Student stories

Global Exchange Insider: A Sardinia religion & cultural heritage Global Seminar in Italy

‘Fully immersed in & surrounded by what we discussed,’ UBC undergrad Elisa Delle Monache ignited her passion for archaeology

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Global Exchange Insider: A year at University of Grenoble in France

UBC student Sasha Soda learned French while hiking the Alps and exploring Europe

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Global Exchange Insider: A Seoul summer at Yonsei University, South Korea

‘History is real,’ says UBC student Tamano Nishida, who got invaluable insights studying Korea on location

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Global Exchange Insider: A semester at Seoul National University

UBC student Calista Lu’s glimpse into life as a student in South Korea

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Global Exchange Insider: A year at Scotland's University of St Andrews

UBC student Imogen Crawford shares her experiences at the 'home of golf' & Royals uni of choice

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Growth and transformation: Reflecting on a semester at National University of Singapore

UBC student Izzie Bjonness-Jacobsen explored Southeast Asia on a Go Global exchange

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Tips from abroad: Smoothing the turbulence of foreign exchange

UBC undergrad Siara Less spent her 2018 second term as an exchange student at University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Here's her account of the experience.

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Learning about Systems Approaches to Regional Sustainability in person with residents & locals on Hawai'i Island

UBC undergrad Josh Lee took the nine-day Island of Hawai'i field course on Systems Approaches to Regional Sustainability this past February with Faculty of Science Professor Lee Groat and Integrated Sciences Lecturer Denise Gabriel. Here's what Lee had to say about the experience...

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UBCO students travel abroad to explore digital mediums 

A unique collaboration is providing a research exchange for UBC Okanagan digital humanities students currently visiting England’s University of Exeter. The four students, accompanied by supervising professors Dr. Karis Shearer and Myron Campbell, are to host their augmented reality artwork, Press Play, at Exeter’s Streatham campus...

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UBC architecture activists cast global spotlight on Canadian housing crisis

Canada’s dire lack of affordable housing is front and center for a global audience in Italy this week, thanks to a collective of architects, researchers, activists and students focused on solutions. Architects Against Housing Alienation, or AAHA, launched its “mobilizing change” campaign at the 2023 Venice Biennale of Architecture...

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Parsa Shani: Designing strong cities, smashing silos and staying optimistic

Growing up in Vancouver, Parsa Shani always had a “lingering notion” that there was a lot more world out there. When he and his family, originally from Iran, moved back for a while during his middle and high school years, Shani experienced a country very different from Canada...

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