I met my friend Kazue in 2017 when she visited the University of Alberta as part of a delegation from Wakayama University. We initially bonded over a mutual passion for engaging teaching, and she invited me twice to Wakayama to work with their professors on enhancing their teaching methods. Since then, we’ve discovered we share …
At 2:40 pm, a deep voiced chime which reminds me of our front door bell back in Edmonton tells students at Wakayama University they’ve got ten minutes to get to their next class. As they dribble past me in two and threes, I stand in the hallway and peer at my class observation itinerary. The …
I step out onto the almost deserted street outside the Hotel Granvia and start to walk. The morning warmth is the only jacket I need, the quiet and humidity settling comfortably around my bare shoulders. In spite of my best efforts to fool my jet lag by getting onto Japan time this morning, I was …
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