Scott Stirrett

This picture is from the 2016 Venture for Canada Fellow Training Camp. If you have ever posted a role and felt buried, or applied and felt invisible, it is not you. It is the ATS and resume screening model collapsing under AI driven volume. We do not have a talent shortage. We have a hiring system that hides talent and then blames workers for the consequences. Employers say they cannot find qualified candidates. Job seekers say they cannot get a fair look. Both are true. The issue is not a...

Reading The Lord of The Rings as a child Each year, I keep a simple reading note. What I read tends to reflect how I am moving through the world that year, what I am wrestling with, and what I am trying to pay closer attention to. I am on track to read about 35 books in 2025. Compared to past years, the mix skewed much more toward fiction. That is a shift for me. I usually default to non fiction. That is a mistake. Fiction slows me down in a way non fiction rarely does. A good novel pulls...

On a tour with three guests in Spring 2025 When I started Toronto Food Adventures , I didn’t expect anyone to show up. There was no pitch...