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- Type: Article
- Author: Judi Zienchuk
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Going on an academic exchange has always been a lofty fantasy of mine. I pictured a life of traveling, meeting new people while getting school credit—without doing any actual work. So when I found out my school, Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario,...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Roop Gill
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Picking up the Danish language can be hard, especially with all these linguistic curveballs. It’s embarrassing, but I’ll admit it: After six months of living in Denmark, I can’t pronounce the name of my street. Whenever I need to call a cab, I try my...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Beth Saunders
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
I have now been back in Canada for a month. I've been waiting around for something big to happen, a crazy feeling of loss or shock—but nothing has happened. I'm not sure if it's my awareness of reverse culture shock or if I'm good at dealing with...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Nadine Van Deuren
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Nadine discovers the ultimate cure for culture shock: bungee jumping. I can’t pinpoint the day I started feeling a bit odd. It must have been sometime in mid-November. No health problems—I just felt emotionally fatigued. I was starting to get slightly...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Dylan Muñoz
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
There are many ways to have international experiences without actually leaving the country you live in. As an undergraduate student, I often dream of traveling the world and experiencing various cultures; I dream to have a better perspective and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Rob Small
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
With less than a month to go, Rob is trying to stop culture shock—before it even happens. Over the last several weeks I have been preparing myself to move to Brazil. Most of my preparation has been mandatory—things that need to be done so I can get to...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Shanna Sunley
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
After seven years, Shanna turns her back on "adulthood" to return to Africa. This year, I am sailing through the season of New Year’s resolutions with ease. After considerable negotiation, planning, and a lot of support from my partner, family, and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Susan Chan
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Five things worth knowing before you depart. For many people, studying abroad is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. That’s why I consider myself so lucky that after finishing up my first term overseas, I still have another three and a half more years of...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Beth Saunders
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
What differences did Beth spot in three months abroad? The Czech Republic was a very interesting place to live for three months. Its culture and people were much different than Canadians but I grew a big appreciation for the place despite these...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Beth Saunders
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Back in Canada, Beth reflects on academic success in Prague. My study abroad semester in Prague has abruptly come to an end and I have found my way back to Canada. I have been nonstop since I got back home; visiting my parents in Nova Scotia,...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Carly Vandergriendt
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
After a year working abroad, Carly longs for the unexpected. Three weeks ago today, I stepped off a plane from New Delhi at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. I was coming home after nearly a year of India and I could already anticipate the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Hunar Chandhok
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
After working in India, Hunar prepares for her next challenge: a semester in Singapore. It’s almost that time of the year. After finally finishing a semester that felt it went on for years, I can finally start preparing for my exchange term in...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Rudayna Bahubeshi
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Five skills that will change the way you travel and live your life at home. Travel is a single word with several meanings and possibilities. It can mean driving to the next city, an escape to a tropical beach, an enriching work or school experience...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Clare Esler
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Clare determines that home isn't where the heart is; it's where the heart has been. My experience with “reverse culture shock” this time around has been the same as every other year. It never changes. It starts with the excitement. Everything feels new...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Shelley Seale
- Category: Study Abroad
Compared with other countries, very few North American students study abroad. Why must that change? Sofia Martinez knew she was accomplishing big things at her internship in Angers, France when the mayor of the city, Jean-Claude Antonini, asked her to...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Dylan Muñoz
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
How to feel at home in the land of a thousand smiles. Having lived in Bangkok, Thailand for a year and a half, I feel like I can call it my second home. Going to school in this great city has allowed me the opportunity to live among the locals and be a...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Roop Gill
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
That’s not 10 out of 10. That’s 10 out of 12. When I started my postgraduate program in Denmark, there were a lot of numbers I needed to get comfortable with. I needed to know that 100 Danish Kroner is roughly $17. I needed to know that the 1A bus came...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Raine Blunk
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Raine makes an amazing discovery in a sweet potato farm over 25 kilometres from Siem Reap. A couple of days ago, my dad went out to the completely undeveloped property he owns to document how much it had grown and changed over the past year. When he...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Rob Small
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Asking "why" is the most important question before starting an internship abroad. Until two months ago, if anyone had asked me if I would like to go the inland of southern Brazil for my international internship, I can say with certainty I would have...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Carly Vandergriendt
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
A Canadian intern learns to deal with public sexual harassment in India. A few nights ago, I was walking home from work with two of my female co-workers when a bike with two men on it slowed behind us. We took little notice, until they got so close...
