Listen. We need to talk. Maybe you should sit down. There are some things I haven't told you yet. Some things that might change your life. Actually, they changed mine. Whatever, who cares about you anyway.
So, actually this wasn't my first day of work, exactly. See, when you start a new job you need training right? Right. Well I did my training last week. In Canada's first national park. In Banff. That's right, Banff. In Alberta. Tell your friends.
Right now you may be asking yourself: why would they send a bunch of new student employees to one of the most beautiful places in Canada, on the federal government's tab, right at the beginning of their jobs? Fair point, dear reader- give yourself a pat on the back.
Well, we went for to learn about the Parks. Let me tell you, we had about a week's worth of Parks Canada training in about one morning. It was a crazy cram-fest of information. I'm sure there were 32 saturated brains on the difference between a park and a park reserve, how to make videos that were internationally viable and most importantly: star swipes. We listened, we absorbed, we shot, we visitied, we edited and we ate. Oh lord did we eat well.
The best part about the trip was the oppertunity to meet the 31 other students from across Canada who won this job. One of the best days was actually the first few hours in the Calgary airport when we job to know each other.
Overall we represent eight provinces (sorry Newfoundland and Sasketchewan) and three territories.
Banff is truly breathtaking. It's so different from Ormstown and I love the mountains. Just the smell of the fresh, clean air is intoxicating... also the beer helped. I really wished that I had the chance and the equipment to go snowboarding. Unfortunately with the 10-14 hour workdays all I had the energy to do was go out for beers and get extremely little sleep. Time well worth it.
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