RBC 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 […]
Read moreBrampton Top 40 Under 40 winner is a philanthropist at heart Kimberlee Shelley-Ajibolade sets the bar high for herself. “No matter where I am or how far I get, there’s another level I can achieve,” she says. The Jamaican-Born HR professional, community activist and author already has a list of accolades to her name at […]
Read moreMusicians Rob and Sarah Skinner, also known as the Red Dirt Skinners, knew there was something special about Canada when they visited for work back in June 2015. “We just kind of fell in love with the place the moment we landed,” says Sarah. “Everyone was extremely receptive to our music, the people were wonderful, […]
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Even at age 90, Barbara Crane’s eyes sparkled with joy as she browsed a thick binder filled with 8-by-10-inch black-and-white photographs.
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Read moreJuan Sarmiento and Laura Roa’s journey into the coffee industry started in their home country of Colombia in 2012. A resource rich country, one of Colombia’s main export crops is coffee, but most locals didn’t know much about the crop, nor had they tasted it. Roa was working in the hotel industry and constantly heard […]
Read moreAs a proud new citizen of Canada, I took a VIA Rail train trip on “The Canadian” this past May, which you can board at Vancouver and take all the way to Toronto, and back again. It is advertised as a “trip of a lifetime.” And it was — all 4,466 kilometres each way. A trip […]
Read moreToronto-based engineering student Shellen Wang is a man of many talents, including among other visual and aural delights, the ability to pull a rabbit out of a hat. The Beijing native arrived in Toronto in August 2014 to complete high school and enter the faculty of engineering at the University of Toronto. He is soon […]
Read morePhilippines-born Caleb Lagayan is excited to be coming back for his third season at Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) in Stanley Park’s Malkin Bowl in Vancouver. Having recently graduated from Capilano University’s musical theatre program, Lagayan is thrilled to be playing one of his “bucket list” roles this summer — Lord Pinkleton in Rodgers & […]
Read moreFourteen-year-old Nothabo Ncube’s promise to her dead mother would reverberate throughout her life. Her vibrant mom had been killed in a car accident. Gazing at her coffin in the stifling heat of the overstuffed church in Africa, Ncube’s knees were trembling, and she had to clutch her grandmother just to stay upright. Suddenly she heard a […]
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