An international internship during COVID-19

Staiger and her red bike in front of the UVic library fountain in May 2020. Photo credit: Jodie Walsh

On March 16, 2020, German student Isabelle Staiger arrived in Victoria for her three-month internship with UVic’s Centre for Global Studies. That same day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada was closing its borders. Read Staiger’s story – about a new group of virtual colleagues, a cancelled honeymoon, routine visits to the beach and a red bike that became her friend.