Journal fo Commerce | Russell Hixson | October 18, 2021
Misfit. Ugly duckling. Awkward.
That’s how Trevor Botkin, a trained carpenter and executive director of construction charity HeroWork Victoria, felt right from the start. He just couldn’t seem to fit in.
“There were periods of my life where I was really treated poorly and bullied and other periods where I was just ignored and not even noticed,” said Botkin, a Vancouver Island resident.
“Kids were not fair or kind to me. And from my first day of kindergarten I just felt very other-than and not enough.”
His father urged him to consider university, but his grades were poor and he had little desire to work in an office.