The First Challenges When I Came to the Land of Maple Leaves (Canada)

 I grew up in Vietnam, which has warm weather and beautiful beaches. Vietnam has four seasons; spring and summer are the mos...

City to City

Being an International student in Canada, and having stayed in Vancouver for two years, whenever someone from outside here as...

A diploma in resilience

When I first started my program in 2019, I had no idea about the pandemic and the challenges it would bring. I really loved m...

Watch, pause, repeat.

Watch, pause, repeat. This third lockdown feels like déjà vu and I wonder if there will be a fourth or a fifth. I often pau...

Michelle Small - A culinary passion that extends borders

Culinary Exchange with the Philippines - Imagine relocating to Canada from the Bahamas and collaborating on ...

Kevin Ritchen's Blog

Good day everyone, my name is Kevin Ritchen and I am a national of the Federation of St. Kitts And Nevis, two islands in the ...

Restrictions lead to innovation

The restrictions brought on by covid have made people all over the world change their approach, and the Pacific Alliance proj...

My (first) international webinar

Indeed, these were my first international webinars. I came into the experience with no expectations; or maybe some, this may ...

Being an ISA is great!

I am Emon Majumder. I moved to Halifax from Bangladesh to study IT Programming at Nova Scotia Community College. Before movin...

The future of project collaboration

Well!  who’d have thought that we could have reached so many from South America from our dining room tables?! Nothing can ...

Felipe Lenz's Blog

My name is Felipe Lenz, I am from Brazil and this is my second semester as a full-time student at NSCC. I am here today to te...

World Refugee Day through Jacob Aleer’s Perspective

With so many global crises ranging from discriminations to civil wars, many people around the globe are familiar with the ter...

Alley Nguyen' Blog

My name is Alley Nguyen, from Vietnam, I have been finishing my second semester at NSCC. This is my third year staying in Can...

From crisis to opportunity

Hi, this is Yasemin, an international student at NSCC in the Industrial Engineering Technology program and I wanted to share ...

Staying strong and united

My name is Raquel, and I am an international student from Brazil. In the last couple of weeks, I started working with NSCC In...

Celia Deer's Blog

My name is Celia Deer and I am an international student at NSCC Akerley campus from the beautiful island of Jamaica. I curren...

Oliver Klement's Blog

Hi everyone my name is Oliver and I absolved the social services program at NSCC Ivany campus this semester. For me as nature...

It's the small things. . .

It all starts towards the end of February for me, when my ‘nothing-ever-worries-me’ sister sends me a WhatsApp message te...

An unlikely teacher: what the pandemic taught me

When mapping out my journey as an international student and beyond, let’s just say a global pandemic was not on the list. A...

Resilience in a pandemic

Hello, I am Valessa Goncalves an international student from Brazil in my final year of Business Administration-Management con...

What I am grateful for in the time of Covid

May 6, 2020

Things I am grateful for in my COVID-19 time work life:

Jada Herbert's Blog

Hi everyone, this is my first time in Canada and I’m loving it. The people here are extremely friendly making it easier to ...

Kirsty Lock's Blog

Pacific Alliance Program in Peru - In January 2020, I had the great privilege of participating in a project ...

Charlene Marshall's Blog

Pacific Alliance Project in Peru - One of my long-term professional development goals has been to gain a bet...

Jenny McLean's Blog

Pacific Alliance Project in Peru - Views from Peru: anuary 24th through February 1st NSCC and BCIT travelled...

Sharda Joseph's Blog

Hello, my name is Sharda Joseph an international exchange student here at NSCC Akerley Campus from the T.A Marryshow Communit...

Alejandra Garcia's Blog

Be an international student in Nova Scotia has been one of the most incredible experiences I’ve ever had, it was scary, but...

Avion Primus's Blog

Nova Scotia, a beautiful province with an evening skyline that paints a breathtaking sunset. With rich hues of red blended wi...

Krista Taverner's Blog

Kenya Education for Employment Project 7 - As a female engineer, I feel very grateful to have participated i...

NSCC wins new project in Grenada

New Coastal and Water Management project with TA Marryshow Community College in Grenada and the Marine Institute of N...

Alley Nguyen's Blog

Hi, my name is Alley Nguyen I am from Vietnam, and I am currently studying in my first year of the business administration pr...

Felipe Lenz's Blog

My name is Felipe Lenz Almeida, I am from Brazil and I am an International Student Ambassador. Some adjectives that I would u...

Jizell Dionisio's Blog

My journey here in Nova Scotia has been an amazing and at the same time, a challenging experience, because of many things tha...

Sharon Li's Blog

Hi, my name is Jiajia Li, I come from China, and I took Business Tourism at NSCC Akerley Campus. I arrived in Halifax at July...

NSCC International Impact Award Winners 2019

2019 NSCC International Impact Awards Winners

Erin Moore's Blog

Social Entrepreneurship Project in Vietnam - As I write this blog post, my three NSCC students are huddled i...

Ben Pincock's Blog

Solar Innovations Project in Tanzania - As we began our descent into Tanzania our captain informed us that w...

Jean-Marc Samson's Blog

Solar Innovations Project in Tanzania - Before I start, I just need to make it clear that anything I write d...

Susan Campbell's Blog

Cynthia Rogers' Blog

Solar Innovations Project in Tanzania - My inspiration comes from a favourite song written by the iconic Can...

Fay Patey's Blog

Doing Business in Europe Summer Program in the Netherlands - The opportunity to attend  the summer school p...

Katherine Gutscher's Blog

Doing Business in Europe Summer Program in the Netherlands - While reflecting back on the time I was in the ...

Leah Salsman's Blog

Social Work Summer School in Austria - One missed flight turned into over 24 hours of travelling, but we eve...

Angela Eisner's Blog

Social Services Summer School in Austria - To applying for grants, summer jobs, and traveling internationa...

Jordain Murphy's Blog

Social Work Summer School in Austria - The past week and a half in Linz, Austria has been incredible. I have...

Amanda Marshall's Blog

ISTEP 10 Project in Tanzania - It is strange to me that I am not long back in Halifax after working at and v...

Benjamin Edwards' Blog

Social Entrepreneurship Project in Vietnam - One of the most memorable experiences I’ve lived wouldn’t h...

Elyse Whitman's Blog

Social Entrepreneurship Project in Vietnam - I came to Vietnam to expand my comfort zone. Having never trave...

Kate Sunabacka's Blog

Women in Entrepreneurship Project in Peru - It’s a challenge to give justice to this overall experience, e...

Robert Burrow's Blog

Women in Entrepreneurship Project in Peru - My time in Peru was most definitely one of the best times of my ...

Tanya O'Rielly's Blog

Faculty Field School in Tanzania - The journey to get to Africa can be trying physically, but the energy and...

Rashida Symonds' Blog

Faculty Field School in Tanzania - Connecting with Culture and Purpose

Melissa Randell's Blog

Oral History Project in Tanzania - Oral history is a field of study that involves communicating with an inte...

Romic Isaac's Blog

Oral History Project in Tanzania - I am Romic Isaac, an international student from Grenada. I am an ambitiou...

Dalton Cain's Blog

Oral History Project in Tanzania - Home for me is Canada. My family, kids and friends are in Canada, and it ...

Roger Haynes' Blog

IT Solutions Project in Tanzania - The first site of the IT Solutions in Rural Tanzania project was a vocati...

Ronan O'Driscoll's Blog

IT Solutions Project in Tanzania - What a learning adventure my time in Tanzania with NSCC International has...

Kayla Cassidy's Blog

Happiness Project in Tanzania - One thing that really hit me in Tanzania is how much person-to-person connec...

Shari Mallory's Blog

Happiness Project in Tanzania - Karibu! Welcome!  Entrepreneurship is the focus of the Happiness Project ...

Kristen Hunter's Blog

International Tourism in Spain - May 8, 2019

Chris Palmer's Blog

International Tourism in Spain - May 3, 2019

Sarah Ryter's Blog

International Tourism in Spain - April 30, 2019

Brandi Walsh's Blog

International Tourism in Spain - May 6, 2019

Chloe MacDonald's Blog

International Tourism in Spain - May 4, 2019

Wendi Dewey's Blog

International Tourism in Spain - Monday, April 29th - Departure day!