Learning by Doing: Experiential Learning Through SASAH

In her report, Amelia discusses the tasks she undertook for her two projects: the North Meets South Exchange offered by the Jr. Economic Club of Canada and The Walrus Magazine Digital Editorial Internship. She touches on the application process for each program, reviews the nature and mission of each organization, and detail what her expectations were for each program and what the reality turned out to be. She profiles some mentors and talks about the work she found most engaging and the tasks she found most challenging. In reviewing these tasks, she draws connections between her education at Western, and in SASAH specifically, to the work she conducted for her Experiential Learning projects and concludes with what the key takeaways were from each experience and how they have influenced her life plans