Young Canadians: Travel and work abroad with International Experience Canada (IEC)

Young Canadians! Looking to travel and work abroad? International Experience Canada (IEC) is one of the best options that allows you to live your travel-and-work dream. Watch IEC participants talk about their experience going abroad.

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Transcript: “Young Canadians: Travel and work abroad with International Experience Canada (IEC)”

Video length: 1:23 minutes

Urban music plays in the background, as a graphic appears on screen flashing into position: “International Experience Canada – Travel and Work”

Various images of smiling IEC candidates, appear on location at a busy conference.

NARRATION: Did you know that all around the world, young people are working abroad? It’s a great way to gain experience, travel and hang out with people from fascinating cultures in some amazing places. And, one of the best options that can help you get there is International Experience Canada.

A woman appears on screen in the foyer of the Shaw Centre in Ottawa.

MELANIE: So we went to Ireland. And then I was there for a year, and Europe for a year and a half in total. And actually, the office that I ended up working at was also really fun. Irish people, they’re awesome.

A man appears on screen in the foyer of the Shaw Centre in Ottawa.

DUNCAN: I got to Berlin, Germany, and started working as a freelance journalist.

A woman appears on screen in the foyer of the Shaw Centre in Ottawa.

ALYSHA-RAE: I was looking for an internship. And eventually I found one in Hamburg, Germany, and I was working as a market researcher. You learn so many skills just, you know, intercultural sensitivity. You learn from working with people of a different background than you. There’s so many things that will just add to your personality, and I think it’s such a valuable thing.

DUNCAN: And having that experience sort of act as a bit of a launch pad, so to speak, for more opportunities in the future.

MELANIE: It’s an amazing experience. You learn so much about yourself, about other people, cultures, history. It’s just awesome. Just do it.

The same smiling IEC candidates appear on screen in a conference setting.

NARRATION: Acquire valuable And Go Abroad!

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