Ed Maruyama: From Brazil To Nunavut

I had to find out who was behind these pic­tures: I con­tacted the author. His pro­file had one line: “Brazil­ian guy liv­ing in Iqaluit”. Now, I was super curi­ous. I mean, Canada is well-known to be a cold place, but from Brazil to the actual Great White North? That’s just one hell of a cul­ture shock!

Gabriel Almada: from Argentina To Canada

Gabriel has an amaz­ing sense of humor. He blogs about his life as a Canadian-Argentinian in the pop­u­lar blog, Live from Water­loo, writ­ten in both Span­ish and Eng­lish. He is a must read for any prospec­tive immi­grant: he expe­ri­enced a lot, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Guillermo Ziegler: From Argentina To Canada

Guillermo Ziegler came with his fam­ily to Canada in 2005, look­ing for a bet­ter life as he saw Argentina, his home coun­try, plung­ing into an eco­nomic and social cri­sis. He cur­rently lives in Ottawa with his fam­ily and they will all become Cana­dian cit­i­zens very soon.

10 Myths About Canada

To end this Cana­dian List of Ten series, I’d like to tackle ten myths peo­ple may have about Canada. And yes, I have per­son­ally heard each one of them, believe it or not!

10 Canadian Political Facts

Cana­dian pol­i­tics takes some time to get used, espe­cially for Euro­peans. The three lev­els of gov­ern­ment are new to us (there are no provinces nor states in Europe) and national pol­i­tics is some­what eclipsed by local news, more rel­e­vant to com­mu­ni­ties in this huge country.

10 Things You Must Eat (Or Drink) In Canada

Let’s not do like Stephen Harper and Gov­er­nor Gen­eral Michaelle Jean vis­it­ing Nunavut: raw seal heart is not for every­one. But I know there are some Cana­dian spe­cial­ties you are dying to try!

10 Things To Experience In Canada

Canada, the best coun­try on earth? Well, I’d hate to brag… but the truth is, there is plenty to expe­ri­ence here and it’s a great coun­try to live in. The stereo­type of a frozen land North of the USA doesn’t do Canada jus­tice.
No mat­ter whether you are a new­comer or a life­long Cana­dian cit­i­zen, here are ten things to expe­ri­ence in Canada.

10 Facts About Canadians

Believe it or not, the stereo­typ­i­cal Cana­dian is not a lum­ber­jack, doesn’t live in an igloo some­where up North, and doesn’t always watch hockey.

Okay, the last part may be true. Hockey Night in Canada is prob­a­bly the most pop­u­lar TV pro­gram here.