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Top 10 Things To Do In Ottawa!
By Rhiann Singh, University of Ottawa, Canada Ottawa is unlike most capital cities in the world, but it still has its beautiful little quirks, which made me love it so much. Here is a list of my top 10 things to do in and around Ottawa!
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My Trip To Owen Sound!
By Essence Aikman, Queen’s University, Canada Hello all! This will be my final post discussing the amazing trip I took at the end of my studies abroad in Canada. This trip was taken in the hometown of my lovely housemate. I left Kingston and made my way to Owen Sound to explore the woods and chase waterfalls with her.
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Attending my first-ever Hockey Game!
By Essence Aikman, Queen’s University, Canada Hello everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. This time around I’m going down memory lane to share my experience attending my first hockey game in Kingston, Canada.
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Reading Week Travels In Canada!
By Rhiann Singh, University of Ottawa, Canada One of the biggest things I recommend for anyone to do while they’re on their year abroad is to travel! Whether it is with someone, a group, or all alone, now is the perfect opportunity.
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UoM vs. uOttawa
By Rhiann Singh, University of Ottawa, Canada I am over halfway through my first semester here at uOttawa so I thought I would share some of the differences I noticed between The University of Manchester and the University of Ottawa.
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A Solo Weekend in Montréal!
By Rhiann Singh, University of Ottawa, Canada It sounds so cliche but if someone told me 9 months ago I would be solo travelling in Canada I actually would’ve laughed in their face! At the start of the year, I really struggled with my mental health, to the point where I couldn’t even leave my uni room. It got so bad, to the point where I was considering not even doing my year abroad. So for me to be sitting here writing about this trip is such an achievement and an example to others that it will eventually get better! This trip to Montréal was definitely spontaneous! I saw that…
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Starting up in the ‘6ix’
By Hannah-Safiyya Awan, York University, Toronto, Canada. Confession: I had never been to Canada until two weeks ago when I moved to Toronto to study abroad, so I wanted to share a few things that helped me get started. There are two main things to consider: 1: Moving into a new city, and 2: Starting at a new university.
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New Beginnings in Ottawa!
By Rhiann Singh, University of Ottawa, Canada The week before moving to Ottawa was such a hectic, overwhelming and emotional week filled with saying goodbyes and celebrating my 21st birthday early with my family and friends. If you don’t like celebrating your birthday like me, I definitely recommend doing a fake one. It’s all the fun of a birthday but without the actual ageing! Like always, I left all my packing and shopping till the last minute – definitely don’t recommend! – but I managed to be completely done the day before I left. I was so lucky that my Dad was able to come out with me to Ottawa,…
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Prepping
By Olivia Bucherer-Ezer, University of Toronto, Canada It’s been just over a year since I packed up my life and set across the pond to start my year abroad in Toronto and it got me thinking about all the thoughts, fears and anxieties I had that, in retrospect, I truly didn’t need to worry about. So I thought it was suitable to whack them in a blog in case they provide any reassurance for those heading out this coming September.
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Touristing in Toronto
By Olivia Bucherer-Ezer, University of Toronto, Canada **subjective of course** Whether you’re heading out to Toronto in September, perhaps along with a family member or are expecting visitors throughout the year, here are some top tips to give you the most fulfilling experience of the big T-city.
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Getting into a routine and Life on Campus
By Modinat Tijani, Queen’s University, Canada After completing O-week (orientation week), it was time to brace for Queens University academically and my timetable was pretty intense compared to my friends’. I had to get used to the complete change in assessment methods, where there are assignments, midterms, and finals. Coming from UoM Chemistry, where most of my modules were 100% exams based, it did take a lot to get used to. I see the benefits to both having regular assignments vs having 100% exams. Being in the labs felt different compared to the ones in Manchester. Honestly at first I struggled with the workload, mostly because I wasn’t used to…
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Q&A with a Mitacs student
The Mitacs Globalink Research Internship scheme is a UK-Canada mobility programme for undergraduates to develop their research expertise. The competitive programme co-funds undergraduates from partner countries to complete an intensive 12-week summer research internship, in a variety of academic disciplines, under the supervision of a professor at one of 70 participating Canadian universities. We took the chance to speak with Nichole, who participated in the programme in the academic year 2022-2023. She even managed to get an offer for a PhD with her former MITACS supervisor! Read on to find out all about Nichole’s experience in Canada:
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