Iranian-born crown counsel from Edmonton shares tips on the Canada’s legal profession Iranian-born Aminollah Sabzevari is a successful young lawyer promoting justice in Edmonton, Alberta. As crown counsel with the Department of Justice Canada, he has conducted proceedings in all levels of courts, from the Court of Appeal of Alberta to the Federal Court of […]
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 […]
Read moreFrom social work to university leadership, Sobhana Jaya-Madhavan’s career has been defined by a positive outlook, building relationships — and a little bit of adventure Sobhana Jaya-Madhavan likes to call herself an optimist. Chatting in a coffee shop at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., Jaya-Madhavan speaks candidly about life, work and her immigration journey […]
Read moreFervent Events is 47th on the Top 500 Fastest Growing Companies in Canada list Calum McGuigan is making waves in the experiential marketing industry with his company Fervent Events. What started as a grassroots guerilla marketing company has evolved into one of the top experiential marketing companies in Toronto. Over the past five years, Fervent […]
Read moreUsing science and technology to break down barriers as an immigrant Maggie Lu grew up in China with a keen passion for science and technology. She was interested in the many ways chemicals could be used to improve people’s lives. Upon completing her bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering, Lu moved to Canada in […]
Read moreOn picturesque Salt Spring Island, B.C. lives a British-born artist who has become well known for her life-size narrative work. “It’s always been the every day and people’s stories that has interested me,” says Nicola Wheston. Wheston has come a long way since her art school days at the Ruskin School of Drawing at Oxford […]
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Multifaceted 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 […]
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