5 tips to ease your kids’ transition to school in Canada School is back in session, and with it comes excitement and often anxiety. As an immigrant parent in Canada, you may have just as many questions and jitters as your kids! Here are five tips to help you both adjust to the back-to-school return. […]
Read moreSeptember 2018 2 Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu) is a day to celebrate Lord Krishna, who worked to remove sufferings. 2 Independence Day (Vietnam) commemorates the country’s independence from France in 1945. 3 Labour Day (Canada, U.S.A.) is an annual holiday that celebrates the achievements of workers. It happens on the first Monday of September. […]
Read moreOne reason many people migrate is for a better life for themselves and their family. Whether the move is forced or voluntary, my experience and observation has been that immigrants usually arrive with a specific mindset. The determination to find work opportunities. Motivation to push through the challenges and setbacks. Willingness to collaborate and build […]
Read moreMultifaceted author Paul Atanya’s new book, Destination Canada: Tools for Success There is a career practitioner in Calgary who has juiced out 20 years of his entire experience and expertise into a book, called Destination Canada: Tools for Success, with the sole aim of helping qualified immigrants find their professional footing in Canada. We are […]
Read moreSyrian-born Tareq Hadhad shares the success story of his family business Peace by Chocolate in Nova Scotia When the Hadhad family arrived in Canada along with thousands of other Syrian refugees, they had one dream; to find peace. For more than 20 years, the family had run a successful chocolate business in Damascus, but it […]
Read moreLoizza Aquino was the Youth Award winner among this year’s RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants When Loizza Aquino was just one- year-old, she and her family left the Philippines to start a new life in Canada. Landing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, their new surroundings were quite a contrast from their Southeast Asian roots. Yet her parents […]
Read moreViews on immigration slipping, says new Angus Reid analysis Half of Canadians would prefer to see the federal government’s current immigration targets of 310,000 new permanent residents for 2018 decreased, says a new study that analyzes current and historical public opinion data. For those currently opposed, the qualifications of immigrants do not appear to matter. While […]
Read moreCalgary-based Canadian Cultural Mosaic Foundation is presenting an event this Friday to raise discussion on discrimination. The event, called Tackling Ableism, Ageism, Heterosexism, Racism, & Sexism through our language, will be held on Friday, August 24, 6:30 p.m., at the CommunityWise Resource Centre in Calgary. The event that aims to provide the public with tangible tools […]
Read moreThere is new hope for Canadian immigrants who have been struggling to sponsor their parents and grandparents to Canada under the existing lottery system. Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Ahmed Hussen announced that the Government of Canada will accept up to 20,000 applications for the sponsorship of parents and grandparents in 2019, four times the number […]
Read moreRBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Trish Mandewo to run for Coquitlam City Council Zimbabwe-born entrepreneur Trish Mandewo, an RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant (2017), has proven to be a community dynamo since arriving in Canada in 2009. Not only has she had successes as an entrepreneur, consultant and founder of Women’s Collaborative Hub, a non-profit […]
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