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Volunteering in Canada's North

Details: Written by: Caelan Beard; Category: Volunteer Abroad

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Volunteering in Canada's North
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In the polar bear capital of the world, volunteers get a glimpse of the frontlines of climate change.
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In the polar bear capital of the world, volunteers get a glimpse of the frontlines of climate change.

Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada

Details: Written by: Caelan Beard; Category: Work Abroad

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Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada
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A prospective employer asks how you handle stressful work situations and your answer involves a tense meetingâ€”with a grizzly bear. You know you have their full attention.
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A prospective employer asks how you handle stressful work situations and your answer involves a tense meeting—with a grizzly bear. You know you have their full attention.

Culture Shock Canadian-style

Details: Written by: Desiree Anstey; Category: Work Abroad

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Culture Shock Canadian-style
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Milk comes in bags, the Mounted Police drive cars and, for a Brit in Canada, nothing is what it seems.
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Milk comes in bags, the Mounted Police drive cars and, for a Brit in Canada, nothing is what it seems.

Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada

Details: Written by: Caelan Beard; Category: Work Abroad

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Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada
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A prospective employer asks how you handle stressful work situations and your answer involves a tense meetingâ€”with a grizzly bear. You know you have their full attention.
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A prospective employer asks how you handle stressful work situations and your answer involves a tense meeting—with a grizzly bear. You know you have their full attention.

Surviving A Season as a Fire Tower Lookout

Details: Written by: Trina Moyles; Category: Why we travel

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How a decade of international work and travel helped me survive four months alone in Alberta's boreal forest.

Livin' The Dream: The Realities of #VanLife

Details: Written by: Michael Pace; Category: Budget Traveller

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Stranded in a Walmart parking lot and other remarkable Instagram moments.

How I Became a Working Holiday Visa Addict

Details: Written by: Rachael Doyle; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

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One working holiday down, countless to go.

Livin' The Dream: The Realities of #VanLife

Details: Written by: Michael Pace; Category: Beyond the Guidebook

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Livin' The Dream - The Realities of #VanLife
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Stranded in a Walmart parking lot and other remarkable Instagram moments.
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Stranded in a Walmart parking lot and other remarkable Instagram moments.

Turning Reverse Culture Shock into Positive Change

Details: Written by: Tina Chow; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

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Three emotions you'll encounter when you return home.

Surviving A Season as a Fire Tower Lookout

Details: Written by: Trina Moyles; Category: Why we travel

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Surviving My First Season as a Fire Tower Lookout
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How a decade of international work and travel helped me survive four months alone in Alberta's boreal forest.
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How a decade of international work and travel helped me survive four months alone in Alberta's boreal forest.

How To Work “Abroad” in Your Own Backyard

Details: Written by: Judi Zienchuk; Category: Work Abroad

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No passport require for these work "abroad" programs.

Canada Builds: A New Way for Canadians to Volunteer and Support Habitat Projects Nationwide

Details: Written by: Verge Magazine; Category: Latest program news & sponsored content

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Habitat for Humanity Canada has launched a new way for Canadians to engage in the mission of Habitat, travel, and give back to Canadian communities through Canada Builds, a program that sends teams of volunteers nationwide to support the construction of Habitat homes.

How To Work "Abroad" in Your Own Backyard

Details: Written by: Judi Zienchuk; Category: Work Abroad

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How To Work "Abroad" in Your Own Backyard
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Sometimes, satisfying your wanderlust is as simple as re-discovering your own country.
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Sometimes, satisfying your wanderlust is as simple as re-discovering your own country.

How To Work "Abroad" in Your Own Backyard

Details: Written by: Judi Zienchuk; Category: Work Abroad

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How To Work "Abroad" in Your Own Backyard
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Sometimes, satisfying your wanderlust is as simple as re-discovering your own country.
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Sometimes, satisfying your wanderlust is as simple as re-discovering your own country.

Life After Exchange

Details: Written by: Judi Zienchuk; Category: Study Abroad Blogs

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Judi finds the perfect way to keep the adventure of study abroad alive.

Slippery Business: Canada's Role in the Ecuador Pipeline

Details: Written by: Tom Peacock; Category: Why we travel

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An award-winning documentary draws attention to a Canadian company's role in Ecuador's oil mess.

What Would the Boss Say?: Employers on Gap Years

Details: Written by: Jeff Minthorn; Category: Volunteer Abroad

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Don't just take our word for it. Verge interviewed some key execs to get their take on gap years. The bottom line? Go for it.

Médecins Sans Frontières: First In, Last Out

Details: Written by: Clare Byrne; Category: Work Abroad

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Young Canadian volunteers with Médicins Sans Frontières talk about braving some of the world's worst conflict zones to deliver help where it's desperately needed.

Bigger and Better: An International Trading Game

Details: Written by: Mike Fuchigami; Category: Beyond the Guidebook

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Toilet rolls, poisoned darts and Dead Sea muck: Humanitarian NGO volunteer, Verge correspondent and veteran traveller Mike Fuchigami on his version of international trade.

It's Not Just a Job: Portrait of a Travel Guide

Details: Written by: Brendan Sainsbury; Category: Work Abroad

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Travel guiding is not a profession known for its six-figure salaries or pension benefits. In fact, sticking with it requires a certain passion. Pro guide Andy has it—and he's changing lives.

Volunteering in Canada's North

Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada

Culture Shock Canadian-style

Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada

Surviving A Season as a Fire Tower Lookout

Livin' The Dream: The Realities of #VanLife

How I Became a Working Holiday Visa Addict

Livin' The Dream: The Realities of #VanLife

Turning Reverse Culture Shock into Positive Change

Surviving A Season as a Fire Tower Lookout

How To Work “Abroad” in Your Own Backyard

Canada Builds: A New Way for Canadians to Volunteer and Support Habitat Projects Nationwide

How To Work "Abroad" in Your Own Backyard

How To Work "Abroad" in Your Own Backyard

Life After Exchange

Slippery Business: Canada's Role in the Ecuador Pipeline

What Would the Boss Say?: Employers on Gap Years

Médecins Sans Frontières: First In, Last Out

Bigger and Better: An International Trading Game

It's Not Just a Job: Portrait of a Travel Guide

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