Sometimes the best way to learn about a new city and education system is from someone you have more in common with. That's why universities and colleges have rolled out peer mentorship programs.
The City of Toronto launched an airport welcome program for international students in August 2011. But one student, who was stranded at the airport when he arrived in the city, started his personal one before they did. Check out his story.
BY NATALIE SEQUEIRA For Ellie Kim, leaving university for seven months started with what she thought was just indigestion. Her stomach hurt a lot, she could not eat anything and she slowly started skipping classes days at a time, until she had fallen too far behind to go back. Nauseated and dizzy, she went to her university’s health centre. “They didn’t let me see a real doctor,” she said,...
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