I realized this weekend that in the last three weeks, I’ve been to three big festivals: Hats Off Day in Burnaby, Car Free Day on Main Street, and the International Dragon Boat Festival. And here I was complaining that Vancouver had no culture! Well, this summer has proven me wrong already. The rain stops here [...]

One of Luke’s friends, Anika Balsdon, was visiting us after a 10 week program in Kelowna, BC. Anika and Luke went to high school together, and I’m sure that we’ll be seeing more of her in Sydney when we move. It was really great to get to spend some more time with her–we toured Vancouver, [...]

Bonjour mes amis! Yup, I’m in Montreal and loving it. Actually, I’m gearing up for a little bit of homework, but I’ll get there eventually. Our trip so far has been pretty lovely. A day in the country, some shopping, some beers with a friend, more shopping, recovering from beers with a friend, eating with [...]

I fear that politics in Canada is trending the same way as hockey–we try our hardest, take it right to game six and tie it up in the third period–and at the very last moment the other side gets a few lucky strokes and it goes the way it always does. Not that the other [...]

Goodness but it’s been a while since I’ve written in here. Nearly 8 months, by my count! Truly unacceptable. I hope to use this blog a bit more in the upcoming months, as I find myself embroiled in the Semester in Dialogue at SFU–it’s only been a week, but I can tell it’s going to [...]

I’m back from another cross-Canada trip, and actually managed to go from coast to coast in one day–though I do feel like I cheated a little bit since I didn’t actually go from Victoria to St. John’s, which would have been a bit more “coast to coast” than Vancouver to St. John’s. Oh well. I [...]

Well, I’ve got one more paper to finish, and then I’m done for the semester! I can’t believe it’s gone by this quickly. As a brain break though, here are some random photos from recent days…

You Orientation Leaders will remember the impending sense of “O-week,” the knowledge that your life is about to get out of control… I’m kind of getting the same feeling with the beginning of “E-week” tomorrow, though in reality, trying to convince people to vote will be slightly less stressful than the craziness of orientation. No [...]

free food brings them queueing! Tracy came to visit! waiting for the bus… it’s what we do! at the executives debate — JJ, Wisam, Natalie, and Maegan