Anik Das (he/him) Interviewer: Tavneet Kaur Participant: Anik Das Anik Das moved from Bangladesh to Antigonish in September 2021 to pursue his Master’s in Computer Science at St. Francis Xavier University. In this interview, Anik shares his journey, reflecting on the challenges he faced and the support he received from professors during his program. Although he finds Antigonish to be a quiet town, he appreciated the academic environment and the opportunities it offered. Since

Anonymous A beautiful sunset, clicked on February 12, 2022. Copyright @art_nouveau___ As an international student from Bangladesh, I came to Antigonish during the winters of 2022 with high hopes of pursuing my higher studies. However, my experience was not without its challenges, and the biggest of them was the language barrier. When I first arrived, I found it hard to understand the accent of the locals. Though I had studied English in school and had a good grasp of the lang