Student stories
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April 10, 2024Global 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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March 28, 2024Global 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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August 9, 2023Tips 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.As my plane slowly descended, I looked out the window to see where I would be living for the next five months. I saw grey skies, green fields and…
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July 28, 2023Learning about Systems Approaches to Regional Sustainability in person with residents & locals on Hawai'i Island
Studying on the Hawai'ian shore or learning about policymaking at the European Union HQ is all within reach for UBC students taking Global Seminars. Led by UBC faculty and supported by Go Global, these special offerings give UBC students the chance to explore topics in-depth in small groups…
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May 29, 2023UBCO 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. -
May 24, 2023UBC 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…
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April 6, 2021Parsa 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. The “massive, hectic,…