Credit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:37:50 +0000
Trying to establish your professional or business reputation in Canada? Himanshu Narang shows us how with two steps One of the most powerful insights I developed after years of failing and optimizing in Canada is, “Your brand is to you as location is to real estate.” Working on your personal brand as a professional or […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 07:59:07 +0000
February is Black History Month in Canada Black History Month celebrates the achievements and contributions of Black Canadians. Here are 11 things to know about Black history in Canada. While the commemoration of Black History Month dates back to 1926 in the U.S. and unofficially in Canada shortly thereafter, it was only in December 1995 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:11:45 +0000
Enjoy all the season has to offer while staying warm Every new immigrant has to get through it: that first Canadian winter. If you’re in Ontario right now, you know what that means. Temperatures well below freezing, snow blizzards and high winds can all seem daunting — if not downright terrifying — but it doesn’t […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:52:22 +0000
At 12:12 p.m. EST today (9:12 a.m. PST), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced on its Facebook page that the interest to sponsor form for the 2019 Parent and Grandparent Program is now closed. When the new intake process was announced a few weeks ago, IRCC called it a “new and improved intake process that […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:40:12 +0000
From coast to coast, Canada offers a landscape of natural beauty Canadians know how beautiful this country is, from the mountains and ocean views of the West Coast to the glorious mountain lakes in Alberta to Ontario’s Lake Country to the rugged coastlines of the Atlantic. And it appears that people around the world agree, […]
Read moreCredit 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 […]
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