Traveling to a distant land to continue your education can be an adventure full of exciting surprises, but it can be stressful and overwhelming as well. Among the things international students have to confront are unfamiliar food, incomprehensible rules, a new language, social norms etc. Study abroad culture shock may make it difficult to embrace change.
Different people cope with these challenges in different ways. Some turn to what is familiar, such as making friends with students from the same country, or at least with those who can speak the same language. Others try to connect through local communities or churches. One thing most international students find difficult is meeting their Canadian peers, maybe because it is hard to find a way outside the classroom to interact with them socially or maybe because it is hard to find something in common with them.
Change takes place all the time, whether you like or not, so instead of running away from it, embrace change and make the best of it. Remember that life is nothing but transition.
My advice to you is to look for new things to try. Challenge yourself to: learn to play a sport; learn to play an instrument; learn to speak another language; join a club; support a cause you believe in; go dancing; or take up photography.This is an opportunity like no other to reinvent yourself; since nobody knows who you were back home, nobody is going to criticize your choices. Yes, it is hard to start again, sometimes from the bottom, but it is a rewarding endeavour to embrace change. When circumstances or people get you down, remind yourself why you came all this way in the first place, then get back up again.