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Academician Maria João Maciel Jorge urges immigrants to embrace the unexpected

September 25, 2024 admin Academia, ARTISTS, azores immigrants, canadian identity, cultural identity, culture, heritage, hyphenated canadians, immigrant, immigrant women, low paying jobs, newcomers, People, portuguese immigrants, York University

Credit to Author: Lisa Evans| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:37:57 +0000

Maria João Maciel Jorge, who now goes by M.J., arrived with an illusion of a dream but no concrete plan. Today, she’s an associate professor of Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies and the associate dean of global and community engagement at York University.

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York University academician Maria João Maciel Jorge urges immigrants to embrace the unexpected

September 23, 2024 admin Academia, ARTISTS, azores immigrants, canadian identity, cultural identity, culture, heritage, hyphenated canadians, immigrant, immigrant women, low paying jobs, newcomers, People, portuguese immigrants, York University

Credit to Author: Lisa Evans| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:37:57 +0000

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York University academician M.J urges immigrants to embrace the unexpected

Credit to Author: Lisa Evans| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:37:57 +0000

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Isaac Garcia-Sitton holds Canadian values of acceptance, inclusivity and multiculturalism close to his heart

February 18, 2020 admin Canadian values, isaac garcia-sitton, multiculturalism, People, Professionals, York University, yueli

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 23:42:41 +0000

Isaac Garcia-Sitton is no stranger to moving from country to country, but the comfort with which he navigates life in Toronto is a sure sign that he has found his home in Canada. Yet, this feeling of being at home was not an instinctive one: something a number of immigrants resonate with. But the common […]

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Study points to social integration as key for immigrant success

July 16, 2018 admin Community, Featured, immigrant success, jelena zikic, Living, top 25 canadian immigrants, York University

York University academic and associate professor Jelena Zikic wants to understand why some immigrants in Canada succeed professionally, while others don’t. An immigrant from Serbia herself, Zikic has been studying career transitions of immigrant professionals for several years, examining both personal and structural barriers to their career success in the Canadian labour market, as well […]