Personal Narrative: When I Want To Go To Canada

If I died tomorrow, I would have wanted to go ice fishing, which has always been a dream of mine, and also learn how to dance ballet.

Although I am Canadian and still carry Canadian traits, adopting new traits from being in a different environment has helped me grow and become a better individual. Someone who doesn't move will forever lack certain traits because you are not exposed to different environments. Being from a different country, I have different thoughts on an American than Americans, but after being in America my perspective has altered. Being able to adapt to situations and environments, just as the frontiers had, has lead me to take more pride in my individual self. Going trough life significant life experiences has made me appreciate values of Americans like freedom and justice. The western mythology has helped shape this nation and is responsible for many

My mom Andrea Svank moved from Hungary to Canada in 1998. My mom was born July 19th, 1970 she was born in Nyíregyháza, Hungary. She got the idea to move to Canada because her husband Joszef Svank (my dad) went to Canada to visit his aunt and uncle for 8 months before they met. When they met he always talked about how nice Canada is and that one day when there married he wants to move to Canada.

When my family and I moved from Canada to United States 6 years ago, it was very hard for me and I had to meet and make a new group of friends. I was born in Canada, and I lived in Ottawa all my life until my family and relocated to Atlanta in 2011. At the time of the move, I was eleven years old and I had just finished Grade 5. I remember when my mom told me that we were moving to Atlanta, Georgia I didn’t know where that city was because I only knew the cities in Canada and not in Georgia. I was very sad and excited to move to a new city. I knew I would lose my friends in Canada but I also knew I would get to meet and make some new ones when I get to Atlanta.

At the age of 11, my life took a turn. To others, immigration was moving from country to country, but to me, it meant leaving my friends and family behind. On August 7, 2012 we moved to Canada. With all the challenges I was facing from immigration the biggest challenge was finding my identity in which I felt comfortable and knew I belonged. When I came from Pakistan I wore hijab. I was born in the year of 9/11 and that time my dad used to live in America when I grew up, my dad used to tell me what happened to Muslims in America after 9/11 so when my parents told me we were moving to Canada I was frightened to even though I knew that Canada is a different country and it both accepts and respects people of different origin. So when I moved to Canada I knew I had the decision to make, a decision about my identity, decision about who I want to be seen as.

When I was a kid, a girl lived next door to me. She was beautiful, graceful, and overall a kind person. Her name was Riley. I remember the times where I hung out with her. She was a cool girl who didn’t mind a boy hanging around with her. We often spent our time swinging on a rope in the park and playing tag. In time, I felt… attached to her. I wanted to tell her this. However, something happened.

First about the trip, first we would go from New York City to Shenandoah national park. We would then spend 11 days on the campgrounds. After we spend our 11 days in amazing nature, we would then pack up and then go to Washington D.C; the capital of the United States of America.

Human rights are in place for a reason, because all persons regardless of their age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, ability, class, appearance and social location deserve to, and ought to, be treated with fairness and in an equitable manner. My responsibility as a Canadian citizen and professional is to uphold and promote all human rights regardless of my social location and assumptive world view. I feel as a humanitarian it is also my responsibility to educate and create awareness of issues surrounding basic human rights, especially those related to gender identity and expression. Through education of gender identity and gender expression, clients and members of the public are made aware of the oppression and discrimination that

As I walked to the parking lot where my mom had arrived to pick me up from school, my sister ran out of the car, ran towards me and yelled excitedly, “We’re going to Canada!” Having grown up in Kuwait for my whole life of 15 years, I could hardly believe my sister’s words. Going to Canada! I had only been out of the country twice, each time just to vacation and visit family in the Philippines where both my parents are from. I had always imagined what life would be like outside of Kuwait, and now it was finally going to be real. My 15-year old self was devastated - We were leaving the only home I had known for 15 years. It did not take long for my sisters’ excitement to die when we realized that we would be leaving our friends and everything we’ve ever known and not returning for a long time. Life in Kuwait for 15 years was comfortable and we were more than financially stable. Moving to Canada without a job offer in place meant that we would have to start from the beginning all over again. Goodbyes were hard but my parents encouraged us to see the joys of moving to a place where we could start over and become accepted citizens of a country. Arriving in Canada, I experienced the biggest culture shock of my life. Vancouver, BC was cold, wet, and loud. I had thought adjusting would be relatively easy; I spoke English with a slight accent but I was very shy that it confused some of the other kids to think I couldn’t speak English. I did not understand the culture, which took a

I came from a Chinese descent family in Indonesia, a country in South East Asia, which is known as a very conservative country both in social and cultural aspects. To be born in Indonesia, I rarely go outside my country and encounter people from another nation and another race, other than Indonesian people or the Chinese and Indian descent society. It has always been my greatest interest to continue my education, and to get my post-secondary degree overseas. However, I have never imagined that I could leave my country and come to Canada, to enter and study in a public college here. It was all started after I graduated from high-school.

Last, if I win the lottery I will travel around the world. The first place I want to visit is Dubai. Going to Dubai has always been my dream. The culture, the desert, the constructions, how advance it is. After I travel around Dubai, I want to travel around France, Spain, Mexico, Colombia. I’ve always love to go to the beach so I would like to go to the most beautiful islands in the world.

Beijing is inland, so we have to take about a two-hour bus ride to get there from the port. I forget the name of the port. Anyway, we're going to see the Great Wall, the Tiananmen Square, and the Forbidden City." It's going to be so cool !"I told my neighbor Roz . From China, the cruise ship would go to Seol in South Korea, and finally to Tokyo. From Tokyo, we would catch a flight back to Saudi Arabia.

If I could anywhere in the world, I would go to Alaska so I could go hunting see the northern lights and hike the mountains. I want to hunt all kinds of animals to see what type of meat they produce and what they taste like. What type of stuff you can make and cook with it. I think the mountains are so pretty and that I love being in the mountains. I also has also wanted to see the northern lights since I was a little kid.

I have a ticket in my hand. I can go anywhere in the world, see anything or meet anyone. The world has an abundance of cities and beautiful views. For what? A temporary ease to reality? Magical places filled with superficial smiles materialistically caused to cover up the evil within the country. So where would I go?

This EF trip to Quebec is a once in a lifetime experience for anyone. However, as a French student hoping to go on this trip with peers who are also interested in French, it might mean more than it regularly would to a traveler. I hope to travel the world, and make a difference in it using language. I would like to go on this trip mainly to develop my French, and become more familiar with the French lifestyle. Last year, I took a vacation to France, and it was an incogitable experience. I found myself using more French, and understanding more of it as the trip continued. I would enjoy this kind of experience again, but in a new location with a different style of French and culture. Pertaining to this, I would someday like to study abroad,