Cadence Konopaki fell in love with Ireland when she lived there back in 2000. Fifteen years later, it called her name again. In this final episode of the Expats, we talk about Cadence’s Ireland experience,…
Emma originally moved to London for work. She started out at an HMV, when those existed. Then she got a job in publishing, met her husband, and they’ve firmly established themselves in the world city,…
Pierre and Deborah Boileau were bit by the travel bug early on. From casual adventure travel, to now living the expat life in Africa, they’ve seen and experienced quite a bit. And they’ve been able…
Episode 23: A Canadian Expat in Scotland
- May 30, 2016
- Tagged as: edinburgh, expatriates, expats, leah cavanaugh, scotland
Leah Cavanaugh’s academic pursuits took her to a place you’ve likely seen depicted and sometimes exaggerated on film and television. Home to warrior poets and engineering feats: Scotland. Leah’s studying at the University of Edinburgh. And though she’s…
Episode 21: A Canadian Expat in Switzerland
- March 7, 2016
- Tagged as: bern, canada, expatriates, expats, helvetica, switzerland, tatiana warkentin
Sometimes, you have a shitty day at work, so you sell all your belongings and move to Switzerland. That’s a somewhat accurate description of Tatiana Warkentin’s expat experience… sort of. Tatiana shares her four and a half…
Episode 18: A Canadian Expat in New Zealand
- January 25, 2016
- Tagged as: auckland, canada, expatriates, expats, new zealand
Jana Makar and her husband decided to leave their lives in Calgary, Alberta to experience life as Expats. They landed in New Zealand, and after a bit of a bumpy start got settled. It’s been…
Episode 17: A Canadian Expat in Milan
- January 11, 2016
- Tagged as: bc, expatriates, expats, italy, milan, victoria
Milan is the global centre of fashion. You don’t walk into a grocery store in Milan wearing sweatpants, unless you want to invite dirty looks. Marissa Janzen learned some of those lessons the hard way. She and her…
Episode 15: A Canadian Expat in Sweden
- December 14, 2015
- Tagged as: canada, expatriates, expats, morgan fawcett, sweden, umea, victoria
Umeå, Sweden is a university city in the country’s north. For eight months, it’s been home to Canadian expat Morgan Fawcett, who moved there to live with her partner. I spoke with Morgan a few…
Episode 13: A Canadian Expat in Brazil
- November 17, 2015
- Tagged as: brazil, curitiba, expatriates, expats, sarah parsons, toronto
When Sarah Parsons was given the choice to relocate to Calgary for her job or to try out an expat assignment, she chose the latter. No offense to Calgary, of course, but it just isn’t…
Recognition for the Expats
- August 5, 2015
- Tagged as: calgary, canada, CBC, edmonton, expatriates, expats
It’s been just over a month since I launched this podcast, sort of on a whim. I wanted to tell the stories of Canadians living abroad — share their experiences, and talk about the things they…