My name is Abby (she/her), and I’m a Political Science and Economics student and PLLC Scholar heading into my final year at the University of Alberta! When I first learned about the opportunity to initiate a PLLC Stretch Project, I knew I wanted to make the most of it. The past few months have been […]
By Geoff McMaster for Folio When Lan Truong entered a local beauty pageant during high school, nothing about it felt right. While the event was organized for charity-one Truong would rather not mention-the purpose of the contest for the girls themselves was never made clear. Points were awarded for spurious attributes such as social media […]
By Idara Effiom Summer of 2019 was a very interesting one for me. It was a summer of exploration, professional development, travel and volunteerism. I got to explore southern Vietnam, live in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon) for a month and work with my favourite demographic of people- children! Talk about a […]
By Mohamed Bah. Hi all! This summer for my Stretch Experience I had the opportunity to be a monitor for the Explore Program in la Pocatière, Quebec, for 6 weeks. These weeks were a learning and giving experience that will live on eternally in my mind. From the standpoint of a multilingual person, I had […]
July 15th, 2019 Almost fourteen years ago, I was a young girl who attended my first Green & Gold soccer summer camp at the University of Alberta. A number of my coaches at that time were Pandas’ soccer players. I still remember how much I looked up to them and wanted to be like them […]
It’s not difficult to find a beginning when you find yourself situated just before it. But, to be able to define anything that may unveil itself directly after? Unlikely. This is the space that I find myself in as I begin to grasp the first (maybe) tangible wisps of my Stretch Experience and remind myself […]
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