“I retired in 2021 at the age of 65 after a career teaching music and art – first in Saskatchewan and British Columbia, then internationally in Indonesia, Vietnam, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Poland and Myanmar,” says Lauren Fonda, 67, in the latest Tales from the Golden Age.
In February, 2021, there was a military coup in Myanmar and, says Fonda, mayhem broke out across the country. “My students were traumatized, but they persevered. Then, my contract ended about a year later. It wasn’t how I wanted my 33-year teaching career to end, working online out of my sister’s basement, but the pandemic has thrown people many curveballs.”
Mitch and Michelle are physicians – immigrants to Canada – near the end of their careers. Their work has taken them across different countries and continents. Michelle is 58 and Mitch is 60.