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- Type: Article
- Author: Karin Murray-Bergquist
- Category: Study Abroad
For academics, scholars and researchers, travelling to international conferences means sharing ideas, accessing new resources and expertise and, of course, eating free pastries. Continuing your studies beyond the undergraduate level opens up many new...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Jenna Kunze
- Category: Budget Traveller
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. “You’re . . .alone?” another Indian man at another...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Ariana Crisafulli
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
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. When you’re travelling, sometimes you get a feeling...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Bella Peacock
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
In cities around the world, exploding tourism and expat cash are driving prices up, and locals out. Every afternoon a salty wind rushes over Fremantle, a small port city just south of Perth, Western Australia. Peeling blue fishing boats bob in the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Juliann Li
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
I'm trying to figure out how to squeeze out every last moment for what it's worth. In a week, one of my friends will be graduating from college into adult life. I asked her how she felt about that, how she thought her college experience had been...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Ashley Madden
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Two short weeks in Ireland have put us through the wringer and brought us out stronger. Travelling abroad is all we thought it would be more and less at the same time. It’s brought us closer together, caused us to fight, and made us realize how strong...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Katie Smith
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
My year abroad was the gap year I never knew I needed. Writing this now, I only have 21 days left of my study abroad experience in Verona, which means that my Italian adventure is (sadly) coming to an end. Soon, copious amounts of pizza, pasta and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Juliann Li
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Terms papers, exams and stress still exist overseas. It must be the biggest cliché of all time that being abroad "changes" you. The idea that after taking classes in a foreign country, meeting people of a different culture, and stuttering through meals...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Juliann Li
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
A chance encounter changes my perspective—and reminds me why I'm studying abroad. After class last Tuesday, I took a leisurely stroll and I went to the Luxembourg Garden. There were rows of chairs lined up in front of immaculately mowed lawns, and the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Juliann Li
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
The city has more than a few surprises for a study abroad student. I’ve never seen such aggressively beautiful architecture anywhere in my life than I have in Paris—apartment buildings here have intricate iron balconies that seem fit for a postcard....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Emily Wright
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
How living abroad has made me less afraid. Arriving in Guadeloupe, I had an irrational fear of open water. Frankly, I don’t know what was going through my mind when I applied for a job at a scuba diving centre, other than the blind excitement of trying...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Madeline Black
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Israelis can be straight-forward, pushy, even rude, but they get the job done. When I decided I wanted to visit Israel, I knew I wanted to have an immersive cultural experience and gain new perspectives; the kind you can only get by living in a new...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Amelia McKinlay
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Perfect for your pack, these stories will inspire and entertain you. When I’m spending a long time in an isolated location, reading is one of my favourite ways to pass the time. It transports me into another world and allows an insight into situations...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Katrina Keegan
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
The definition of "fluent" is more fluid than it seems. My college admissions essay was about trying to write poetry in Russian during my first study abroad program. I was praised for my effort, but frustrated by constant corrections and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Sarah Healy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
What I learned as a teacher in Bali. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Trina Moyles
- Category: Why we travel
How a decade of international work and travel helped me survive four months alone in Alberta's boreal forest. At first, I thought that being a fire tower lookout in Alberta’s boreal forest was the antithesis of travel. I spent my childhood and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Alana Jenkins
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
How to reframe the challenge as an opportunity. My dad was a deer hunter, so I grew up eating venison served with lessons on respecting animals. I was never a big commercial meat eater but habitually consumed it: late-night pepperoni pizzas, summertime...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Emily Wright
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
I live where you vacation. Here's what you'll miss if you only stay a day. I work for a diving club on the less populated, west side of Guadeloupe. It quietly boasts verdant forests and volcanic beaches, while the east side is ridden with hotel...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Emily Wright
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
When I applied to study French at university, working in a tropical country was not what I expected. Six weeks ago, I landed amidst the palm trees and rum cocktails, and very quickly grew to love this wonderful little place: The island of Guadeloupe....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Tyler Michalek
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Navigating the inevitable challenges of staying positive while travelling. The excitement of boarding the first flight. The savoury delight of that foreign pastry enjoyed from the rooftop overlooking the Shanghai skyline. The rush of arrival. Learning...
