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Articles in The Saturday Series

All About Blogging: Building a Community

August 13, 2011 – 7:30 am | 16 Comments

One of the main dif­fer­ences between a blog and a sta­tic web­site is the inter­ac­tion with the com­mu­nity. But this kind of inter­ac­tion takes months or even years to build and must be con­stantly addressed and redefined.

All About Blogging: 5 Ways to Promote your Blog

August 6, 2011 – 6:00 am | 15 Comments

I can’t stress enough how many blogs and web­sites there are on the Web, and how impor­tant pro­mot­ing your blog is. “In space, no one hears you scream”, and in the cyber world, no one will find you if you don’t adopt a proac­tive approach.

All About Blogging: The Evolution of a Blog

July 30, 2011 – 8:30 am | 22 Comments

Wel­come to the new 10 posts series, All About Blog­ging! Each Sat­ur­day for 10 weeks, I’ll inves­ti­gate an aspect of blog­ging. I hope you will enjoy the new series and that you will find it use­ful. Don’t hes­i­tate to give me some feed­back and to share your experience!

Lucile And Murtaza: From France and India to Montreal

July 24, 2011 – 12:05 pm | 12 Comments

Mur­taza and his wife are a mul­ti­cul­tural cou­ple: she is from France and he is from India. They found a coun­try in their image: Canada.
After a rel­a­tively quick immi­gra­tion process (only one year), they picked Mon­treal as their new home.

Estefania: From Argentina to Quebec

July 16, 2011 – 8:30 am | 7 Comments

Este­fa­nia is orig­i­nally from Patag­o­nia, Argentina. She isn’t sure why she orig­i­nally picked Canada to com­plete an exchange pro­gram after grad­u­at­ing from high school, but she knows she fell in love with the coun­try, and more specif­i­cally Quebec.

Natalia: From Colombia to Montreal... and Back to Colombia

July 9, 2011 – 8:25 am | 21 Comments

Not all immi­grants have a great expe­ri­ence in Canada, and not every­body chooses to stay. Such sto­ries have to be told because it’s impor­tant to stress that the grass in not always greener on the other side.
Natalia came to Canada from Colom­bia. She feared for her life back home, and quickly applied for refugee sta­tus in Canada. The paper­work took a long time—four years—but it wasn’t the main prob­lem Natalia faced.

Jorge: From Mexico to New-Brunswick

July 2, 2011 – 8:20 am | 13 Comments

Jorge is one happy immi­grant and with­out hes­i­ta­tion, he states that immi­grat­ing to Canada exceed­ing his expec­ta­tions. He deserves much of the credit for his suc­cess: his opti­mism, hard work and flex­i­bil­ity brought him where he is today.

John Erick: from Venezuela to Montreal

June 25, 2011 – 8:30 am | 10 Comments

John Erick is a new­comer to Canada: he landed from Venezuela a cou­ple of months ago. Despite fac­ing the usual chal­lenges most immi­grants face, includ­ing find­ing a first job in Canada and liv­ing in Eng­lish and in French, he is happy to be here. His blog title says it all: Mi Renacer En Canadá (Reborn in Canada).