In 2020, be it college students or all of us, we have all learned a very pivotal lesson – adapting to a situation when everything goes haywire. Because of the COVID-19, thousands of universities and schools around the world were…
The Canadian government is paying its students to travel and learn another language
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT Canada is officially bilingual, but how many of its citizens can say the same? A government program, Explore, is trying to increase that number by giving university students a $2,200 bursary (and, often, extra spending money) to…
Travel company launches gap year program that takes learning around the globe
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Not all learning happens in a classroom, sometimes a plane ticket can trump a text book. Geckos Adventures, a travel company that plans adventures for 18-29 year-old travellers, is taking the popular gap year, a year-break students…
Students and inmates are becoming sustainable farmers due to a new urban gardening initiative
By: Jocelyn Schwalm After volunteering on farms around the world, Jenny Spring decided to return to her hometown of Huntsville to give starting her own farm a try. The Spring Farm is a locally run urban farm owned by Jenny…
This retirement home is giving students free rent in exchange for their company
BY: ALEX BROWN There is a largely untapped symbiotic relationship that can exist between youth and the elderly—most fail to see across the cultural and social chasm that separates the two worlds by means of a few decades. Yet research…
These colourful taxis are changing the lives of design students in India
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS Within the commotion of a fast-paced everyday life, taxi rides feel like a small blimp on the radar. They are simply a means of functionality to get from one place to another. But what if they could…