Students Without Borders

WARNING: All conclusions and assumptions documented in this blog are subject to change. To date, I’ve resided in Gaborone, Botswana for 12 days and I’m already sunburnt. My time here so far has been fun, eye-opening, challenging, and surprisingly quite relaxing. Some expectations I had of what my life here would be like have proven…

Hi there! My name is Gillian Aitken. I am a 3rd year undergraduate student studying Global Politics at Carleton University. Throughout university I have become more and more interested in the development of people and the environments that directly affect their lives. My reason for studying global politics and going on this internship is ultimately…