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鈥淒o you mind if I take a photo and ask you a few questions for Humans of Acadia?鈥�

If you鈥檙e an Acadia student, you may already have been approached for the Facebook page, or maybe you鈥檝e seen a classmate鈥檚 story there. The page was started last January by friends Colin Mitchell (Politics) and Kaileigh Skinner (Community Development).

鈥淲e were in our first year, and Colin and I were talking about Acadia鈥檚 social media,鈥� Kaileigh says. 鈥淲e said, 鈥榃hy don鈥檛 we do something to share the diversity on campus and share people鈥檚 stories?鈥� We spitballed a few ideas 鈥� this was in November 2015 鈥� and through December and January we compiled photos. That鈥檚 how it started. It was a spontaneous decision to share some diversity and connect us.鈥�

鈥淧eople think social media brings them together, but really it draws us apart,鈥� Colin adds. 鈥淚 figured it would be beneficial, especially following the model, to have something that the Acadia community could rally around. And that was the common stories and experiences of people who make up 外流影片.鈥�

Colin had come to Atlantic Canada from Vancouver in November of 2014 to explore university options. 鈥淲hen I came to Acadia, I fell in love with it,鈥� he says. 鈥淚t was so friendly, the weather was beautiful, and the campus was incredible. The Politics program fit well, and I thought, this is the logical choice for me. When I moved here in 2015, I didn鈥檛 know a single person, but I made friends within the first few days.鈥�

On common ground

Once a potential subject agrees to be interviewed for Humans of Acadia, Colin or Kaileigh 鈥� they work individually to accommodate their academic schedules 鈥� will ask questions designed to prompt a story. 鈥淲e look for words and a picture that really reflect who that person is,鈥� Colin says.

鈥淓veryone we talk to is different,鈥� he points out, 鈥渂ut of the people we鈥檝e talked to, the one thing that most people have in common is that they love it here. And that clearly reflects on the fact that Acadia鈥檚 doing something right. The people we talk to want to be here. They want to learn. They want to succeed.鈥�

鈥淲hen we ask the question 鈥榃hy Acadia?鈥� the thing that sticks out is the sense of community on campus,鈥� Kaileigh says. 鈥淭hat might not be apparent on Humans of Acadia because we try to diversify the profiles. But people tell us, 鈥楾here鈥檚 such a sense of community. I feel like I have a family here.鈥欌��

Colin and Kaileigh would like Humans of Acadia to carry on after they graduate, and they鈥檝e created a plan to help that happen. 鈥淎s long as it鈥檚 relevant and people are interested, we want it to continue,鈥� Kaileigh says. 鈥淔or us, it鈥檚 the passion that started it. It鈥檚 the passion for sharing the beautiful community that is Acadia.鈥�

You can read and on the page, or see them and other people from Humans of Acadia highlighted on . 

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