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Social Justice, Colonialism and Reforming Voluntourism

Details: Written by: 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.

Social Justice, Colonialism and Reforming Voluntourism
Travellers are beginning to recognize privilege; a huge step forward in conversations about voluntourism. A Q&A with author Pippa Biddle.

Tackling Uncomfortable Conversations Abroad

Details: Written by: Janet Ngo; Category: Beyond the Guidebook

How do you navigate sensitive topics respectfully when local attitudes and beliefs are far different from your own?

Uncomfortable Conversations Abroad
How do you navigate sensitive topics respectfully when local attitudes and beliefs are far different from your own?

Understanding and Navigating Privilege While Travelling

Details: Written by: 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?

Understanding and Navigating Privilege While Travelling
Being able to travel is a privilege we sometimes take for granted. How can we develop a keener awareness of how we'sre perceived abroad?

Regenerative Travel: A Step Beyond "Do No Harm"

Details: Written by: Diane Selkirk; Category: Beyond the Guidebook

Reimagining the idea of travel to one that actively improves the places that people visit.

Regenerative Travel: A Step Beyond "Do No Harm"
Reimagining the idea of travel to one that actively improves the places that people visit.

The Future of Travel

Details: Written by: 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 Future of Travel
Has the global pandemic hit the tourism reset button? Industry insiders weigh in on what post-pandemic travel could - or should - look like.

Volunteering Abroad for Families

Details: Written by: 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.

Volunteering Abroad for Families
From cultural understanding to building empathy and modelling positive behaviour, the benefits of volunteer abroad opportunities for families are many.

Volunteering in Canada's North

Details: Written by: Caelan Beard; Category: Volunteer Abroad

In the polar bear capital of the world, volunteers get a glimpse of the frontlines of climate change.

Volunteering in Canada's North
In the polar bear capital of the world, volunteers get a glimpse of the frontlines of climate change.

Surviving as a Vegetarian With My Host Family in Ukraine

Details: Written by: Francesca O'Hern; Category: Beyond the Guidebook

Being flexible with my diet helped me learn more about Ukrainian culture.

Mourning the Loss of Travel

Details: Written by: Katie Bergman; Category: Travel Health

For many people, not being able to travel is a profound loss and the grief is real. Here's how to deal.

A is for the Atlas of Endangered Alphabets

Details: Written by: Kerry Graning; Category: Beyond the Guidebook

Two-thirds of the world's written scripts are in danger of disappearing—and with them, the unique cultural knowledge they convey.

Stepping Stones to Safety: Volunteering in Mexican Migrant Shelters

Details: Written by: Sean Power; Category: Volunteer Abroad

Driven by gang violence, crop failure and poverty, Central American migrants head northward in search of a better life.

COVID Across Cultures

Details: Written by: Alyson Rockhold; Category: Volunteer Abroad

Returning home from Tanzania, I realized my need to travel was putting others at risk.

Faceplanting My Way Into an Overseas Emergency Room

Details: Written by: Mark Dickinson; Category: Travel Health

The downfalls (literally) of being a 54-year-old backpacker.

What To Do When The “Honeymoon” in Your New Country Ends

Details: Written by: Eric Coleman; Category: Travel Health

Experts share their top tips for surviving culture shock and thriving in your new country.

Essential Guide to Responsible & Ethical Travel

Details: Written by: Jessica Lockhart; Category: Beyond the Guidebook

Overtourism and the problems it creates may make you feel like giving up your passport. But responsible travel experts say there's a better way.

A Vegetarian's Guide to Eating in China

Details: Written by: Jiaqing Low; Category: Beyond the Guidebook

A Mandarin-speaking vegetarian shares her secrets for navigating a meat-heavy land.

Choluteca Medicine

Details: Written by: Wendy Cohan; Category: Volunteer Abroad

Providing primary healthcare in rural Central America.

Choluteca Medicine
Providing primary healthcare in rural Central America.

Putting it All on the Table: Eating with Host Families

Details: Written by: Katrina Keegan; Category: Study Abroad

Signing up for a homestay means navigating a new culture, family and diet. From dietary restrictions to vehement dislikes, here's how to find your place at the table.

Eating with Host Families
Finding your way in a family and culture, one bite at a time.

The Realities of Managing a Chronic Health Condition Abroad

Details: Written by: Alexandra Merullo; Category: Travel Health

I was born with cystic fibrosis. Here's what that means for travel.

Emergencies Abroad: Dealing with a Chronic Health Condition
I was born with cystic fibrosis. Here's what that means for travel.

9 Ways to Travel Meaningfully From Home

Details: Written by: Jeff Minthorn & Jessica Lockhart; Category: Beyond the Guidebook

The COVID-19 pandemic has us confined to our quarters for the time being. We've come up with a few suggestions for how to keep that travel bug alive and well.

9 Ways to Travel Meaningfully From Home
The COVID-19 pandemic has us confined to our quarters for the time being. We've come up with a few suggestions for how to keep that travel bug alive and well.