Posted by Hayley Lynch on March 30th, 2012
Hello! My name is Hayley Lynch and I am a fourth year student studying international development and journalism at the University of King’s College as well as Dalhousie University. While pursuing my undergraduate degree, I have developed a keen interest in cross-cultural relations, international affairs and community development. In my third year of university, I [...]
Posted by Benjamin Spierenburg on March 28th, 2012
My name is Benjamin Spierenburg. I am currently a student in my fourth year at the University of Ottawa. I am doing a Bachelor’s degree of Social Sciences: Major in Political Science; Major in Russian Language and Culture. I grew up on a dairy farm in Southern Ontario; this in combination with studying Politics has given [...]
Posted by Michelle Hak on March 25th, 2012
My name is Michelle Hak Hepburn and I am an Anthropology student at the University of Ottawa. I hope to promote biocultural diversity though participating in shared learning experiences, and I am interested in exploring human relationships with the earth and with the surrounding environment. Studying these relationships can have important implications for sustainable development [...]
Posted by Kaitlin Richardson on March 23rd, 2012
My name is Kaitlin. I’m a fourth year student in the Joint Major: Environmental and Resource Studies & Geography and Environmental Management program at the University of Waterloo. My background education and research is on ecological restoration, environmental assessment and the geography of various ecosystems including tropical ecosystems, wetlands, and central Canada in the Muskoka [...]
Posted by Lea Crousset on March 21st, 2012
La fin de mon stage approche à grand pas. Il a passé à une vitesse folle. J’ai l’impression que c’est hier que je mettais un pied au Burkina Faso pour la première fois. Ils avaient raison, 3 mois c’est court. J’essaie tranquillement de faire l’inventaire de tout ce que j’ai pu apprendre ici. La tâche [...]
Posted by Brittany Leigh Hurlburt on March 21st, 2012
Wow I don’t even know where to start. It’s hard to believe that I have been in Tra Vinh for 3 months now, and that I only have a month to go before heading back to Canada. It makes me sad to think about leaving, but also happy to come home—I have conflicting feelings about [...]
Posted by Emma Costain on March 18th, 2012
Hi, there! My name is Emma Costain and I am currently finishing my second year as a Political Science major, Comparative Religion minor at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. This year, I decided to join the Co-op program here at Acadia in order to gain some work experience while I study… and here I [...]
Posted by Jenipher on March 13th, 2012
Hola! Me llamo Jen, and this Summer I am going with SWB to Peru, to the city of Chiclayo, to teach English. Where I have had opportunities to teach ESL before, this will be an experience far beyond what I have done or worked on here in Canada. Before I continue, a little background… I [...]
Posted by Katie Durvin on March 12th, 2012
They say that once you go to Africa, a part of you deep down inside never really leaves-even after you have travelled back home and continue on with your daily life. It’s as if your heart has finally found its home. I remember the exact moment when I realized that this had happened to me. [...]
Posted by Zoe Tupling 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 [...]
Students Without Borders™ is a WUSC program that enables Canadian university and college students to participate in exciting, volunteer learning opportunities in South America, Africa, and Asia.
Placements are now available for Summer 2012 term.
Disclaimer - WUSC/SWB is not responsible for the content of this blog. The views and opinions expressed are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect those of WUSC/SWB.
Copyright © 1998-2011 World University Service of Canada / L'Entraide universitaire mondiale du Canada
Post contents copyright © 2006-2011 by each individual author
