Posted on March 6th, 2012
In communication, within workplace and personal relationships alike, I have come across one method of giving criticism/bad news that I am partial to: it is called the sandwich method. The idea is to try to take a piece of negative information and wrap it up in double portions of positivity so as to make it [...]
Posted on February 18th, 2012
I’ve always been captivated by the power of the elements. Nature choosing its moment to remind us of our subordinate role to its power. As a Canadian, I am often impressed/dismayed by mountains of snow that seem to magically emerge from the sky. One snowflake at a time, in a dainty flutter, or gangs of [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2012
It’s hard to try to explain anything about my life in Malawi. I have trouble believing that I’m the one actually living it most days. There is a part of me that remains in denial, cannot believe I am in Africa, as if I’m still in Canada and this has been some elaborate reality television [...]
Posted on December 1st, 2011
My name is Zoë Tupling and I am a student at the University of Ottawa in the final year of my degree in “Conflict Studies & Human Rights”. After finishing my undergraduate education, I am interested in dividing my time between further travel and learning opportunities, hopefully finding a Master’s degree (and later, a career) [...]
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