Destination: Canada

Dreams and Reality

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By kanuck | Views [184] | Scholarship Entry

A few months into our budding romance, while on a bike ride, we stopped at the top of the hill over looking a bay dotted with sailboats. “I’ve always wanted to live on a sailboat.” I mused. He looked at me in disbelief. “It’s true!” I said. “I love ... Read more >

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The frontier

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By levitation | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry

The world he came from was the world of the people who always talked and never listened. I came from the world where people always seemed to listen and never really talked. - Cities full of empty people, said he. - People from your world, they have courage.... Read more >

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Losing hope from ashore

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By bobbyperrittmoungaloa | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry

There is one particular day I will never forget, where I was reminded of the constant respect you must give the elements of your chosen adventure. Our party of six canoes was a few days into an 18-day trip down the Nahanni River in Northwest Territories, ... Read more >

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About people;

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By trindadelarissa | Views [169] | Scholarship Entry

It was the most unplanned trip that I could have done in my life. Do you know when your life is a mess and you do not know what will happen with you in the next day? It was exactly my situation. I had my final project to handle in two days, my landlord ... Read more >

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Quebec, a magical time travel adventure.

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By eniclaroma | Views [187] | Scholarship Entry

I am walking down this narrow corridor with stone floor. The buildings on either side rise up a in a hill where the street ends in a steep staircase. My eyes are wide open to this huge crowd of knights clad in coats of mail, long spears and sharp swords.... Read more >

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Photos: New Home

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By bobbyperrittmoungaloa | Photo Gallery

Cold, eh? Welcome to Canada

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By escapede | Views [150] | Scholarship Entry

It was named after the queen of the United Kingdom, drawing its culture and rich heritage from Great Britain. Victoria, BC is famous for its vast number of sail boats and incredible ships that make life appear waterborne and ultimately fancify the multitudinous ... Read more >

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Photos: Pictures of people taking pictures of people

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By erinlemonade | Photo Gallery

"Culture Shock" does happen to everyone...

Mon, 12 May 2014 | By lindseyg090 | Views [278] | Scholarship Entry

I left Hong Kong for Busan in the earliest hours of March 30. The irony behind this red-eye flight I was on was not lost on me. Watching the sun rise through the tiny, frosted airplane windows was the most clichéd way to start this new chapter in my life.... Read more >

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I'll Never Forget The Day That The Powder Came

Mon, 12 May 2014 | By lisarhammersley | Views [119] | Scholarship Entry

There is only one other thing that gets me as excited as having a boarding pass and bag in hand and that is skiing. So it only seemed fit that I moved to the country where Poutine is considered a national food and hockey players throw more punches than ... Read more >

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The Inuit vs the I-pod

Mon, 12 May 2014 | By polarexplorer94 | Views [198] | Scholarship Entry

I will never forget the day I sat peering out of the window of the pocket-sized aircraft that carried my classmates and I to the remote town of Gjoa Haven. It occurred to me that we were being entirely divorced from humanity. I was no longer able to discern ... Read more >

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Ottawa: A Capital Gem

Sun, 11 May 2014 | By aj_algonquinpr | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry

I'll never forget the day that I first arrived in Ottawa... It was like being in a big city and a small town at the same time. Coming from a town of no more than 3,000 people entering Canada's capital was a tad scaring until you arrived. The city ... Read more >

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The Day I was Mugged in Valparaiso

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By yvonne_marieanne | Views [365] | Scholarship Entry

I will never forget the day that I was surrounding by three gruff looking men who then proceeded to rob me in broad daylight in Valparaiso, Chile. Earlier that day, I had awoken in Santiago eager to embark on my two hour journey that would lead me to ... Read more >

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A Global Citizen is born..

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By nothando | Views [130] | Scholarship Entry

"Noe! Noe! wake up its time to go line up for bread" my granny woke me up ,l struggled to get up after all it was only 2 am in the morning. l hated getting up so early to line up for bread,but l knew l was the only one the family depended on because ... Read more >

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Depending on the Kindness of Strangers

Fri, 9 May 2014 | By hodgepodge | Views [202] | Scholarship Entry

I’ll never forget the first time I entered a stranger’s car on a street corner in the Québec suburbs. The car, faded blue with mud crumbling off of the fenders, pulled up a couple of strides ahead of me. In two days’ time, the number of strangers’ backseats ... Read more >

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