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How To Survive Your Midterms: Canada Edition
By Essence Aikman, Queen’s University, Canada Hello! I am writing around the middle of my studies here in Canada. My “midterms” have just finished nearly two weeks ago and I am now preparing for my final assignments all due in the first two weeks of April. Time truly does fly by when you’re having fun. I thought it would be helpful to reflect back on the past two months being here and discuss how best to prepare for the month of March where reading week and your midterms will take place.
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Go West
Ailsa Jones ♦ Queen’s University, Canada If like me you were drawn to Canada through the stereotypical images of mountains, scenic lakes, and the exotic wildlife your best bet to see all three is going West. Having spent a substantial amount of my exchange in Eastern Canada, it made sense to make my way Westwards following the end of the semester to see whether Instagram had been doing it justice.
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Exploring Québec
•Ailsa Jones – Queen’s University, Canada• As an exchange student at Queen’s, you quickly realise that you need to utilise your free time if you want to travel. Reading week is the ideal time to explore different parts of Canada, as the benefit of finishing in mid-April comes at the price of only having one short break.
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Coming to Queen’s
♦ Ailsa Jones – Queen’s University, Canada ♦ First and foremost, know that all of the major Canadian stereotypes are true. Everyone is exceptionally nice, the winters are bitterly cold and Tim Hortons is everywhere.
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Is it home time already?
By Emily Privett, Geography, Queen’s University, Canada Everyone’s heard of the cliche ‘time flies when you’re having fun!’ and before I went on exchange, everyone was telling me that the year would fly by and I’ll be home before I knew it. I didn’t believe them then, but now that I’m reaching the end of my time in Canada, both of those phrases are all too true.
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Excursions with Emily…pt 2
By Emily Privett, Queen’s University, Canada, Geography. With the beginning of the winter semester came a more relaxed bands schedule which meant free weekends. This was all a bit new to me but allowed me to do some more local exploring! This semester I’ve been lucky enough to head to Ottawa, Bruce Peninsula and Mont Tremblant.
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Throwback Thursday…Travels in the Fall
By Emily Privett, Queen’s University, Canada, Geography. So on top of academics and Queen’s Bands excursions, what have I been doing? One of the many reasons as to why I chose Queen’s as my exchange University was because of its great location for travelling. To this day I’ve managed to visit NYC, Niagara Falls, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Mont Tremblant and Bruce Peninsula which has just made me realise how lucky I am to be in this part of the world right now!
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You think you have school spirit?
By Emily Privett, Geography, Queen’s University, Canada. As it’s ever-too-quickly coming to the end of my time here at Queen’s, I’ve been reflecting on all the experiences that have made my year abroad one of my favourite years in my 20 years of being a living and breathing human. The answer came immediately to my head and that is; Queen’s Bands.
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