So Justin, how do you think your program,
political science, differentiates from the other programs?
Well I mean definitely the city, like I talked
about, but also we have so many political
leaders coming in, even right here in
this building. We got ministers coming in,
MPs. I remember I was doing a class
in this building on the third floor and
two floors below me on the main floor
Justin Trudeau was doing a discussion
right so we live-streamed him in our
class, which is pretty cool. But also, the
fact that this city and this university is
so bilingual, I don't think any political
education is really complete without a
good understanding of the both
official languages. I mean, we here it in the House of Commons but to hear it every
day in and out, in this school in
this city, it's really amazing and I think it gives
you a better understanding, a better perspective of the diversity of
politics in Canada. Definitely, and obviously as a student you've been through you
know, challenges. So what would be the
biggest challenge that you overcame
being a student here? Well I think one
challenge that definitely stands out is
I haven't always been in the program I'm in now, I actually started in psychology.
Which is still in this Faculty, but it wasn't a program that I was as
passionate about so I decided to make
the switch in the start of my second
year and the faculty made it so easy. I
was able to switch
easily from psychology to political
science. I've I've continued through that
program, I'm still graduating within four
years and the Faculty really made that
an easy switch and that was really,
really great for me to be able to find
the program that I'm passionate about. And it's something that I like to speak
to as well with new students. It's like, you
know, you may not know exactly what you want to
study when you come here. But the
University of Ottawa and this Faculty
of Social Sciences makes it easy to be able to find
the program that you're really passionate about. Ya and that leads
to my next question. What would you
say to a new student, a student that
is considering enrolling at the University of Ottawa. Well I would
definitely say do it. Come here, come study here. Study political science. It's a fantastic
program. You're able to...we're
inundated with news everyday, political
news and with this program you're able to
understand what's happening in the news, who
are the key players, who the key
institutions, and sort of how can you as
a citizen react to that and what role do you have to play. But secondly, I
would also say for any new incoming students to take advantage of
so many of the amazing opportunities
this university has to offer, do co-op
get all that work experience, do
internships on the Hill, work with an MP,
do the Model United Nations class you
get to go to New York City for a whole
week. I did it ya, it was amazing.
Take advantage of all those
opportunities and sort of, there's no
limits to success you can have here.
Well thank you Justin, for answering my
questions. High-five! Thank you.
