Summer fun: explore your local community & more

Credit to Author: Baisakhi Roy| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 02:45:57 +0000

Newcomers to Canada can look forward to a hot, hot summer full of fun activities with the family, especially with the young ones. This is also the perfect time and opportunity to get to know your neighbours and the community at large. Explore your neighbourhood Summer is short – eight weeks and some change. Keep […]

Read more

Beware of top scams: newcomers vulnerable

Credit to Author: Ramya Ramanathan| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:54:31 +0000

Every year, Canada’s Better Business Bureau (BBB) releases its National List of Top 10 Scams to promote scam awareness and fraud prevention across the country. BBB reports that in 2018 alone, Canadians lost over $121 million to scammers, moving up from $95 million in 2017, and more than doubling the amount from 2015. While the […]

Read more

Don’t miss Mississauga Polish Day on June 8

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:54:23 +0000

Experience Polish culture, right in Mississauga! Mississauga Polish Day is the city’s annual Polish cultural festival, celebrating Polish-Canadian contribution towards Canada’s rich cultural mosaic. The festival offers a full day (from noon to 11 p.m.) of music, dance, art and cultural exhibits, children’s village with activities for kids, film screenings, traditional food (think sausages, pierogies, […]

Read more

explorASIAN Recognition Gala celebrates Asian-Canadian culture

Credit to Author: Ramya Ramanathan| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 00:49:17 +0000

Every year, after a very active month full of cultural events, Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS) culminates its explorASIAN Festival with a Recognition Gala to celebrate and thank individuals, and/or cultural organizations that have made a difference in the Pan-Asian and Asian-Canadian arts and culture in the city’s communities and neighbourhoods. One of the […]

Read more

The Volunteer factor: making connections

Credit to Author: Hazel Morley| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 16:33:54 +0000

A few weeks ago, I participated in National Volunteer Week, an annual event that formally recognizes, celebrates and gives thanks for Canada’s 12.7 million volunteers. That’s 44% of the population in Canada, or approximately, 1 in 2 Canadians, aged 15 years and above, who give their time (collectively 2.07 billion hours), energy and skills to […]

Read more

 Common misconceptions about life in Canada

Credit to Author: Ivy Chiu| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 13:02:41 +0000

On any given flight, many Canadians are returning home from a vacation, tourists are coming to visit, and others are here for business.  And sometimes, an entire family might be on a plane, ready to embark on their new life in Canada, about to set their feet down for the first time in their new […]

Read more