What do ambassadors do?
Eleven OzTREKKers have graciously agreed to document their journeys to help you understand more about their Australian universities, programs, and what living in Australia is really like! Get all the nitty gritty of “real life in Oz” by following us on Instagram and Facebook!
Ryan Churchill
Deakin University
Doctor of Medicine
Current year: Started January 2020
What will you miss most about Canada? I have a routine for what I eat every day, but I don’t know if those items (e.g., Almond Butter Nature Valley Granola Cups) are in Australia or not! I’ll have to wait and see what I can and can’t get in the grocery store.
Emma Blackwood
Macquarie University
Doctor of Medicine
Hometown: Peterborough, Ontario
Bachelor’s degree: Biology
Master’s degree: Public Health
My Master of Public Health degree gave me the opportunity to volunteer abroad in Namibia facilitating health workshops with children. This experience sparked a passion for global health!
Jacqueline & Levi Atamanchuk
Griffith University
Doctor of Medicine
Current year: Started January 2020
What will you miss most about Canada? We’ll miss BC autumns. Levi and I met in the fall, started all of our undergraduate semesters in the fall, and got married this past fall! We love the feeling of sunny, yet cold, crisp mornings and the warm colours of falling leaves. We also love to sport our predictably Canadian flannel button-ups and toques!
Gabrielle Stratford
University of Western Australia
Doctor of Medicine
Current year: Started second year in January 2020
What will you miss most about Canada? I definitely miss Timmy’s (coffee, hot chocolate, ice capps), but I also *especially* miss my family, my dogs, and snow!
Chrysten Peddle
James Cook University
Bachelor of Dental Surgery
Current year: Started February 2020
What will you miss most about Canada? I will miss Tim’s coffee and breakfast sandwiches, the maple syrup season, beaver tails, apple picking and eating apples right off the tree, my cottage in cottage country, Niagara Falls and ice skating in February.
Brittani Kwok
Griffith University
Bachelor of Dental Health Science
& Master of Dentistry
Current year: Started February 2020
What will you miss most about Canada? Tim’s Boston cream donuts; The Toronto Raptors; my boyfriend; friends and family; toques. Not the snow, that’s for sure.
Francis Tungcol
Flinders University
Master of Physiotherapy
Current year: Started second year in 2020
What will you miss most about Canada? These are just a few things I’ll miss in Canada: The diversity of food; sports culture; the friendly Canadians; affordable coffee (but not necessarily the best-tasting haha); the city view; the music industry. I won’t miss the cold.
Kimberly Li
University of Sydney
Master of Occupational Therapy
Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia
Bachelor’s degree: Kinesiology
Why Australia? What really helped me to decide that I wanted to leave everything behind and move to Australia for my post-grad was recognizing that there is no better time to do something like this than now!
Matt Bryan
Macquarie University
Master of Chiropractic
Current year: Started third year in 2020
What will you miss most about Canada? Snowboarding!
Ali Samhat
Bond University
Juris Doctor
Current year: Started September 2019
What will you miss most about Canada? I miss Tim Hortons coffee and Ice Capps the most, especially since the coffee is definitely not the same here in Australia.
Jennifer Atkinson
Monash University
Master of Teaching
Current year: Started February 2020
What will you miss most about Canada? Everything at Tim Hortons! But also Coffee Crisp, loonies and toonies, and all-dressed chips! Oh, also saying sorry frequently and it being normal.
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