How to Travel with a Pre-existing Condition

How to Travel with a Pre-existing Condition

A pre-existing medical condition need not stop your travels. Here's what you need to know.
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    How to Travel with a Pre-existing Condition

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    A pre-existing medical condition need not stop your travels. Here's what you need to know.

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Facing a Serious Medical Diagnosis Abroad

Facing a Serious Medical Diagnosis Abroad

Receiving an unwanted health diagnosis is never easy. But what if you're living overseas?
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    Facing a Serious Medical Diagnosis Abroad

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    Receiving an unwanted health diagnosis is never easy. But what if you're living overseas?

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    Confronting the risk of breast cancer head-on.Latest Issue

How to Decrease Your Travel Footprint

How to Decrease Your Travel Footprint

Planning your trip for zero-waste travel.
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    How to Decrease Your Travel Footprint

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    Planning your trip for zero-waste travel.

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Holiday Travel on a Budget

Holiday Travel on a Budget

Cheap, ethical travel during peak times—yes, it's possible.
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Trek for Good: Join the 2020 Cuso Challenge

Trek for Good: Join the 2020 Cuso Challenge

Combine travel, adventure and philanthropy with this epic hike to Machu Picchu. Explore the world of the Incas while supporting Cuso’s mission to eradicate poverty.
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Volunteer with World At Play

Volunteer with World At Play

Join our international team in February to run sport and developmental play sessions in Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement in Uganda.
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Hazardous Environment School

Hazardous Environment School

Things have gone badly wrong. Is it time to summon your inner warrior, or call up Mr. Nice Guy?  
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    Hazardous Environment School

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    Things have gone badly wrong. Is it time to summon your inner warrior, or call up Mr. Nice Guy?

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Using Small Steps to Hit Goals While Travelling

Using Small Steps to Hit Goals While Travelling

Nomadic life makes traditional goal-setting difficult. Here's my five-step method for staying on track 
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Enter the Animal Kingdom of Naankuse

Enter the Animal Kingdom of Naankuse

Experience animal care, rehabilitation, wildlife veterinary action, rhino tracking, African wild dog, carnivore-conflict, spotted hyena and elephant research, and upliftment of the San Bushmen.
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AFS Global Conference 2019: Active Global Citizenship and How to Educate For It; October 9-11, Montreal

AFS Global Conference 2019: Active Global Citizenship and How to Educate For It; October 9-11, Montreal

What will it take to empower more active global citizens determined to make their impact on the world? Join AFS in Montreal and learn how you can take action.
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International Conference Travel

International Conference Travel

For academics, scholars and researchers, travelling to international conferences means sharing ideas, accessing new resources and expertise and, of course, eating free pastries.
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Engineers Without Borders Long-Term Fellowship

Engineers Without Borders Long-Term Fellowship

Redefining your 9-to-5. Use your skills and experience to help socially minded startups grow their businesses.
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Hazardous Environment School

Hazardous Environment School

Things have gone badly wrong. Is it time to summon your inner warrior, or call up Mr. Nice Guy?  
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    Hazardous Environment School

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    Things have gone badly wrong. Is it time to summon your inner warrior, or call up Mr. Nice Guy?

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Safe Couchsurfing

Safe Couchsurfing

For travellers on a tight budget or anyone looking for a truly immersive experience, the utility of couchsurfing is obvious. But is it safe for solo female travellers? The answer might surprise you.
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Ayahuasca Tourism: Shamans, Charlatans and Thousand-dollar Retreats

Ayahuasca Tourism: Shamans, Charlatans and Thousand-dollar Retreats

Whether it's a quest for self-awareness, a cure for mental maladies or just the next big high, travellers are turning a traditional Amazonian healing ceremony into a multi-million dollar industry.
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Travel Easy with the CIBC AC Travel Prepaid Card

Travel Easy with the CIBC AC Travel Prepaid Card

Planning a trip with friends & family should be exciting, not stressful. Leave the stress behind with the convenient no-fee CIBC AC Prepaid Visa.
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Surviving A Season as a Fire Tower Lookout

Surviving A Season as a Fire Tower Lookout

How a decade of international work and travel helped me survive four months alone in Alberta's boreal forest.
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12-Month Youth Inclusion Advisor Placement in Sri Lanka

12-Month "Youth Inclusion Advisor" Placement in Sri Lanka

The Uniterra Program is now accepting applications for a volunteer Youth Inclusion Advisor for a project in Sri Lanka. Return flights, accommodations and a modest monthly living allowance are included. Apply by January 31st, 2019.
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