“Would you like a cup of tea?” She asked. That was about the most British way of greeting people, I thought. “Yes, please,” I gladly accepted her offer. And it was this brief encounter that marked the start of my exchange at UEA, in January 2016. The day before this, I landed at Norwich Airport,…
Category: Canada
Smiling at Snow by Tom Gordon
Now, if there’s one thing English people are disinclined to endorse it’s any sort of display of emotion towards strangers that is anything but mild (and private) approbation. Vancouver seems to be trying its hardest to drum out the disgruntled Brit in me: on four separate occasions my listless and absent-minded glances that happen to…
University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, British Columbia, Canada
You only start to appreciate how cold the conditions can truly be in Canada once you’re out on the rivers and lakes, breaking through inches of ice, trying to collect invertebrates for your taxonomic collection; instead of viewing the splendour and warmth which the idyllic scenes normally radiate across the valley and mountain tops. That’s…
“I feel incredibly lucky that I have been given the chance to experience Canadian life in such a wonderful environment for the year” Emily at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
On an American and English Literature degree, I chose to spend my year abroad at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, with a view to writing my dissertation on Indigenous literature. I’ve had a wonderful 6 months here so far and I can’t wait to see what the remaining 2 months will bring. …
