Hi, I’m Bia Kim. I came to Canada alone from South Korea as a teenager, and since then, learning how to navigate new places and cultures has become a central part of who I am.
I am now studying International Studies at Simon Fraser University, concentrating on Comparative World Politics, Culture, and Society. My academic path grew naturally from my personal experiences of adapting to unfamiliar environments and questioning how global systems shape people’s opportunities and limitations.
I’m especially interested in migration and refugee experiences, climate change, and development, as well as culture and history. These issues matter to me not only as political problems but as deeply human issues. I want to understand how policies affect everyday lives and how communities respond to uncertainty and change.
Whether I’m conducting research or creating written and digital projects, I try to approach each topic with empathy, attentiveness, and critical thinking. This website gathers the work that reflects my academic journey.
September 6th, 2022 How many tests did you take in one semester? I’m sure it’s more than 20. So students are taking many tests in one semester but It can have a very bad effect on students. Accordingly, I disagree with having many tests in school. Testing becomes the ends, not the means. People who agree with the test assert the test
Many indigenous people in Canada suffer a lot of trauma from residential school. Priests and nuns hit indignous people and make them forget their own cultures. Indigenous people have to leave their parents and they are not allowed to speak their languages. The book Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese is about how people have traumas and the effect of it. The main
Nowadays, as incomes are growing, parents are more interestings in education which some people couldn’t get enough.. In the past, especially, people who lived in undeveloped countries couldn’t get enough education. So people are trying to learn and get some knowledge in current situations. But there are a lot of ways to study. Mainly, people learn through books and experiences. Then, what