Caribbean-born writer Veersen Bhoolai draws on personal experiences

Credit to Author: Ramya Ramanathan| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 01:16:06 +0000

“You truly do get a better appreciation of being a Canadian citizen, the freedom of speech, access to education and the public health care. The reality is that a country like Canada offers immigrants from developing countries and their children many more more opportunities in their life,” says Trinidadian-Canadian writer who has lived in five other countries.

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Carribbean-born writer Veersen Bhoolai draws on personal experiences

Credit to Author: Ramya Ramanathan| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 01:16:06 +0000

Veersen Bhoolai is a Canadian journalist who has worked in Print and Television. Coming from a family of lawyers, he calls himself the ‘lone wolf’ journalist in the pack. He has published two books in 2021. The first, No, I don’t work in the kitchen, Surviving war-torn Afghanistan for three years is his memoir as […]

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Queer Filipina comedian Isabel Kanaan stars in a new comedy series on OMNI TV

Credit to Author: Lisa Evans| Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:32:39 +0000

Isabel Kanaan has co-created, written and is starring in ABROAD, a 12-part comedy series on OMNI Television that finds humour in the challenging situations facing immigrants from different generations.

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Open call for Toronto-based visual artists

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:09:31 +0000

Toronto-based Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery announces an open call for applications to the 2022 RBC Emerging Artist Network, a year-long initiative developed to benefit 25 Toronto-based emerging artists.

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Inter-disciplinary artist Sharada Eswar shares her story

Credit to Author: Ramya Ramanathan| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 03:52:34 +0000

Sharada Eswar refers to herself as an inter-disciplinary artist with roots in India. Writer, storyteller, singer and arts educator, her work spans across multiple disciplines and art forms. A graduate in Literature Studies, she has trained to be a writer and a storyteller and has also immersed herself in several styles of music including Indian […]

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Sri Lankan-born author Logathasan Tharmathurai on finding his way home

Credit to Author: Ramya Ramanathan| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 22:47:51 +0000

Logathasan “Das” Tharmathurai is a man who finds his way. Das nearly failed his grade 12 English literature class and had never thought of becoming a writer. But he decided he had to become one if he wanted to share his story. In July 2019, over three decades after leaving Sri Lanka, Das published The […]

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Creating new worlds: Interview with novelist and playwright Anosh Irani

Credit to Author: Ramya Ramanathan| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:02:01 +0000

Novelist and playwright Anosh Irani comes from a family of Iranian descent in Mumbai, India, and moved to Vancouver in 1998 as a student to pursue his Master’s degree in Creative Writing. He has published critically acclaimed and award-winning novels including: The Cripple and His Talismans, The Song of Kahunsha, Dahanu Road and The Parcel. His plays […]

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Brazilian-born Elton Hubner shares stories through film

Credit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 05:23:16 +0000

Elton Hubner always has a story to share. And he has lots of inspiration to draw from. Born in Brazil to a family of European immigrants, Hubner is what you might call a global citizen, having lived in Germany, Switzerland and Italy, and having travelled to 30 countries before coming to Canada in 2012. But, […]

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Saudi-born actor Aixa Kay in the search for belonging

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 06:09:08 +0000

At first glance, she embodies a perfect Vancouverite. Dressed for the gym — her next stop — she confidently enters Lost+Found Café, a creative hub in the Gastown neighbourhood of Vancouver where she spends hours writing. Yet, there is something revealing about her origin when she greets me with a reassuring embrace and welcomes me to share […]

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