Tag: Study Abroad

On route to Germany and after thoughts on Paris

By: Alice (Ruo Ran) Wang, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, winner of the 2017 Stories from Abroad Scholarship. I am sitting on the train heading to a small town in Germany called Kassel.

BC Study Abroad Contest is back!

Slated to launch from September 15 to November 15, BCSA is inviting students who have been or are currently abroad to participate in the 4th Annual BC Study Abroad Contest! Simply follow the directions here,

$1000 Scholarship now available!

ATTENTION BC STUDENTS! The Stories from Abroad Scholarship is back for Fall 2017! So, what are you waiting for? Apply by October 9, 2017 for a chance to receive $1,000 to help you

Learning to be local in South Korea: The people you’ll meet

Nicole Kwit, a KPU Study Abroad Alumni and Fine Arts student shares her experience as an exchange student at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies during 2016 summer semester. “Learning to

Learning to be local in South Korea: The Places You’ll Go

Are you going on exchange in South Korea? Watch Nicole Kwit, a KPU Study Abroad Alumni and Fine Arts student shares her experience as an exchange student at Hankuk University

There and back again

By Janna Wale, Thompson Rivers University, winner of the 2017 Stories from Abroad Scholarship. It’s been three days since I packed up my Scottish life and left for Canada. Being home

Heat, rainstorms, and Deer: My Japanese Summer

By: Matthew Hoogwoud, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, winner of the 2017 Stories from Abroad Scholarship. Summer in Japan is extremely hot. Normally I’m not a huge fan of the heat, but the

Final Update: Jungle Adventure

By Kathleen Megan Harfman, College of New Caledonia, winner of the 2017 Stories from Abroad Scholarship. I have officially returned from Ecuador. Wow, what an experience! I learned a lot

Across the Big Blue Pond

By: Sean Paul Veltmeyer, Langara College, winner of the 2017 Stories from Abroad Scholarship. Tomorrow myself, thirteen of my classmates and two instructors depart Vancouver on the Langara China Field Studies

A Canadian in a German World

By: Lenelle Jordan Kutzner, University of Victoria, winner of the 2017 Stories from Abroad Scholarship. Well, here I am; two more sleeps and I’m off to Europe for the first