In this new exclusive 10-part webcast series for Canadian Immigrant, Iranian-born Iman Aghay offers his strategies for immigrant success. In Part 5, he shares tips on how to handle an information interview in your job search. Iman Aghay’s Strategies for Immigrant Success Part 1: Communication is a skill Part 2: Dos and don’ts of small talk Part 3: […]
Read moreIn this new exclusive 10-part webcast series for Canadian Immigrant, Iranian-born Iman Aghay offers his strategies for immigrant success. In Part 4, he shares tips on getting comfortable in your new country and city — your new environment! Iman Aghay’s Strategies for Immigrant Success Part 1: Communication is a skill Part 2: Dos and don’ts of small talk […]
Read moreAkram Al-Otumi of Spritely Technologies is bringing his platform for tourists and newcomers from Halifax to Toronto Akram Al-Otumi, founder and CEO of Halifax-based Spritely Technologies Inc., is bringing his innovative tech startup to Toronto. Spritely features a platform for tourists and newcomers to connect with city locals in order to make visiting or relocating […]
Read moreA few days left to catch this Toronto production by immigrant choreographers Roberto Campanella and Robert Glumbek ProArteDanza artistic director Roberto Campanella, an RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant (2018) from Italy, is presenting the world premiere of the contemporary dance company’s Figaro 2.0, which he co-choreographed with ProArteDanza artistic associate Robert Glumbek, also an immigrant to Canada from Poland. […]
Read moreIn Metro Vancouver, 25,000 immigrants landed between January and August 2018, according to data from Immigrant, Refugees, Citizenship Canada. That’s the majority of the 32,000 who landed in the entire province of B.C. during that time period. And many more thousands come on temporary work permits, as refugees or as international students in hopes of […]
Read moreYou’ve arrived in Canada and now that you have found a place to live and settled the kids in school, it is time to focus on getting a job. But now you’re confused. You used to be in a highly skilled position before moving to Canada, but a lot of the nice new people you’ve […]
Read moreEstablished and emerging immigrant writers who should be on your must-read list That quote from Rabindranath Maharaj pretty much sums up what it means to be an immigrant writer in Canada. And there are many established and growing numbers of emerging immigrant authors who are writing stories informed by this duality. These stories, often about […]
Read moreNovember 2018 1 All Saints Day (Christianity) is a holy day to honour all saints of the church. This event gives people a moment of reflection on the lives of saints, as well as a chance to pray for friends or family members who are deceased. 1 Independence Day (Antigua & Barbuda) […]
Read moreThe effects of stereotyping versus outright discrimination Janice Tinio was having a standard phone conversation with a client when things took an uncomfortable turn. “I was working on his account when he said to me, ‘Oh, you have an accent. Where are you from? You French?’ … I said, ‘Oh, I’m from Jamaica.’ Then he […]
Read moreTech success from Holland to the Sunshine Coast From playing on a Commodore 64 in the city of Haarlem, Holland, as a child, to working with code and SEO, Noud de Rover is today the proud owner of his own web design company Data Roots. The immigrant started up the business in 2015 in Port […]
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