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Hi, my name is Allysia and I am a first year engineering student, locally grown in Vancouver.  I decided to... read full post >>

Hi! My name is Elyse Doyle and I’m a second year student in the Faculty of Arts. I don’t have an idea of what I will major in but I’m looking for inspiration in every course I take. I’m interested in learning about the diverse cultures and histories that make up what we know as […] read full post >>

Hi my name is Thomas Seagrave. Originally I am from Vancouver, BC where I was born. I have dual Canadian UK citizenship as my parents are from the UK. I grew up in Delta, BC until I was 12 years old at which point I moved with my family to Brunei Darus... read full post >>

Hi my name is Thomas Seagrave. Originally I am from Vancouver, BC where I was born. I have dual Canadian UK citizenship as my parents are from the UK. I grew up in Delta, BC until I was 12 years old at which point I moved with my family to Brunei Darussalam (near Malaysia if you don't know) which is where I lived until finishing the IB Diploma with HLs in Chemistry, Physics, and Geography. I took a gap year before coming to UBC which was in Europe primarily focused in the UK and Ireland. I came to UBC because I had lived away for so long and wanted to be reunited with my childhood friends and my amazing city.

At UBC I'm in the Faculty of Arts hoping to Major in International Relations, I love geography and learning about the world in a macro-sense. I took LAST 100 because I feel that my knowledge of Latin America is lacking compared to other parts of the world, which I would like to remedy.

My hobbies include reading, travelling, hiking, skiing, playing (too many) video games, and drinking (socially of course!). As a result of living in Brunei I've had the amazing opportunity to visit a number of countries and experience an array of different things. I've played in a nationally renowned orchestra (which sounds more impressive than it is), trekked through the Borneo Rain Forest on numerous occasions, been scuba diving, and climbed Mt. Kenya (without porters). I am involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Program which is what I've done most of those things through. I have the Bronze and Silver Award and am currently working on my Gold Award.


I hope that this class will help me develop an understanding of Latin America so that I can have a better and more holistic view of the world.

Thank you for taking the time to read a little about me, good luck on your adventures at UBC or elsewhere! read full post >>

Hi my name is Thomas Seagrave. Originally I am from Vancouver, BC where I was born. I have dual Canadian UK citizenship as my parents are from the UK. I grew up in Delta, BC until I was 12 years old at which point I moved with my family to Brunei Darussalam (near Malaysia if you don't know) which is where I lived until finishing the IB Diploma with HLs in Chemistry, Physics, and Geography. I took a gap year before coming to UBC which was in Europe primarily focused in the UK and Ireland. I came to UBC because I had lived away for so long and wanted to be reunited with my childhood friends and my amazing city.

At UBC I'm in the Faculty of Arts hoping to Major in International Relations, I love geography and learning about the world in a macro-sense. I took LAST 100 because I feel that my knowledge of Latin America is lacking compared to other parts of the world, which I would like to remedy.

My hobbies include reading, travelling, hiking, skiing, playing (too many) video games, and drinking (socially of course!). As a result of living in Brunei I've had the amazing opportunity to visit a number of countries and experience an array of different things. I've played in a nationally renowned orchestra (which sounds more impressive than it is), trekked through the Borneo Rain Forest on numerous occasions, been scuba diving, and climbed Mt. Kenya (without porters). I am involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Program which is what I've done most of those things through. I have the Bronze and Silver Award and am currently working on my Gold Award.


I hope that this class will help me develop an understanding of Latin America so that I can have a better and more holistic view of the world.

Thank you for taking the time to read a little about me, good luck on your adventures at UBC or elsewhere! read full post >>

Hi, my name is Austin and I am a first year science student. I hope to enter UBC’s School of Pharmacy in 2 years with sights on graduating from that program. My dad and grandpa are both from Peru, however, I do not know much about Peru and the rest of Latin America, a major … read full post >>

Hi my name is Thomas Seagrave. Originally I am from Vancouver, BC where I was born. I have dual Canadian UK citizenship as my parents are from the UK. I grew up in Delta, BC until I was 12 years old at which point I moved with my family to Brunei Darus... read full post >>

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Hello everyone! On to the fourth week of class, hope everyone’s doing fine preparing for their midterms! This week in ASTU we talked about Saal’s idea of “trauma transfer”, and discuss the effects of doing so. For this blog, I will share some of my thoughts on this topic. When Saal talks about “trauma transfer”,… read full post >>

Back from the winter break! Hope everyone had a great one! And here we are… back to Raincouver… For this blog post I’m just gonna share some thoughts about our first week discussion on the book. Starting from the very beginning of the book, it is noticeable that Oskar and Grandpa actually share some similar… read full post >>