Student Stories

Day 6: Tiananmen Square and Forbidden city part II

By: Lucy Dabbs, Georges P. Vanier Secondary School, participant of the 2017 Beijing International Education Exchange (BIEE) Summer Camp. By the time we reach the great temple with Mao’s portrait,

Day 6: Tiananmen Square and Forbidden city Part I

By: Lucy Dabbs, Georges P. Vanier Secondary School, participant of the 2017 Beijing International Education Exchange (BIEE) Summer Camp. Sleep deprivation is something most teenagers experience at some point in

Day 5: It’s a Great Wall Part II

By: Lucy Dabbs, Georges P. Vanier Secondary School, participant of the 2017 Beijing International Education Exchange (BIEE) Summer Camp. After we are nourished and briefly rested on the bus ride,

Coming Back from Exchange: Nostalgia and Adjustment

By Mariam Ali, Simon Fraser University, winner of the 2017 Stories from Abroad Scholarship. It has now been two months since I came back from Europe, and five months since

Back to BC: Same City, New Person

By: Lenelle Jordan Kutzner, University of Victoria, winner of the 2017 Stories from Abroad Scholarship. Life after study abroad; it’s almost as confusing as while you’re away. I find when

Day 4: Virtual glasses, interesting classes part 2

By: Lucy Dabbs, Georges P. Vanier Secondary School, participant of the 2017 Beijing International Education Exchange (BIEE) Summer Camp. Each classroom holds a new set of students, and a whole