{"id":500424,"date":"2022-10-06T14:24:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-five-students-found-friends-and-community-in-college\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T14:24:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:24:02","slug":"how-five-students-found-friends-and-community-in-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-five-students-found-friends-and-community-in-college\/","title":{"rendered":"#How five students found friends and community in college"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27877301619\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27877301619\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-five-students-found-friends-and-community-in-college\/#%E2%80%9CHow_five_students_found_friends_and_community_in_college%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How five students found friends and community in college&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-five-students-found-friends-and-community-in-college\/#Humber_College_Bachelor_of_commerce_fashion_management_fourth_year\" >Humber College Bachelor of commerce, fashion management, fourth year<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-five-students-found-friends-and-community-in-college\/#Capilano_University_Bachelor_of_tourism_management_graduated_in_2022\" >Capilano University Bachelor of tourism management, graduated in 2022<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-five-students-found-friends-and-community-in-college\/#Bow_Valley_College_Interior_decorating_diploma_second_year\" >Bow Valley College Interior decorating, diploma, second year<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-five-students-found-friends-and-community-in-college\/#The_Michener_Institute_of_Education_Medical_laboratory_sciences_advanced_diploma_second_year\" >The Michener Institute of Education Medical laboratory sciences, advanced diploma, second year<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-five-students-found-friends-and-community-in-college\/#Manitoba_Institute_of_Trades_and_Technology_Business_administrative_assistant_certificate_first_year\" >Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology Business administrative assistant, certificate, first year<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_five_students_found_friends_and_community_in_college%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How five students found friends and community in college&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            &#8220;I\u2019ve never been homesick since. It\u2019s really a family away from home.&#8221;\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n                                                                        There are all kinds of ways to meet people at college: picnics, conferences and, of course, sitting beside them in class. Here, five college students from across Canada describe how they made friends and found community on campus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1240482\" style=\"width: 1325px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1240482 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/students-college-friends-community-1-1-e1663783151930.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1315\" height=\"1240\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Alex Jacobs-Blum)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Humber_College_Bachelor_of_commerce_fashion_management_fourth_year\"><\/span>Humber College<br \/>Bachelor of commerce, fashion management, fourth year<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I went to Seneca when I first graduated from high school, and then started at Humber a few years back. I was a little older than the other students. I can also be pretty shy. Because I get anxious sometimes, I tend to sit in the back of the class. But on the first day, someone came in a little late and sat beside me at an open desk. We talked a little bit, and then every week after that she sat near me. I remember telling my twin sister: \u201cOh my God, I think she wants to be my friend.\u201d We now talk every day and she works as a summer student intern for Assinewe Jewelry, a company I started with my sister.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Indigenous, and there was someone else in that class who I thought was also Indigenous. We had mutual friends, but I had to work up the courage to speak to them. When class was over, I went over and invited them to Tea and Bannock, an event that\u2019s hosted by the Indigenous education and engagement initiative at my school for Indigenous students to meet and chat. I wasn\u2019t sure if they would know what I meant. But their answer was, \u201cOf course!\u201d That was our connecting point and we ended up being really close friends.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1240472\" style=\"width: 1281px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1240472 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Bethany-college-community-friendship-e1663779442955.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1271\" height=\"1521\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Melissa Renwick)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Capilano_University_Bachelor_of_tourism_management_graduated_in_2022\"><\/span>Capilano University<br \/>Bachelor of tourism management, graduated in 2022<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I had to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> two hours to get to campus, so I thought it was going to be pretty hard to make friends. But my program is really small\u2014there are a maximum of 30 students at a time in one class. I got to know everyone and we\u2019re still super close. One day in first year, the president of Capilano\u2019s Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Student Association (TRECSA) came to talk to my class, and I asked him how to find affordable textbooks. That was our first conversation, and then we had classes together. The connection got my foot in the door with TRECSA; eventually I became president of the group. We host monthly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>s, picnics, paint nights, conferences and networking events. We\u2019ve basically become a family.<\/p>\n<p>I also ran Capilano\u2019s surf club. Once a semester, students would pay about $100 for a three-day surf trip in Tofino. I didn\u2019t even promote the club\u2014it was mainly word of mouth. Through this group, I met a lot of people from other programs, from first to fourth year, and I loved getting to know them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1240474\" style=\"width: 1286px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1240474 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/220805-AS_Macleans-JayOlea_1263-e1663779652107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1276\" height=\"1320\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Allison Seto)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bow_Valley_College_Interior_decorating_diploma_second_year\"><\/span>Bow Valley College<br \/>Interior decorating, diploma, second year<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On the first day of class, I said hi to the people sitting near me at the front. There were about 10 of us who sat up there, and we kept our spots throughout the course. Our instructor\u2019s name was Eugenia, and because we were physically close to her, we established a good relationship with her. One day, I decided to put together a Facebook Messenger chat room for us and called it \u201cEugenia\u2019s Angels\u201d; this was the start of our friendship. In our group of 10, eight are international students, including me. I\u2019m from the Philippines. Many of us craved a sense of belonging because we were homesick. We ended up working together for group projects, celebrating each other\u2019s birthdays, visiting each other\u2019s houses and going to parks and festivals together. I\u2019ve never been homesick since. It\u2019s really a family away from home, and that\u2019s what we call each other.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1240476\" style=\"width: 1286px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1240476 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AW-8-10-22-Print-0878-1-e1663780020882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1276\" height=\"1420\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Aaron Wynia)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Michener_Institute_of_Education_Medical_laboratory_sciences_advanced_diploma_second_year\"><\/span>The Michener Institute of Education<br \/>Medical laboratory sciences, advanced diploma, second year<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019ve been going to school for many years; I\u2019ve already done my undergrad and master\u2019s, so making friends is something I\u2019m used to doing. But this was the first time I\u2019d been to school during a pandemic. This past year, classes were hybrid, and I\u2019d be on campus on alternating weeks. I knew that social opportunities would be limited so I tried to make use of whichever ones were available. I started going to online events organized by our student council, like bubble tea workshops (where, yes, we learned to make bubble tea!) and Family Feud nights. After exams, there was a boat cruise on the Toronto harbourfront with food and dancing. The council had posted the names of everyone attending beforehand, so I took note of who I\u2019d spoken to before and made a plan to introduce myself to those I\u2019d yet to meet. In class, conversations tend to be about teachers, courses, content and labs, but on the cruise, we talked about our lives\u2014our clothes, food, hobbies, summer plans. It was a welcome change.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1240479\" style=\"width: 1925px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1240479 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC5391-e1663780913432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1915\" height=\"1032\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Aaron Vincent Elkaim)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Manitoba_Institute_of_Trades_and_Technology_Business_administrative_assistant_certificate_first_year\"><\/span>Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology<br \/>Business administrative assistant, certificate, first year<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I was born and raised in India. When I came to Canada, I was fairly introverted and I didn\u2019t think I would find people I could talk to very easily. But then I met two girls in my program, through online classes, who were also from India, named Harleen and Avneet. We started doing Zoom meetings each night, talking about our hometowns and high schools. We went out on weekends, had sleepovers and watched <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> together. Avneet lives four houses down from me in Winnipeg, about a 30-minute drive from campus. We go on evening walks, play badminton and visit the gym together. One weekend, the three of us were having dinner at Tommy\u2019s Pizzeria, my favourite restaurant. It was 11 at night and we started talking about our lives and futures. One of my friends started crying and opened up about her father\u2019s passing a few years ago. 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