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represented a fresh start.
During his studies, Mr. Singh was inspired by
Sewing the fabric
of community
Gagan Singh creates garments while
making positive change
Fashion Business Professor Anna Cappuccitti's course
on costing and project management and developed
strong skills in those areas. Shortly after graduating,
he landed his first job in Canada as a costing specialist
at Toronto-based clothing manufacturer Eleventh
Floor Apparel.
Mr. Singh also started thinking about entrepreneurship.
IT TAKES ONLY A BRIEF conversation with Gagan Singh to
realize he is a risk-taker who cares about his community
and our planet.
The Co-Founder of Clean Planet, a sustainable textile
manufacturing company, and graduate of Seneca's
Fashion Business diploma program, wants to be part of
the change that will make sustainable fashion a reality
in Canada.
" I want to bring the industry back, " said Mr. Singh.
" It's not something that will happen overnight. First,
we need to make sure that our cut and sew business
stays in Canada because when it is booming, other
industries around it will boom as well. "
In 2006, at the age of 22, Mr. Singh took a chance
to come to Canada and study at Seneca. He wanted a
hands-on education. He also wanted to continue on the
career trajectory he'd begun in India with a bachelor's
degree in textile technology, combined with experience
as an engineer. Mr. Singh had been working in a spinning
mill, which he described as " polluted. " Seneca
Later, under the supervision of Canadian ethical fashion
icon Linda Lundström, he learned the value of
triple and quadruple checking his costing calculations
- a practice that has proven useful during his most
recent journey as an entrepreneur.
In October 2020, Mr. Singh and Akin Pandit
co-founded Clean Planet, which is based in Scarborough,
Ont. Their business was initially designed to
meet the healthcare sector's demand for medical
gowns, brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak.
" Within the first two weeks, we had to make our
first delivery of 25,000 units, " said Mr. Singh. " Plus,
we had to hire people and buy the machines. I had to
plan it out very carefully. "
Those plans obviously worked, as Clean Planet
produced 2.7 million gowns in just four months,
becoming the largest producer of Level 3 medical
gowns in the Greater Toronto Area at that time.
Currently, Clean Planet's focus is moving from the
production of medical gowns to sustainable fashion.
With a view to continue employing students and
people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, Mr. Singh said
he and his partners are optimistically building the
framework and community required to keep the textile
industry alive in Canada.
Clean Planet
produced 2.7
million gowns in
just four months.
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WRITER: IRINE POLYZOGOPOULOS, PHOTO: IAN PATTERSON

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