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Germany

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

The first thing I want to bring to light is the widespread misuse of the world ‘holocaust’, it should only be used to refer to one particular incident, which is the systematic massacre of Jews, Romas, Sintis, the disabled, the Read more

By admin, 7 yearsFebruary 28, 2019 ago
HPAIR

Rohingya Resettlement Program

In HPAIR 2019’s Harvard conference, I participated in a challenge that prompted us to come up with a workable policy solution to an Asian humanitarian crisis. Leading this activity was the UNHCR and CARE from New York City and Washington, Read more

By admin, 7 yearsFebruary 26, 2019 ago
Cities

Seelow, Germany

When Chen and I went on our epic winter scooter trip from Berlin to Slubice, we passed by a peculiar little town with rich Soviet history – Seelow. It is located along the old country road that the Soviets used Read more

By admin, 7 yearsFebruary 16, 2019 ago
Cities

Pirna, Germany

I’ve been told that the architectural style of Pirna matched that of pre-war Berlin. So Pirna would’ve been what the streets of Berlin would’ve looked like had the war not occurred. A stark reminder of the consequences of war to Read more

By admin, 7 yearsFebruary 16, 2019 ago
Cities

Schöna, Germany + Hrensko, Czechia

Located directly opposite of each other on the beautiful blue Danube, Schöna in Germany and Hrensko in Czechia are two peas from the same pod divided by a geographic barrier and a political border. Though just metres apart from each Read more

By admin, 7 yearsFebruary 16, 2019 ago
Articles

The Invisible Wall

After discussing the media’s coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent German reunification, I thought it’d be interesting to explore my own perspective on the current state of Berlin after 20 years of reunification. Read more

By admin, 7 yearsFebruary 14, 2019 ago
Articles

Losing, then Fighting for my Right to Vote

I’ve told this story to my friends in Vancouver and Toronto time and time again…until I stopped telling it last month because I no longer needed to. The year I turned 18 was the year Stephen Harper’s (Canada’s former prime Read more

By admin, 7 yearsFebruary 11, 2019 ago
Articles

Letter to Trudeau

The Right Honorable Justin Trudeau P.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister of Canada 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 1.5 million disenfranchised Canadians Dear Prime Minister, I write to you today not to advocate Read more

By admin, 7 yearsFebruary 11, 2019 ago
Cities

Bad Schandau, Germany

If you’ve really got nothing to do in Saxon-Anhalt, Bad Schandau is not a bad place to spend a quiet afternoon. Just an hour away from charming Dresden, it is right on the way to Saxon Switzerland where you can Read more

By admin, 7 yearsFebruary 6, 2019 ago
Germany

Saxon Switzerland

You know that really famous picture of a little stone arch bridge on a middle of nowhere cliff called the Bastei bridge? Yep, that’s Saxon Switzerland that looks like its straight from an Avatar movie. Although it has Switzerland in Read more

By admin, 7 yearsFebruary 6, 2019 ago

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