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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS Avelia Stewart, founder and executive director of Student Catalyst Gateway, in her home on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Student Catalyst Gateway is a new not-for-profit social enterprise dedicated to equipping post-secondary students, especially Indigenous, racialized, newcomer, and first-generation learners, to be career-ready. For Aaron story. Free Press 2025