of the workforce.
One employee was with us for 13 of our first 14 years in business. During that time, she earned two degrees while working summers at The Store by The Shore. Although she has since built a successful career in education, she still returns to help with our July 1st pancake breakfast and is often willing to step in whenever I need an extra hand.
I have had many employees who have returned summers while pursuing their degrees. One former employee who also earned a degree in education came back again this year to help with the July 1st breakfast and stepped in when I needed support. This year, two employees completed their first year at the University of Regina and returned to work for the summer. Having them back made training new staff much easier and reminded me how fortunate I am to have such dedicated people on my team.
There are also former employees who started their very first job here, continued their education, explored other career opportunities, and now return to assist me in our summer season work part-time, while raising young families and managing busy professional lives.
Of course, there have been employees who stayed for only a year or two before moving on to bigger and better opportunities. I am grateful for every one of them and for the time they spent at The Store by The Shore.
Every employee who has walked through our doors holds a special place in our hearts.
Being an employer is not always easy, but it is incredibly rewarding to watch young people grow, pursue their education, discover their passions, and build successful careers. Students, estheticians, teachers, educational assistants, chiropractors, cooks, servers, groundskeepers, and so many more have started their journey here.
Wherever life has taken them, I am proud that The Store by The Shore was a small part of their story.
❤️ Thank you to every past and present employee. Your hard work, dedication, and growth are the true reward of being an employer.
Congratulations to Globex Management on being named Employer of the year!
