After so much debating about going North or South for our first trip, it came somewhat relieving that our Ottawa/Quebec trip was a standard part of the programme. Moreover, no fights about who we are meting, as local interns were organizing it all for us. It might seem like a total lack of control for [...]
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Yuliya on Ottawa/Quebec Trip
Posted in Travel, Yuliya Khraplyva on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yuliya on Denver/Nashville
Posted in Travel, Yuliya Khraplyva on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For our first intern trip we had a pleasure of visiting two quite different legislatures in Denver, Colorado and Nashville, Tennessee. As expected, two cities hit us with some striking differences. Denver with its atmosphere very much reminded me of a middle-sized Canadian city – very cozy, beautiful with lively downtown and extremely polite people. [...]
How I am doing in Helena Jeczek’s office
Posted in Placements, Yuliya Khraplyva on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I remember walking into Dr. Helena Jaczek’s almost two month ago in the beginning of my placement. Brand new spacious office in the Ministry of Environment seemed to be deserted and never occupied. I sensed it right. Helena is one of those dedicated MPPs who are spending as much time as possible in the House. [...]
Liberal party Christmas Party
Posted in events, Yuliya Khraplyva on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the advantages of working for the government in the first placement is the opportunity to attend one of the biggest celebrations of the year – Liberal Christmas Party. I feel very privileged to be the only intern who attended the celebration as part of Helena Jaczek’s long standing tradition to invite every single [...]
Silence after the storm (House in recess)
Posted in Placements, Yuliya Khraplyva on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After the House had risen on December 10, we prepared ourselves for some quite time and for missing out on our daily portion of cardio that we normally enjoy from running between the main leg and governmental blocks. And so it happened: days started suddenly appear enormously long without our favourite 10:30 Question Period and [...]
Meeting Andrea Horwath
Posted in Meetings, Yuliya Khraplyva on December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Even though our orientation is long over and we are all running around with our office duties, we still keep meeting and getting to know all the important people in Queen’s Park. I would say these meeting are becoming even more interesting and exciting now as we are crafting our questions more carefully and, of [...]
Impressions on my placement – Yuliya
Posted in Placements, Yuliya Khraplyva on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am wondering how many people have a chance to interview their own future employers. Not too many, I would assume and 10 Queen’s Park interns found themselves among those few lucky exceptions. Up until the moment came to actually sit down and make the selections, I had been enjoying incredibly the process of interviewing [...]
Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Posted in Meetings, orientation, Yuliya Khraplyva on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week we had a pleasure to be introduced to another independent Legislature officer. The meeting with Ann Cavoukian, Information & Privacy Officer of Ontario, was especially anticipated after Ms. Cavoukian’s recent appearance in the press regarding the juror’s privacy violations. Is not it a beauty to be an intern and have a chance to [...]
Ryan Clarke – Advocacy Solutions
Posted in Meetings, Sponsors, Yuliya Khraplyva on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Whenever someone asks me how my experience in Queen’s Park has been so far, the first word that comes to mind is “overwhelming”, in a good way, of course. We are just being overwhelmed with the talent, experience and wisdom that virtually everyone we are meeting with offers. Last week, Ryan Clarke from Advocacy Solutions [...]
Interns attend their first reception as Interns
Posted in reception, Sponsors, Yuliya Khraplyva on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If the first week with OLIP taught us anything, enhanced feeling of confidence is definitely one of the things on the list. I walked into the Professional Engineers Reception with certainty as opposed to anxiety as it was the case during the Intern’s May Reception. All of us were able to approach someone new and [...]
