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So What's My Story?

After 3 years of being a poor social worker (the work I loved, the pay I didn't), I decided it was time to go back to school and get my Master's! After weighing my options (school far away from home, or school in a different country that is only an 8-hour drive from home) I decided to try my luck in British Columbia, Canada.

For a year I lived in Surrey, BC while attending Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC. However, as the final component of my work toward my Masters degree in Criminology I have moved back to the states to complete an internship at an Independent Living Program for youth leaving the foster care system.

Here is the story of my adventures as a graduate student in a "foreign" country as well as my current work back in the states.

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Saturday, January 31, 2009

What I Love About BC...

  • The woman at the liquor store today called me "love"
  • I can buy produce, a roast, and a bottle of wine... at the mall!
  • They refer to electricity as "hydro"
  • They really DO say "eh" ;)
  • I can get anywhere on mass transit... usually in the same amount of time (if not less) as it would take me to drive there
  • They have one kind of vegetable oil at the grocery store, but about 5 different brands of sunflower oil
  • There are islands... you have to take ferries!
  • On the same note, there are boats... EVERYWHERE!
  • Seafood is the cheapest meat at the grocery store
  • Any place east of Vancouver (so pretty much everywhere else) is called the "interior"
  • The views are GORGEOUS
  • The coffee shop at school uses Oregon Chai mix!
  • Cheap, GOOD sushi restaurants!
  • There are a LOT of different fantastic outdoor activities available... just need the weather to DO them! lol
  • Two faculty members at my school regularly put up baby gates in their offices and bring their dogs in with them
  • Cultural variety
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