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Advice for the Canadian Traveller
By Ryan Bragg
June 22, 2002
Did you know that Canadians make more than 100 million trips abroad each year? While worldwide travel will never be the same after September 11, 2001, Canadians can still look forward to enjoyable, successful trips with a little research and preparation.
The Government of Canada web site is a great source of all sorts of information. Anyone anticipating a trip within Canada or abroad should visit the Government of Canada's Travel site at www.passages.gc.ca for a wealth of current information that is pertinent to Canadian travellers.
The site is updated frequently to address the concerns of travellers and provide advice on travelling, living, and working abroad. There are endless links to helpful web sites for the cautious traveller. Visitors to the site can find links to Canadian embassies around the world and international embassies located in Canada, travel destinations and events across the country and tourism sites for dozens of other countries, as well as links to study and work abroad programs.
The site also contains electronic copies of many Consular Affairs publications. Of note are "Bon Voyage, But...: Information for the Canadian Traveller", "Crossing the 49th: Advice for Canadians travelling to the United States", and "Her Own Way: Advice for the Woman Traveller".
If you're travelling abroad, you can find all you need to start planning a trip: obtaining a passport, booking a flight, sending home postcards, and finally, bringing home souvenirs-or more importantly, what not to bring home as souvenirs!
If you're on your way to the United States, you can get updates on news and weather and even the latest report from border crossings on estimated delays.
Have you got dreams of making it in Hollywood or playing Carnegie Hall? Check out "Canadian Performers: How to Enter the United States." Even if you want to stay in the Great White North, there are links to each of the provincial and territorial tourism sites.
No matter what your travel destinations or your time frame, www.passages.gc.ca is a great starting point for Canadians planning a trip. Assistance in searching the Canada Site is available from training staff at Service Canada Access Centres throughout Oxford County: Community Employment Services in Woodstock, The Livingston Centre in Tillsonburg, Ingersoll Learning and Employment Resource Centre or eleven of the branches of the Oxford County Library.
Ryan Bragg is the Community Access Program member who staffs the public access computers at both Plattsville and Innerkip branches of the Oxford County Library. As a Training Team member, Ryan specialises in the development of CyberCamps: free special interest sessions that involve an element of Internet training.
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