Website opens dialogue on outsider experience

Website opens dialogue on outsider experience
By Jason Winders

Gloria Zhu wants you to feel uncomfortable, if even for a second.

You might spot Zhu on campus one of these days. The Media and Public Interest student might ask you, ‘Have you ever felt like a fish out of water?’ She hopes you’ll say yes. She hopes you’ll relive that feeling as part of an exercise in empathy meant to draw attention to, and break, racial and cultural barriers.

Inspired by the slice-of-life photo blog Humans of New York (HONY), Zhu launched a blog last year titled A Fish out of Water for a campaign project in her Alternative Media class. Her initial desire was to document experiences of international students and newcomers to Canada as they acclimate to a new culture. (Continue reading)