Age: 22
Program/Year: Fourth Year Honours Spec Criminology
What are you most excited for after graduation?
After graduation, I am most looking forward to taking some time away from my chaotic life to travel! I will be backpacking throughout Southeast Asia for two months. Despite my parents’ apprehensions, I think it is a much-needed break from routine after burning myself out with school and work over the last four years. The beginning of May cannot come soon enough!
What are you doing next year?
Next year, I will begin a new adventure at Osgoode Hall Law School. After growing up in a small town bubble, only to move on to the Western bubble, I am completely terrified, excited, anxious and everything in between. Hopefully I can figure out the subway system!
What’s the best experience you’ve had at Western?
The best experiences that I have had at Western were during my time as a Soph. I have met my best friends, my roommates, my boyfriend and all of the people who most inspire me through Western’s Orientation Program. I have built incredible relationships that I know will endure a lifetime. In addition to the people I have met, the value that I have taken from being able to positively impact the lives of other students and the community around me is unparalleled. Further, leading the Social Science Orientation Program over the past year has provided me with an opportunity to give back to a program that has offered me so much. I can honestly say that my Sophing experience has shaped me into the person I am today.
What’s the best course you’ve taken at Western?
The best class that I have taken at Western is Professor Ashby (Luton)’s Women in Crime course. Through this course, I have had the chance to gain hands-on experience that is directly related to course material through a placement at SafeSpace, which is a shelter for at-risk women and women in crisis in London. Despite the course wrapping up last semester, I loved the placement so much that I am actually still volunteering there for the rest of my time at Western! Women and Crime was the first course in my university career which provided an opportunity to apply otherwise arbitrary theories to actual lived experiences. The lessons that I have learned through this course and at my placement have completely transformed the ways in which I view myself and the world around me and for that I am forever grateful.