Residence

I travelled a lot growing up. I was born in Baghdad, Iraq, then at the age of seven I moved to a small city near Dubai called Fujairah, and at the age of 15 I moved to Mississauga, here in Canada. It's definitely changed me in some ways.

I feel like not having a stable home allows me to think of home in a different way than most people do. For me, home becomes more about the people, how they make me feel, and who I trust the most, as opposed to where I'm most comfortable. I've lived in residence for four years, as a Residence Soph and ALP.

Residences are big communities - you continue to meet and get to know new people every day. Being able to run into people I know so often is a truly rewarding feeling, and in turn it allows me to think of Western as home.