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How to Plan Your Gap Year

How to Plan Your Gap Year

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Each year, more and more young Canadians are choosing to augment their education by taking time out to travel—a trend that is being encouraged by educators and employers alike.
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Backgrounder: Sudan

Backgrounder: Sudan

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The name Sudan is derived from the Arabic "bilad-al-Sudan" or "land of the blacks."
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Postcards from Pakistan

Postcards from Pakistan

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How a young Canadian organized and funded his own journey to Pakistan where he volunteered in a refugee camp on the Afghan border.
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Backgrounder: Ivory Coast

Backgrounder: Ivory Coast

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The conflict between the Government of Republique Cote d'Ivoire and rebel forces has been in the news lately. Here's a bit of background about the situation.
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Women on the Edge

Women on the Edge

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Jen Buck and Josee Auclair lead an all-woman expedition team to the North Pole.
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Travel Health Resources

Travel Health Resources

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Are headlines in the news giving you cold feet about the big trip you've been planning for months? 
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Backgrounder: Nepal

Backgrounder: Nepal

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Nepal is a tiny country in the Himalayas squeezed between China to the north and India to the south. It is home to the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, and has long been the destination of choice for outdoor adventure travel.
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Don't Let School Get in the Way of Your Education: The Value of a Gap Year

Don't Let School Get in the Way of Your Education: The Value of a Gap Year

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Taking a "gap year", or year off, is standard in much of the world. The idea of a year off is just starting to catch on in Canada, and there are thousands of ways to to get out and go...
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Plan to Work Abroad

Plan to Work Abroad

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Many years ago, a good friend of mine who was then in his second year of med. school, organized a term working in a small rural medical clinic in Kenya. 
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Malaria: The Goods on Bad Air

Malaria: The Goods on Bad Air

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Long ago, Romans knew that something in the air around the marshy areas of Rome was making people sick and even killing them. 
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The Irrepressible Dr. Jane Goodall

The Irrepressible Dr. Jane Goodall

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Why is the world's most famous conservation activist so optimistic?
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Backgrounder: DR Congo

Backgrounder: DR Congo

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Once known simply as Congo and more recently (from 1971-1997) as Zaire, the Democratic Republic of Congo is a vast central African country of immense natural resources.
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