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Personal Narrative: Moving To Canada
I have always relished new experiences. I am an adventurer at heart and I love to explore. I thoroughly enjoy the outdoors and sharing outdoor experiences with others, as well as learning about different cultures through traveling and history.

My first big adventure came when I moved to Canada. I was born in Great Yarmouth, England and I lived there for the first five years of my life. To this day my English citizenship and heritage is a big part of who I am. Before moving to Canada, I moved to a small town in rural Maine. My family built the home we call “Old Brick” in 1812, and it is has been passed down ever since. I moved to Canada six months later, however we returned to Maine every summer. Living in Maine created a strong contrast to my life in Halifax and exposed me to people from different walks of life.
This international perspective influences and fuels my desire to learn about the world. I am a product of globalization, and it is this concept that will be inherent to the future of the entire world and will fundamentally shift how countries interact as we move into the future. …show more content…
I was born to a British and American mother and a Canadian father. My Dad’s parents were diplomats, so he grew up in Austria, Yugoslavia, France and Canada. Through living abroad my parents gained a strong appreciation of different languages that they passed on to me. I speak French and English fluently and am currently part of a language exchange where I am learning Spanish and Chinese. Languages are the way we truly connect with other cultures and I want to be able to appreciate other regions of the world when I get the opportunity to travel. It was this strong appreciation of learning that encouraged my application to Pearson College UWC in Victoria, British
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