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- Type: Article
- Author: Deepayan Bhadra
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
An expat learns that a bike is more than just a mode of transportation in the Netherlands. Since my bike got stolen last week, I have powered through the seven stages of grief. I am now a true Dutchman, says a friend, having gone through this rite of...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Deepayan Bhadra
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Spoiler: Getting an apartment in a city in the midst of an affordable housing crisis involves a lot of luck. It's a strange feeling to be congratulated on getting an apartment rental. However, it is customary to do that when someone buys a house. The...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Deepayan Bhadra
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
A software engineer in the Netherlands discovers that being an expat in a "Western" country is not always as easy as advertised. For three years, I wondered how the southern California sky was so blue, day after day, to the extent that I started taking...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Carolyn B. Heller
- Category: Work Abroad
With international internships moving online, here’s what you need to know to best benefit from a virtual placement. In 2020, as pandemic restrictions shut down travel and people around the world began working remotely, international internships also...
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Surrendering to the Siestahttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/21-2/departments/surrendering-to-siesta
- Type: Article
- Author: Carson Miller
- Category: Work Abroad
After a few weeks of embarrassing sunburns and complete boredom, I began the process of letting go. It's two in the afternoon on the streets of Cordoba. Around the corner from calle Ayacucho lies a row of small brick houses, each one sitting behind its...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Barbara Woolsey
- Category: Study Abroad
Study abroad, international work and volunteer programs help diaspora youth reconnect with their ancestral homes. It was a trip that was meant to change her life. At 19, Judy Mai went to Vietnam to attend music school and meet her biological father....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Work Abroad
How to find work—and thrive—as an au pair abroad. With historic roots dating back to the 19th century, au pairing isn’t just one of the most well-established and storied travel opportunities—it’s also one of the most culturally immersive. If you love...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Lauren Yakiwchuk
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Nearly two years after the start of the pandemic, many wildlife conservation centres and animal sanctuaries are in dire need of help. I awoke to the sounds of dinosaurs. As I drifted out of sleep, my eyes slowly adapted to the blue glow of early...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Alicia-Rae Light
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
From tourism laws protecting the natural environment, to support for ethical cultural tourism, these countries are leading the sustainable travel movement. Fifty years ago, 25 million people fuelled the world’s tourism industry. Today, it’s driven by...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Janet Ngo
- Category: Study Abroad
The value of studying abroad as part of post-secondary education cannot be overstated, and racialized students have been missing out. But this is starting to change. Oreoluwa Abikoye, a University of British Columbia (UBC) undergrad, wants to study...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Travellers are beginning to recognize privilege; a huge step forward in conversations about voluntourism. A Q&A with author Pippa Biddle. In 2014, “voluntourism” was on the precipice of entering our cultural lexicon. Once an activity dominated by NGOs...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Rebecca Janacek
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
What if everything at home has changed? Or worse—what if it's stayed the same? I was terrified of going home. I’d just spent half a year studying and travelling in Taiwan, and the fateful day when I had to return back to Canada was upon me. It felt...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Francesca Zani
- Category: Study Abroad
I went to Italy to learn about food. Instead, I found myself savouring the slowness of life and the connections I made. Flying over Puglia, the view from my window was as breathtaking as I imagined my life would be once I landed in Italy. Ever since...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Margaret McMullan
- Category: Why we travel
A professor working abroad falls in love with a place she didn't want to like. We’re sitting in the principal’s office at the middle school Apáczai Nevelési Központ, or ANK for short. It’s August 2010 and we're in trouble. Along with my husband, Pat,...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Janet Ngo
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
How do you navigate sensitive topics respectfully when local attitudes and beliefs are far different from your own? American Jeremy Lipkowitz felt compelled to explain the definition of “patriarchy” to the abbot of the Burmese monastery where he was...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Carolyn B. Heller
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Being able to travel is a privilege we sometimes take for granted. How can we develop a keener awareness of how we’re perceived abroad? Travelling in Brazil, Anu Taranath found that her brown skin attracted a lot of attention. The positive interactions...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Diane Selkirk
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Reimagining the idea of travel to one that actively improves the places that people visit. By 2015, the island nation of Palau realized it was in danger of becoming a victim of its own popularity. Even though tourism is the primary industry on the...
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The Future of Travelhttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/21-1/features/future-of-travel
- Type: Article
- Author: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Has the global pandemic hit the tourism reset button? Industry insiders weigh in on what post-pandemic travel could—or should—look like. The pandemic, they said, was the great pause the tourism industry needed to cure what ailed it. Symptoms included...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Claudia Laroye
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
From cultural understanding to building empathy and modelling positive behaviour, the benefits of volunteer abroad opportunities for families are many. While visiting Panama on their round the world sailing journey in 2017, the Selkirk family noticed a...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Caelan Beard
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
In the polar bear capital of the world, volunteers get a glimpse of the frontlines of climate change. I was on a two-day train ride north. As the train ploughed across snow-laden tracks and the trees outside began to thin and disappear, my American...
