Expecting the unexpected
As Christmas approaches in Dubai, it's an unusual combination of the familiar and the unexpected
Home and Away
Home and Away explores and troubles the notion of home, and the many meanings that ‘home’ has for us as Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, wherever we may be living
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It’s the simple things
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Oh…Canada?
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Teaching in a fishbowl
Sometimes teaching abroad can make you feel more like a circus show than an educator
On growing older
Traveling among different cultures requires flexibility and adaptiveness. Are these qualities that become more difficult as we grow older?
Teach our children well
When adults aren't even able to form a respectable line for the subway, what does it say about the basic skills being taught by our education system[s]?
Boom Town
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Work vs. Life
Achieving balance is a struggle for many of us, but it's a particularly acute challenge for teachers.
A wholly hot month
Living in a different culture is very different from just reading about it.
Third culture
Born in one place and raised in another by parents from somewhere else. It's difficult not to feel out of place in a city as multicultural as Dubai. But it makes you wonder: what would it be like to raise a child here?
It’s the simple things
Living abroad means sometimes the everyday normal can appear incredibly strange, and vice versa
Oh…Canada?
What does it mean to be Canadian when you're living abroad?
Teaching in a fishbowl
Sometimes teaching abroad can make you feel more like a circus show than an educator
On growing older
Traveling among different cultures requires flexibility and adaptiveness. Are these qualities that become more difficult as we grow older?
Teach our children well
When adults aren't even able to form a respectable line for the subway, what does it say about the basic skills being taught by our education system[s]?
Boom Town
In the face of an unpredictable oil industry, does the experience of Dubai hold lessons for Newfoundland?
Work vs. Life
Achieving balance is a struggle for many of us, but it's a particularly acute challenge for teachers.
A wholly hot month
Living in a different culture is very different from just reading about it.
Third culture
Born in one place and raised in another by parents from somewhere else. It's difficult not to feel out of place in a city as multicultural as Dubai. But it makes you wonder: what would it be like to raise a child here?