month September 2019
It was a warm afternoon, in early August when we started our journey to a Community Fishery, in Battambong, Cambodia. Prior to this field visit, a colleague and myself exchanged knowledge on human rights, especially on the rights to food,… Continue Reading →
It is so close to the end, isn’t it? Only a few more weeks until everything I own will be packed, rolled, shoved into suitcases and sent back to Canada. A third of the year has passed so quickly. I… Continue Reading →
Dear Future Intern, Perhaps you are reading this blog frantically before your first interview with Robyn, hoping to glean some insight into the application process. Maybe you have already been accepted and you are now raking through the CAPI blog… Continue Reading →
This is impressively overdue. I like to think I hesitate to write these things because of a fear of exploiting or misrepresenting someone else’s vulnerability, but I’m probably just scared of exposing my own. Or I’m just lazy. I’ll postulate… Continue Reading →
This morning I awoke to the sun shining into my room, the roosters crowing, annnd a dog fight… a pretty normal wake up call around here. I rolled out of bed and I was immediately greeted by our cats Michi… Continue Reading →
Today basically marks the four-month period that I have been navigating through my new life in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I have no idea where to begin this blog as I am overwhelmed with emotions of wholeness, disheartenment, and dread. I… Continue Reading →
As my dad and I sat drinking coffee in a rooftop café in Bukitingi, which is a small city in the mountains in Sumatra surrounded by jungle and volcanoes, we looked up and noted how the moon was almost full…. Continue Reading →
There are questions people always ask when you’re abroad. Where are you from? What are you doing here? How long will you be here for? Etc, etc…. After a while you get so used to these questions that you start… Continue Reading →
Hello people, It’s almost been four months! Wowza. My days are now steeped in routine: waking up to the sounds of the security guards at my building blowing their whistles, hearing the motorcycles passing by; sitting in my office and… Continue Reading →
