E15 | Maria A.W. Klassen | Student Life, Vancouver (Daily Life, Facts, Sightseeing), Family Memories

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On a family trip to Vancouver, Jonathan interviews his younger sister Maria who moved out to study there in 2021 and has lived there since. In a unique, "day-in-the-life" and sightseeing-style podcast episode, Maria talks about her experiences as a student in British Columbia, her thoughts on the education field which she is planning on working in, and reminisces with Jonathan about family trips out to Vancouver in the past.

Jonathan also shares his knowledge of facts and history of the Vancouver sports world including the NHL Vancouver Canucks (plus some digs at the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs‬), the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Alphonso Davies' time on the MLS Vancouver Whitecaps.

Maria and Jonathan also incorporate issues such as the housing market, regional accent differences, and political tensions in Canada into this fun episode and make a brief stop at the site of the tragic car attack in a neighbourhood very familiar to them in Vancouver that occurred just a few weeks before the recording of this episode to pay homage to the people who died and the many affected.

Recorded: 2025/05/22