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

Video length: 1m 26sec

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: My first experience of going abroad, while studying, really helped me figure out who I was and what my place was in the world. And I’ve kinda been obsessed with the personal growth that comes with travelling. So that’s kinda what keeps me going.

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: Tatiana – Gatineau, QC

Picture of Tatiana by a canal with a market on one bank – Denmark

Text displays: My Travel Memories

Narrator: Taking that chance has given me confidence to feel that I can do really anything.

Picture of Tatiana with a view of a town below – Croatia

Narrator: And if I want to do another career switch, bring it on. I got this!

Narrator: It was a really good job. I really, really enjoyed what I was doing. My team was great, from a professional standpoint but also from a personal standpoint, of what I was able to achieve.

Picture of Tatiana in front of a huge painting – France

Narrator: And again, I went for like a switch of career. So, I kind of came in there very new, very fresh.

Picture of Tatiana with 2 friends – United Kingdom

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

Narrator: Without IEC, I wouldn’t have the work visa that’s allowing me to go to the UK for 2 years without an employer. Like, that is the biggest thing!

Picture of Tatiana in Trafalgar Square – United Kingdom

Narrator: So, it wouldn’t have even happened without IEC. So, IEC really gave me the opportunity of a lifetime!

Picture of Tatiana in a city – France

Narrator: It’s super normal to be nervous. I was nervous until the day that I left.

Picture of Tatiana with a friend – France

Narrator: And so, that’s—let's just get that out of the way. It’s gonna be nerve-racking the whole way through. But you should do it!

Picture of Tatiana with 2 friends – France

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

Narrator: Like I’m telling you, it’s scary, but the benefits that you get are just ... there's no words for what you get, for what you gain. So do it!

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.