Author: Kevin Yu

Top Canadian and International Students Selected for the McCall MacBain Scholarships at McGill 2025 Cohort

Thirty aspiring trailblazers will head to McGill University this fall as recipients of Canada’s largest leadership-based scholarships for master’s and professional studies. The McCall MacBain Scholarships were established with a historic $200 million gift in 2019. Each scholarship covers tuition and fees, living costs, relocation, summer funding options, mentorship, coaching,…
Navigating Novelty

I arrived in Bogota on January 1st, 2025, marking the start of my new year. Unfortunately, I did not feel like I was brimming with the motivation and excitement that we typically hope a new year brings. Instead, I felt lonely and scared. I had fallen in love with Medellin,…
Here’s What I Wish I Had Known Before Starting My Work Term in Tokyo, Japan

Currently in Tokyo, wrapping up my work term, and honestly there are so many things I wish I had known before jumping into this experience. Not in a bad way. Just things that would have been nice to mentally prepare for. But then again, maybe the best part has been…
Taiwan – a New Home Away from Home

This leg of the trip feels very different from the previous ones. To be honest, it’s a shock to me. There’s less pressure to fit in and to make friends because I am no longer alone- I have established a network. Strangely enough, I find myself making friends without even…
A Journey to Loving Buenos Aires

Here in Buenos Aires, when I strike up conversation, I almost always get asked something along the lines of “how come you speak like us?”, that is, how come I use the local variation and words. They ask with wonder and seem to be quite happy about it. Connections are…
From Valencia to Sevilla

Hola amigos! I am in the middle of my academic term in Sevilla, Spain, where I am studying at Universidad Pablo de Olavide. I have moved to a different part of Spain from where I studied Spanish for my language term in Valencia. Valencia will always have a piece of…
From Seoul to Busan

2024 McCall MacBain International Fellow, Martín, writes from South Korea: Leaving Seoul feels different than I thought it would. When I first arrived, it was all about adjusting, learning, and meeting people who would shape my experience in ways I couldn’t have anticipated. Now, as I packed up my room…
Building a World-Class Student Leadership Academy at Dalhousie University

We are thrilled to support the growth of Dalhousie University’s Student Leadership Academy. Through a progressive, three-tiered approach, the Academy cultivates lifelong leadership skills, inspiring students from across disciplines to act, foster growth, and create positive change locally and globally. Through our partnership, Dalhousie will offer McCall MacBain-Dalhousie Leadership Academy…
Impromptu Tejo in Bogota

Before this trip, I considered myself a very shy person and I didn’t feel comfortable doing things by myself and yet here I was, sparking up a conversation with strangers in a foreign language, after flying to a new city by myself. I have only been in Colombia for about…
Across the World: Toronto to Tokyo

There is something completely different with learning by yourself through the internet vs learning in a country surrounded by others in a classroom setting. In an environment like this you also meet some really cool people. They come from all walks of life. I’ve met Google engineers, DJs, published authors,…