ABOUT US
Hair Art Academy was founded in 1994 by ElkeTobisch-Ross. Trained in both Canada and abroad, Elke, a successful stylist in her own right, has owned her own studios and still maintains an active and loyal client base today. She has experienced firsthand the advantages of a transportable skill. After selling her salon, she took time to travel and has worked in Germany, Morocco and other countries. Coming back to Canada and re-establishing her own salon she was frustrated by the lack of skilled stylists coming out of training programs and found that she had to re-train them on the job. That frustration and her sympathy for the new stylists motivated her to start her own training facility that would offer the kind of comprehensive training you would find in Europe or any other top training facility in the world.
“I went through the same experience that many students are going through today so I have a lot of sympathy for them. I know, even if they don’t, that most of them are not salon-ready when they step out of their training programs. They just don’t have the comprehensive training, skill development, and confidence they need. As a young stylist, I went through the same process. I went into a course offered after high school expecting to be trained as a stylist ready for salon work and it was a real shock to step into the industry and find out that my training was not comprehensive enough.”
“I am committed to ensuring that no student stepping out of Hair Art Academy will have to go through the same process I did or will find themselves having to spend years as another stylist’s assistant. Today a diploma from Hair Art Academy is well recognized throughout the industry, and is fast becoming the leader in beauty schools.”
MISSION STATEMENT
“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word” – Excellence.
“To know how to do something well, is to enjoy.” – Pearl S. Buck
Our mission is to ensure that our graduates are second to none and in doing so we ensure that a Hair Art Academy Diploma is treated with respect and value by the Industry. We are committed to ensuring that our trainees get the most comprehensive training we can provide in the skills necessary to be successful stylists in today’s market.
Elke Tobisch Ross
