Amanda Phillips, Capilano University, winner of the Spring 2023 BC Study Abroad: Stories from Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: Austria Amanda Phillips is a 4th-year business student at Capilano University. Born and raised in the small city of New Westminster, BC, Amanda has always yearned to see what the world has to offer. She always knew she would spend a semester abroad, but the question she always had was “where?”.  When the partner institutions were released at her home university, she knew Vienna and FHWien der WKW were the city and school for her. Amanda has ..read more

Victoria San Martin, Simon Fraser University, winner of the Spring 2023 BC Study Abroad: Stories from Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: Scotland Victoria is an English and Publishing student at Simon Fraser University. She is studying abroad at the University of Glasgow in Scotland during the Fall 2023 semester. She is both excited and nervous to start this next chapter of her life, but she is looking forward to documenting her experiences to share her reflections and learnings. She is also looking forward to gaining perspective as a Canadian international student ..read more

Alec Weinstein, North Island College, winner of the Fall 2022 BC Study Abroad: Stories from Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: France Alec Weinstein was born in Victoria and raised in Campbell River, British Columbia. He is a 3rd-year student at North Island College completing a BBA with a major in marketing. Currently, he is studying at Université Savoie Mont Blanc in the French Alps. In France, Alec is completing a double degree program, with his French degree being a bachelor of Outdoor International Sales and Promotion. Alec loves learning languages, meeting ..read more

Leigh Tipper, Vancouver Island University, winner of the Fall 2022 BC Study Abroad: Stories from Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: Norway Leigh Tipper is a mature student who returned to school at VIU last fall. After having her two children and being a single stay-at-home mother to them, while also homeschooling, she decided that the best way to build a better future for them would be to go back to school. In four years Leigh went from struggling to find a home with them to now being in school full time and about to leave for Norway with the education abroad progra ..read more

Alec Weinstein, North Island College, winner of the Fall 2022 BC Study Abroad: Stories from Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: France Alec Weinstein was born in Victoria and raised in Campbell River, British Columbia. He is a 3rd-year student at North Island College completing a BBA with a major in marketing. Currently, he is studying at Université Savoie Mont Blanc in the French Alps. In France, Alec is completing a double degree program, with his French degree being a bachelor of Outdoor International Sales and Promotion. Alec loves learning languages, meeting ..read more

Tatu Meagher, Simon Fraser University, winner of the Fall 2022 BC Study Abroad: Stories from Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: Japan Tatu is a fourth-year SFU student majoring in psychology with a minor in health and counselling. One day, she hopes to work as a child psychologist or elementary school counsellor. Her hobbies are cafe hopping, thrift shopping, and going for walks in the rain. This year, Tatu was very lucky to have had the opportunity to move abroad for a study semester at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Her current goal is to encourage other s ..read more

Stephanie Wong, University of Victoria, winner of the Fall 2021 BC Study Abroad: Stories from Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: Reykjavik, Iceland Stephanie is a fourth-year student from the University of Victoria, expecting to graduate with her Bachelor of Science in Microbiology in Winter 2022. She is currently in Reykjavik, Iceland, completing her exchange semester at the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands). Stephanie has been involved with her university’s Biochemistry and Microbiology Student Society, as well as playing in soccer intramurals. Outside o ..read more

Sophia Berezowski, Capilano University, winner of the Fall 2021 BC Study Abroad: Stories from Abroad Scholarship Study Abroad Destination: Aarhus, Denmark Sophia is a third-year Motion Picture Arts student at Capilano University. Next spring semester Sophia plans on attending the New Screens Experience at VIA University in Aarhus, Denmark. Creativity has always been a huge part of her life has been in dancing, singing, and acting all throughout elementary and high school, so film really felt like a natural progression to her. After having focused on filmmaking for th ..read more

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