Credit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 21:45:04 +0000
Canada has a high chance of snow on Christmas and other facts Is Canada the most “Christmassy” country in the world? Yes, according to a recent list released by Taxi2Airport. The list measures countries across the globe based on Christmas travel recognition, the chance of snow, Christian population, Christmas search interest and the popularity of […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Cheryl Song| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 07:54:09 +0000
Are technology and other distractions impacting your family dinner time? In today’s busy family schedules, families often forgo mealtime together as family. And when families do manage to eat together, there are often technology distractions, leading to fewer meaningful conversations or connections. Having regular family mealtime is very important for family members to connect and strengthen […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:17:58 +0000
Rami Kahlon is a young diverse writer and actor from Surrey, B.C., who has recently created her own film project. Her independent film, Odd Girl, had been accepted into the Telus Storyhive pitch competition last spring, and despite not winning the grant, her and her team set out to make the film anyway. “We made this […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:36:50 +0000
Xoom is a fast and secure international money transfer service that makes sending money back home easier for Canadian immigrants Canadian immigrant families remit nearly $24 billion annually to support family and friends back home, according to the World Bank’s latest Migration and Development Brief. To meet this demand, PayPal has launched a new international money transfer […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Baisakhi Roy| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:59:12 +0000
Tiger the movie about Sikh-Canadian boxer Pardeep Nagra is released Sikh-Canadian boxer Pardeep Nagra famously battled the beard ban in Canadian amateur boxing in 1999. Almost two decades later, his fight is the subject of a new movie. Nagra is both amused and annoyed as he recounts his recent experience at a Mississauga theatre screening […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 18:29:40 +0000
The United Nations’ Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration is the first global framework on international migration More than 258 million migrants in the world are living outside their country of birth today — a 49 per cent increase compared to 2000. Of these, 68.5 million are refugees who are forced to flee their […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:17:58 +0000
Rami Kahlon is a young diverse writer and actor from Surrey, B.C., who has recently created her own film project. Her independent film, Odd Girl, had been accepted into the Telus Storyhive pitch competition last spring, and despite not winning the grant, her and her team set out to make the film anyway. “We made this […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 08:33:28 +0000
Husband-and-wife Vishal and Trupti Zaveri help other newcomers with their financial consultancy business Vishal Zaveri and his wife, Trupti, came to Canada in 2005, both with professional backgrounds — he in IT and she in accounting. However, as many new immigrants do, upon their arrival in Canada, the couple went about accepting any job that […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Margaret Jetelina| Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 08:15:48 +0000
Colombian-born immigrant artist Carlos Delgado shows the emotion of change in his portraits Toronto-based, Colombian-born artist Carlos Delgado, is presenting a solo show of his paintings called Transitions the paradox of change at Sur Gallery on December 6, 2018, for a one-night-only exhibition in Toronto. Known for his abstract portraits Faces of the System, which translate […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:32:46 +0000
IRCC to support racialized newcomer women overcome barriers to employment Visible minority newcomer women have the lowest median annual income of all newcomer groups at $26,624. They are also more likely to be unemployed, according to data from the 2016 Census. Visible minority newcomer women can face many barriers to employment, prompting the launch of […]
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