{"id":2822,"date":"2016-05-11T11:09:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T01:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/?p=2822"},"modified":"2016-02-23T12:11:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T02:11:47","slug":"sense-of-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2016\/05\/11\/sense-of-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"Sense of belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I chose to study at Bishop\u2019s University in Canada because I felt like it would give me an experience I otherwise wouldn\u2019t have access to in Brisbane. Bishop\u2019s is situated in a small town about two hours east of Montreal in an area that speaks mainly French. I\u2019d never been to Canada, I hadn\u2019t lived in a small town, I didn&#8217;t speak French, and I commuted to university; different was what I wanted and I was definitely successful!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2016\/02\/McKayla-Bishops-University-Canada-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2799\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2799\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2016\/02\/McKayla-Bishops-University-Canada-1.jpg\" alt=\"McKayla - Bishop's University, Canada (1)\" width=\"781\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2016\/02\/McKayla-Bishops-University-Canada-1.jpg 781w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2016\/02\/McKayla-Bishops-University-Canada-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2016\/02\/McKayla-Bishops-University-Canada-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2016\/02\/McKayla-Bishops-University-Canada-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was nervous about joining the university in their second semester because I\u2019m a shy person and I wasn\u2019t sure how well I\u2019d make friends. Fortunately, the students and staff members that I encountered at Bishop\u2019s were enthusiastic about meeting new people and making them feel welcome in the community. Not even 24 hours after arriving at the university, I had a large group of people that were eager to eat dinner with me and ask questions about where I was from. As an exchange student, this sense of belonging was by far the best thing about Bishop\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The town itself is friendly and compact and provides a great backdrop to student life at Bishop\u2019s. Lennoxville offers an Irish-style pub that serves a mean steak and fries, a grocery store for when you just aren\u2019t feeling the dining hall food, and most importantly a Tim Horton\u2019s. The university campus is breathtaking and has two football fields, two theatres, a dining hall, a student bar\/events room, a recently-renovated sports complex including a free gym, and of course, another Tim Horton\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I chose to study at Bishop\u2019s University in Canada because I felt like it would give me an experience I otherwise wouldn\u2019t have access to in Brisbane. Bishop\u2019s is situated in a small town about two hours east of Montreal in an area that speaks mainly French. 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