Leonie Maciag's Blog

The Internship

Posted on July 2nd, 2008

For the past month and a bit I’ve been working for the Law and Policy of Sustainable Development Research Centre. I mostly do research which keeps me quite busy, but if you’re not one for sitting in one place hour after hour day after day then I don’t recommend this placement for you. I was [...]

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Coming to an end

Posted on July 2nd, 2008

Wow it’s really amazing how fast time goes by. I don’t really know where to start, so much has happened. The picture I’ve inserted is in Bai Tu Long, it’s close to Ha Long Bay, but without all the tourists. I think it’s my favorite place so far. We first stayed in this beautiful little [...]

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Can’t believe it’s already been 2 weeks

Posted on June 4th, 2008

I can’t believe I’ve already been here for 2 weeks. It’s actually been about 2 1/2, now that I’ve started working the time is flying by. I really enjoy the office where I work even though it’s really small and sometimes it’s just myself and my supervisor. I spend my days doing research and any [...]

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At peace in Vietnam

Posted on May 27th, 2008

The trip over here was easy and with no stress, thank you WUSC for making it painless. It was well organized and I felt as though everything was well planned out. I’ve been here for a little over a week now and I’m adjusting quite well, the people are kind and friendly and always willing [...]

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Vietnam

Posted on May 5th, 2008

My name is Leonie Maciag and I am currently a fourth year student in the International Development and Globalization Program at the University of Ottawa. I’ve grown up in the Ottawa area and decided a few years ago to pursue my academic education, in the mean time I’ve held a full time serving job at [...]

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