Credit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 07:12:39 +0000
Young pilot Abdulrahman Alafghani is studying aviation in Vancouver There is an old story that is part of Abdulrahman (Abood) Alafghani’s family lore about a forefather who emigrated from Afghanistan and found a new life in Syria. It’s a story that in recent years has taken on special meaning for Alafghani as he left Saudi […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 07:15:33 +0000
Wintranslation founder is recognized for her work in Indigenous translation Like many of Canada’s newcomers, Huiping Zhang’s journey to success is rooted in humble beginnings. Zhang arrived in Canada from Hengyang, China, in 1994 to complete her master’s in communications at the University of Windsor. Fresh out of grad school, she launched Wintranslation from her […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:47:55 +0000
Javier Schwersensky leads the non-profit animal protection agency with compassionate leadership and communications savvy Javier Schwersensky was confident in his decision to immigrate to Canada from Argentina. Born in the city of Villa Ballester, a suburban neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Schwersensky felt his personality clashed with the culture in Argentina. “Given that I spent time […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:59:44 +0000
The serial entrepreneur heads up La Prep and Indian street food restaurant Chaska, after many other entrepreneurial ventures in India and Canada Thirty years after he arrived in Canada from India barely able to speak English, serial entrepreneur Naveen Seth traces the roots of his thriving business career to lessons his father taught him when […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 18:04:09 +0000
A new year. A new beginning. A new start. Words that resonate with immigration. Often at the start of a new year, just like the beginning of a new life in Canada, we look back at the past and review the good, the bad and the ugly. It is also traditionally a time when we […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 19:09:17 +0000
2019 Parents and Grandparents Program has new changes to intake process and a cap of 20,000 applications Want to sponsor your parents or grandparents to Canada? The 2019 Parents and Grandparents Program “interest to sponsor” form will be available starting at noon EST on January 28, 2019. This year’s program brings some changes, namely a […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 18:33:06 +0000
Recognizing inspiring immigrants with the “Oscars” of immigrant success For the last decade, the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards program has been highlighting inspiring stories of immigrants who have made incredible contributions to Canada, and honouring them with Canada’s only national awards celebrating immigrant success. Is there an inspiring immigrant deserving of recognition that you know? Nominations […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 21:09:44 +0000
Montreal newcomer is behind Escritoire, a place for immigrant entrepreneurs and freelancers to connect Israa Hilles is a young, creative entrepreneur who, after only one year in Montreal, opened her own business and won Canada’s Futurpreneur Award 2018. Of Palestinian origin, Hilles was born in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and arrived in Canada in 2015. After […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 20:14:21 +0000
Vancouver-based SUCCESS will help more newcomers before they arrive in Canada Pre-arrival settlement services help soon-to-be immigrants understand what they’ll be facing in Canada as new arrivals. The federal government has announced it will give Vancouver-based immigrant services agency SUCCESS $22.4 million in funding to help deliver these important services. SUCCESS has already been offering […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 07:29:47 +0000
Canada is expanding its biometrics collection program for 2019. Now, nationals from countries in Asia, Asia Pacific and the Americas — in addition to Europe, Middle East and Africa — will need to give their fingerprints and photo (biometrics) when applying for a visitor visa, study or work permit, or for permanent residence. This same […]
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