Home away from Home

• New-Year Style 11 years ago I’ve decided to start the new year with a new post written in a new style.  Instead of having a specific topic and title in mind, I have not yet decided what this post will be about and will write stream-of-consciousness style until a topic naturally emerges.  A new year seems to be the perfect...
• My Top 5 Things About Living Abroad 12 years ago Living abroad as an expat worker, international student or immigrant has its ups and downs, pros and cons.  There are moments when you experience the highest of highs and feel like you never want to go back, and others when you experience the lowest of lows and feel like returning ‘home’ is...
• English Language Proficiency Exams: IELTS 12 years ago This is the first of a series of posts on the various English language proficiency exams that people encounter when planning to live, work or study in Canada.  As a certified English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor and licensed Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test assessor, I am...
• Getting Along With Canadians: The First Meeting 12 years ago Before I write anything else, I must first say this:  it’s impossible and ridiculous to generalize about an entire nation in terms of its ‘culture’, especially one as large and diverse as Canada. Canadians can’t even really agree on what it means to be ‘Canadian’, so analyzing Canadian...
• But It's Just a Canadian Travel/Holiday/Unimportant Visa - Right? 12 years ago WRONG… Imagine:  A travel agent or visa company helps you with your Canadian travel visa.  You don’t bother to check to see if the company is associated with an Authorized Representative because the company says they know what they are doing or because your friend used that person last month...

Unfortunately, no-one has been kind enough to leave a quick positive comment on this expat blog. Be the first!