Why Studying Abroad in Australia Was the Best Decision of My Life
I learned countless lessons that fostered growth such as becoming independent, meeting people from around the world and embarking on...
Discovering the Extrovert Inside of Me: Denmark Exchange
All of this extroversion lasted until the later years of high school when the combination of the pandemic and a...
Living, Learning and Growing: My French Exchange Adventure
Living alone in a foreign country was initially daunting. I had never been away from home for such an extended...
Finding balance between the old and the new: Exchange at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Luckily for me, I had something as an emotional outlet and passtime, that didn’t require a language: running. Long distance...
Considering an Exchange? Do It Scared
Because of all of this, there was a time right before I left where I was utterly terrified of doing...
Embracing Change: My Journey of Growth During Exchange in Marseille
The Initial Adjustment The first few weeks in Marseille were a whirlwind. The language barrier was significant, as the local...
Stories for a global community: “Motherland, Fatherland and New World”
My first home is Nigeria, a juxtaposed hub of wealth and poverty yet amassed with ingenuous citizens and colourful cultures....
Stories for a global community: “The Journey”
It was my university graduation day. The last two years I spent 1,000 miles away from home studying in Bhopal,...
Stories for a global community: “We Are Not So Different You & I”
At the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME), I worked as a casework intern helping migrant workers win salary, abuse,...
Stories for a global community: “Sneeze”
Clouds of dust spring up as we slide to a stop on the side of a major road in a...
Golden Week travels: a new era to explore with friends
Before exchange, I found it difficult to find people I could relate to and found it difficult to even talk...
Adjusting abroad
Struggles with transition aren’t only reserved for the beginning of an experience as grand as studying abroad; the end is...
Familiarity and community: the makings of a second home
For me, knowing my way around an area is what makes me feel at home and less like a tourist,...
Learning and exploring Australia’s natural gifts
Exchange is a great way to learn more about your host nation and even have the opportunity to go visit...
Changing the course of my future through exchange
It was a higher grade level, a subject I had never taken before, and my whole mark depended upon one...
Perspectives from across the Pacific (OJS Summer Research Program)
Now that my research placement has come to an end, I am really thankful that I had this opportunity. Though...
Finding a home away from home on exchange
This past semester has meant so much to me because I have built lifelong relationships with people from all over...
An unexpected beginning to my exchange
It was so scary feeling sick and being by myself without any family. You don’t expect to get sick when...
Ontario-Baden-Württemberg Summer Research Program
Under the Department of Infectious Diseases at Heidelberg University Hospital, my lab did work in osteoimmunology. My research project was...
The answer to my dreams: studying abroad
My time studying abroad became its own story, much different than the fictional stories read to me when I was...