After enjoying and successfully completing a full year of the Arts and Science program at Camosun College, I immediately afterwards decided to move from Victoria, B.C., where I was born and raised, to Montreal Q.C. This decision was primarily made out of a desire to contextualize and perfect my French language skills after graduating secondary school with my Double Dogwood diploma. I felt the need to ensure that my bilingual doors would stay open for future career and general life opportunities, especially after dedicating the majority of my education towards the incredible Immersion program, and thoroughly enjoying it. After graduating and no longer having the outlet to utilize my skill I began to miss French, while I feared letting my second language go stagnant.
Montreal seemed to be the answers to all my ambitions and the most ideal place to exercise my second language, especially with the immense influence of bilingualism and extraordinary multiculturalism. I felt confident in
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I found the culture of Montreal to be very refreshing, honest and authentic, as I interacted with new, warm and inviting individuals on a daily basis who made me feel very welcome. The individual’s I met were ultimately very supportive of my ambition for heightened language skills, with even strangers going out of the way to patiently sound out or explain expressions and words I found foreign. I began working as a Busser only one week after my move which instigated a network of French based friendships and work relationships. These new connections immediately amplified my experience in Montreal, allowing me to feel seemingly at home in my new densely populated