The clocks in Ottawa changed this weekend. It happens twice a year in Canada to make it seem we have more daylight hours in summer. You...

Let me begin by thanking CANADEM deployees and all other international workers who are working on the front lines or remotely, in your...

It wasn’t a war zone.  It wasn’t a hardship post.  The power stayed on, the food was delicious.  Beyond unpredictable drivers and the...

I lay in a hospital bed, just months after I started my first international job.  I had swollen joints, blurred eyes, high fevers and no...

It didn’t feel good.  Worry was a feeling in my chest and it woke me up at night.  Fear made my heart pound, my ears ring and my voice go...

We joined the “Let’s make the world a better place” club to help other people. We didn’t join to get hurt. And many of us, at some point...

It will happen to some of us.  In a long career away from home something that causes physical or emotional injury – or creates the fear...

It was a nice afternoon.  Quiet.  People were finishing their day’s work and planning their evenings.  The drive home and a bit of...

When I ask whether going on an international mission or returning home is more challenging, most people say that coming back is...

When I came back from my first international placement, I was stuck for many, many months.  I couldn’t figure out where I wanted to go or...