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I grew up in the large metropolitan area of Montréal and discovered the wonders of agriculture on a year abroad in New Zealand. From then on I saw an ideal future for myself in self-sustaining community life. On my return to Montréal, I aimed to make the dream a reality by first enrolling in an agriculture program at Concordia University (cancelled due to covid), completing a course in beekeeping and joining a community of urban beekeepers to maintain 2 hives in the city for the 2020 season.
During the 2021 season, I built on my beekeeping and self-sufficiency skills on a homestead in Ontario, Canada.
Through covid I self-taught myself Korean to a basic conversational level and in 2022, I used those skills to visit Korea and learn their traditional methods of organic agriculture.
In 2023, I began the year by teaching English to school children in South Korea and then went back to New Zealand to spend another 4 months at the ecovillage where I began this journey over 4 years prior. There I worked on gardens and cooking duties. After 2 more months of hiking and travelling around, I went back to South Korea to spend an extended time at a Workaway I visited before - splitting time between a small-scale organic farm and helping a local Buddhist community with their large organic farm.
As of 2024, I am briefly visiting Taiwan.
My motivations are to gather as many skills as possible in order to be a valuable member of a self-sustaining community and potentially start my own project one day! My main interests at the moment are Korean language and history, beekeeping, organic and greenhouse agriculture. I am a dedicated worker and eager to learn everything you have to offer!
I look forward to meeting you!
Interests
Team sportsPlant careWinter sportsSelf developmentPhotographySustainabilityOutdoor activitiesNatureMountainLanguagesHistoryHikingGardeningFitnessFarmingCultureCooking & foodCharity workCampingAstronomy
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Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Korean: Intermediate
Dzongkha: Beginner
Chinese (Mandarin): BeginnerMore details about my language interests
J'aimerais pratiquer mon français pour améliorer mon niveau de communication. Pas encore courant mais plus que intermédiaire. 한국말로 회화 하고 싶습니다~!
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
DIY and building projects
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Charity Work
Languages
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Hospitality/Tourism
More details about your skills
8.5 months in New Zealand's Wilderland Ecovillage: Took over as head of greenhouse operations wherein I planned, organized and lead teams to maximize the efficiency and output of our organic seedling production. Helped beekeepers in organic apiculture operations on the property's 4 hives. Worked on projects to maintain native plant species' populations. Helped maintain food forests (syntropic agroforestry methods)
Various homestead and small family farm experiences through WWOOF New Zealand: Beginning the establishment of a native tree forest & managing small agriculture projects.
5 months on farms in Korea, learning traditional methods to farm organically.
Various teaching experiences working with elementary and highschool kids.
Taught basic beekeeping to groups of people. You can see photos of this on my profile.
Canadian Red Cross certified CPR/first-responder; CPR Instructor.
Age
26
What else ...
Hiking is one of my favourite activities! I'd like to think I'm very experienced and qualified in that type of environment. I've done a few long-distance hikes so far, a couple notable ones are the 14-day East Coast Trail in Newfoundland and the 50-day Baekdudaegan in South Korea. Some of my happiest and most difficult moments have come from these times. I look forward to doing many more in the future!
I realised that I am most passionate on projects with multiple volunteers or with hosts that are actively engaged in the projects that I'm working on.
Looking forward to gaining the most practical experience possible :)
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Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
Feedback
Homgoo, Mia, Stark and Pan are all welcoming and kind! I felt that people went particularly above and beyond to make my time special and to show me uniquely Taiwanese experiences.
The Good:
• So much freedom to discuss with those living there to develop your own projects. In my case, I tagged along to help do the day-to-day… read more
I apologize for the very late review!
I decided to take the time to write this, despite it being so far in the past, because it was a really enjoyable experience for me! Through this workaway, I realised that I actually excel and have lots of fun teaching kids English in Korea.
As other reviews have mentioned, the type of… read more
For the most part, I enjoyed my time at this farm. The food is delicious, the people tend to be kind and the work can be interesting. I joined onto the team during a self-described very busy time: peak ginseng harvest. It's true that there were days we worked a… read more
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Homgoo, Mia, Stark and Pan are all welcoming and kind! I felt that people went particularly above and beyond to make my time special and to show me uniquely Taiwanese experiences.
The Good:
• So much freedom to discuss with those living there to develop your own projects. In my case, I tagged along to help do the day-to-day… read more
I apologize for the very late review!
I decided to take the time to write this, despite it being so far in the past, because it was a really enjoyable experience for me! Through this workaway, I realised that I actually excel and have lots of fun teaching kids English in Korea.
As other reviews have mentioned, the type of… read more
For the most part, I enjoyed my time at this farm. The food is delicious, the people tend to be kind and the work can be interesting. I joined onto the team during a self-described very busy time: peak ginseng harvest. It's true that there were days we worked a… read more
Wow wow wow!
What a wonderful place to be!
My stay at this host was much more than I could have imagined. It is a welcoming community full of characters that will have you falling in love in no time.
As stated in the description, there are many different things that you can do with your time here based on your… read more
He is always open minded and listened to others, accepted the way worked, food, way of life and… read more
The work itself isn't particularly hard nor easy. Near instantly I respected them and enjoyed their company so much I… read more
Victor, Julia and Anastasia are a wonderful little family nestled into a hidden part of Alexandria, Ontario. The property is huge and beautiful, there is definitely no lack of nature around. They are very accomodating and included me in a lot of the activities they did together, which was lovely.
As far as the volunteer… read more
