We know that you have many interesting experiences and insights to share. We encourage you to write and share your stories through our Story Hub platform. This is a way for you to connect with the York University community and practice your English language learning skills.
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Klaus
Fangyi Zhao
Nikolai took a train from Moscow to Berlin to study performing arts. His landlady Ms Schmidt, an elderly woman from a Russian-German household, had a story to tell.Some promises are just too hard to keep.
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Pulling an Endless Thread From a Bottomless Well
Bilal Afsin
This is a story of an international graduate student at York. The student is now approaching the end of his PhD, and metaphorically defines this ongoing process as pulling an endless thread from a bottomless well.
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Welcome to Canada
Tahira Tahira
This story is about a small family who landed in Canada in the middle of the very extreme cold weather which which is Feb 8th, 2017.The interesting fact about the story is that it is based on a real story of this family ( a mother with her two beautiful children). Like so many other …
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Life After Jail
Haoran Zhou
Miller’s tough life after he came out from the jail.
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Where we belong
Ahsen Ayan
The place I was born in is not exactly welcoming anymore for me. Turns out a home is a luxury. And sometimes, finding out where you belong takes some effort.
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Truro life
Zijiu Cui
My first taste of this extraordinary life was when I was 16 years old, Ichose a public high school in Truro, a town of Halifax to spend a yearabroad. With the different language and culture, I have grown a lot.Coming to Canada is an important beyond my understanding of foreignlife. However, life forced me to …
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The rat’s head
Qingyang Liang
“We are making a forced landing. Please fasten your seat belts!” the captain ofthe airplane shouted.
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Experience of migration
Yumeng Niu
The story describes a boy comes to Canada and studies as an immigrate student.
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Solitude
Wentu Ma
Juliana immigrate to Canada because no one like her in her home country, but she is still somewhat unpopular in Canada due to her unpleasingly talking….
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A cold day
Guochuang Zong
Students who spent their time on Spring festival overseas.
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Revise Story: This is Life of Immigration
Zhuolin Chen
Abbie and her mother immigrated to America from their Irish Jewish family. Today she had a quarrel with her mother Zarah. Abbie was lost in thought……
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Being Alone
This is a story about the first time of going abroad of an international student named Cecilia. It tells how she deals with the maladjustment of going to a totally new place.
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Abroad
Boying Li
Lee has been in Canada alone for four years. Years of independent life sometimes made her feel lonely, but Lee thanked them for making her stronger.
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The Bits and Bobs of Frustrated Thoughts
Yuliya Chepiga
This story provides a peek in my memories when I used to spend my summers at my grandparents’ farm.
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My Father’s New Life in Germany
Tianyi Dong
A story about my father’s new life in Germany.
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The Immigration story of Guoqiang Chen
Guobin Dong
Guoqiang Chen and his family immigrated to Canada in the late twenty-century from Guang Dong, China, and during the initial years, they actually had a really tough time because of the exotic life, which is quite different from that they had in China. The hard life did not overwhelm them, but instead, made them stronger. …
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A Story of Immigration
Yedan Lu
The story tells us the process of Wang and his family’s immigration. Wang as an outstanding talent was sent to Antwerp in Belgium to pursue a PhD. He achieved the chance to teach in the university in Brazil with the acquaintance support. Meanwhile, he applied for Canadian immigration, which was approved after less than half …
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