Alex’s Story Working and Traveling Abroad With International Experience Canada

Video length: 1m 31sec

The video opens on a hand-drawn image of the earth and four travel photos from around the world.

Text displays: International Experience Canada

Narrator: We decided to go to Australia, and the plans were not going according to plan at all.

It cuts to a woman talking in front of an off-white background, with her name and origin in a text box in the bottom left-hand corner.

Text displays: Alexandra – Saskatoon, SK

Narrator: I asked my boyfriend, “How was your day? What happened?” And he said, “Yeah, I went to the grocery store today. So, I went to the checkout counter, and my card was declined.”

Text displays: My Travel Memories

Picture of Alexandra and her boyfriend at the beach – Australia

Picture of Alexandra and her boyfriend in front of a lighthouse – Australia

Narrator: He said, “I’m going to look up tickets home.” And I said, “No, like, you’re not quitting. I believe in us. Like, we can’t give up.

Picture of a young woman at the most easterly point of the Australian mainland.

Narrator: I’m gonna get this job.” Then literally the next week, I got my job, and then he got a job like 2 weeks later.

Picture of Alexandra at the beach – New Zealand

Cut to Alexandra talking in front of an off-white background.

Narrator: So, it worked! We didn’t have to quit, and it was worth it.

Picture of Alexandra at the beach – New Zealand

Narrator: It’s really challenging, for sure. It’s like a very strong test of how your relationship is, but also sometimes it really makes travelling easier.

Picture of Alexandra by a waterfall – New Zealand

Narrator: So, you can take a little break, and the other person can say, “It’s okay, I’ll figure out the next problem.” I brought home my experiences, you know, the memories of all the things that I’ve done.

Picture of Alexandra and her boyfriend at the beach with a tent – Australia

Narrator: Because I did so many things that I didn’t think I could do. Actually, I pushed myself, and I did so much that I didn’t expect from myself.

Picture of Alexandra and her boyfriend at the beach – Australia

Narrator: Using the IEC visa, I was definitely able to, you know, keep a balance.

Picture of a large manor in the mountains – New Zealand

Picture of people walking in a tunnel of flowers – Australia

Cut to Alexandra talking in front of an off-white background.

Narrator: There will be bad days, but then the good days will be even better.

It then transitions to the text “International Experience Canada” and their tagline, with the logo of the Government of Canada at the bottom of the screen.

Text displays: International Experience Canada – Connecting you to a world of opportunities.

Finally, it transitions to a slide with the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada bilingual logo and a copyright notice at the bottom of the screen.

Text displays: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 2020.

It ends with the Canada wordmark on a black background.