pdonaldson

Yeah! I'm very happy this is taking off as well. I'm thinking about going the Research Essay route as I feel that I would probably benefit the most from taking a few extra classes and writing something shorter. I'm not really using this as a platform to do a PHD (or at least I'm not thinking that way at this moment) - so I feel a research essay may be the right way of going about this. BC French immersion is hopefully going to take me through this too! Fingers crossed!

Wow - I thought I'd get emails when people posted but apparently not! My bad. Great to see people posting on here and I'm very excited to meet you all when I get to Ottawa! I just accepted a residence offer as I'll literally be moving on September 1st and won't have time to get myself set up with all new furniture, etc. in the 2 days I'll have prior to the program starting. It's just my reality, but I'm also psyched to be able to live right in the heart of everything. Also, I spoke with a friend of mine who lived in Ottawa for a year and he really showed me how easy it is to get around town and how there are lots of little areas around Carleton that are good spots for going out, etc. I've very excited. As for a language - I'm bilingual, however, my french needs work. I've lived in Vancouver/Victoria all my life and as you can imagine, there's not a lot of french speakers out here. That said I want to brush up and would love to learn an additional language if I can. Keep in touch via this posting and let me know when you'll be heading to Ottawa! Maybe we can meet up or something on the day before tours start and go for a beer. It's going to be a wild two year ride. I look forward to it.

Hello! Just looking to start a thread in search of anyone who will be attending the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs in September 2012. I'm in the MA program - focus in International Institutions and Global Governance - but we're all pretty much in the same boat so it'd be nice to talk/get to know a few people before the semester gets under way. I live out in BC at the moment but will be moving in late August/beginning of Sept. Hopefully this message finds some of you out there!