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Navigating the Canadian Housing Crisis.
By Aleksandra Wozniak, University of Calgary, Canada Having received my Visa and been accepted to my host university, there was only one thing left to do before my departure to Calgary in Canada, finding housing. Having been put on a waitlist for residence, I had no choice but to find an alternative place to live. I began my search by considering my options. I could live with a family, rent an apartment, or a room in a house. I decided that being close to the university was of top importance, and began my search by looking at surrounding roads. I was lucky enough to find a student house, just 10…
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A Practical Guide to Accommodation in Toronto
By Joseph McCabe (University of Toronto, Canada) There are four main options for accommodation for exchange students in Toronto: University Halls, Private students’ residence, student co-op housing, and Private renting. I opted to go for a private residence on the edge of campus, which was perfect for me, but I will talk about that later. I will give some general advice first; then, I will go through each of these (there will be a sentence overview after each one if you don’t want to read the whole thing) and finish with what I would advise to make sorting accommodation as stress-free as possible.
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Student housing – the more the merrier?
Georgi Fogarty (University of Queensland, Australia) Housing can be one of the biggest worries when moving abroad, especially when you don’t particularly know anyone that’s going out with you. As a bit of a social butterfly, I had my sights set on a living situation that would allow me to meet a lot of people -ideally university halls, or a share house if not. Unfortunately, university halls were extremely far out of my budget which initially worried me as that’s where I’d envisioned myself; halls seem perfect as everybody is in the same boat of not knowing anyone. So in a slightly less than ideal but fairly common situation,…
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