Covid 19 personal whereabouts

In 2019, at the start of my doctoral studies I relocated to Katarokwi; Kingston, Ontario on the traditional homelands of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabek and Huron-Wendat nations. For me, my move to Kingston was never intended to only provide a launch pad for my research in Inuit Nunangat. I arrived ready to commit- aspiring to make Kingston my new home. The first months after my arrival were filled with activities to learn about- and build a relationship with this land, the communities on it, and its stories. I immersed myself, for my hope was that this place could perhaps eventually become a new home for me. Which it did, in multiple ways, over time. The building of these relationships however became somewhat more complicated from 2020 onwards. The COVID-19 pandemic ended up uprooting me from all my home-bases, both Dutch and Canadian.

Kingston in isolation

Invitation:Trail-off to explore how buying a campervan helped me navigate being a graduate student during times of Covid