Posted by Brandy Robertson on August 26th, 2011
I arrived back on Canadian soil last Saturday, August 20. It’s the 26 today. I was told that reverse culture shock back in Canada would be much worse than the initial culture shock in Botswana. Let me tell you, everyone who told me that was completely right. I can’t really describe my emotions right now [...]
Posted by Gillian Ashton on May 29th, 2011
I finished working at PanNature in Hanoi at the end of April but was in Asia until the 14th of May. There are quite honestly too many things to say about my experience. First things first, it is unfortunate that my work experience with the environmental NGO in Hanoi was not as successful as I would [...]
Posted by Katherine van der Linden on April 12th, 2011
It is disorienting to be back in Ottawa, visiting my family and going to classes. I keep wondering how everything here can be exactly as I left it- if I feel so different, why is everything here the same? If I didn’t have souvenirs and pictures, I would be questioning if my trip happened at [...]
Posted by Margaret G on September 7th, 2010
It has been almost exactly a year since I first departed for Malawi, and about nine months have passed since leaving it. I am always thinking about the time I spent there, about the friends and places I left behind. Leaving was difficult, I knew it would be, however coming home was harder than I [...]
Posted by Matthew Silva on January 15th, 2010
I am back home but I am missing Peru. The trip was absolutely amazing in all aspects from friendships, professional experience to life learning experiences. From my last blog entry I visited TACIF, APPRENDE, and visited a location that the Anglican Church in Peru is helping slowly better itself. APPRENDE was one of the most [...]
Posted by Colleen on September 30th, 2009
Sitting on the airplane on the way home from Peru I am filled with mixed emotions. Of course I am looking forward to seeing my family, my friends, sleeping in my own bed, and eating all of my favorite and familiar food. However, at the same time I am closing a chapter of my life [...]
Posted by Gemma on August 27th, 2009
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been a month since I was in Peru. It seems about a million miles away in another life, but at the same time it’s a huge part of me that’s impossible to forget. The first thing that hit me about Canada when I returned (bearing in mind I live in [...]
Posted by Adja on August 4th, 2009
Trois mois qui se sont écoulés trop vite. Trois mois de ma vie que je n’oublierais jamais. Trois mois remplis de bonheur, de découvertes et enfin trois mois dans lesquels j’ai vécu une expérience pas comme les autres. À vrai dire mon séjour au Vietnam était extraordinaire, j’ai côtoyé des gens très sympathiques, j’ai rencontré [...]
Posted by Renee Mak on May 19th, 2009
STUDENTS WITHOUT BORDERS After-placement blog It has been nearly 3 weeks since I have arrived back to Canada, after a gruelling 40 some hour journey from Lima to Toronto which involved sleeping on the airport floor with the noisiest “emergency blanket” ever that rather looks like a large sheet of tinfoil and sounds like 10 [...]
Posted by Alexandra Meierhans on April 22nd, 2009
I just left Awaso a week ago and it’s all I can think about! I organized a big going away party for my last day there and about 30 people showed up ready to see me off. I have never been so sad to leave a place as that day and it was one of [...]
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