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November 4, 2011 – 8:30 am | 8 Comments

Cana­di­ans like pets, and in res­i­den­tial neigh­bour­hoods it’s com­mon to see peo­ple walk­ing their dogs after an early diner, no mat­ter the weather.
How­ever, unlike French, Cana­di­ans are well-behaved and they pick up after their dogs—streets here are not dot­ted with dog poop.

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Gill: From Britain To Brampton

April 10, 2010 – 8:00 am | 10 Comments

Today, I’d like you to meet my final inter­vie­wee: Gill, also known as That British Woman. Orig­i­nally from a small 2,000 peo­ple town in Cum­bria, Britain, her hus­band and she decided to move to Canada, look­ing for a bet­ter future for their chil­dren. In 1989, they set­tled in Bramp­ton, Ontario. The city of then 200,000 sur­prised them and she later declared the expe­ri­ence had been an eye-opened.

Andres Berrio: From Colombia To Toronto

April 3, 2010 – 7:01 am | 9 Comments

Andres, orig­i­nally from Colom­bia, envi­sions Canada as a coun­try where the ideal of ‘inclu­sive diver­sity’ is per­ceived and prac­ticed as the effec­tive and con­sci­en­tious imple­men­ta­tion of equal access poli­cies to employ­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties; an all-embracing and uni­fied soci­ety that pro­motes social equal­ity by strongly rec­og­niz­ing Arti­cle 23 of The Uni­ver­sal Dec­la­ra­tion of Human Rights.

Khatia Odzelashvili: From Georgia to Ottawa

March 20, 2010 – 6:00 am | 6 Comments

Kha­tia Odze­lashvili is from Tbil­isi in Geor­gia, a coun­try located between East­ern Europe and West­ern Asia. She stud­ied law in Ger­many for four years, hop­ing to even­tu­ally come back home and work in Geor­gia. But while in Ger­many, she met her hus­band. They were both for­eign stu­dents and they decided to move some­where together to a third coun­try where they could set­tle. After much con­sid­er­a­tion, they agreed on Canada.

Mourad Regragui: From Morocco To Ottawa

March 13, 2010 – 7:13 am | 15 Comments

Let me intro­duce you to Mourad, from Oujda, Morocco. Mourad applied for per­ma­nent res­i­dence through the Québec skilled worker pro­gram and was granted his visa in the sum­mer of 2009. He is a patient guy… His immi­gra­tion process took an aston­ish­ing four years and a half!

Mehmet Kaya: From Turkey To Toronto

March 6, 2010 – 11:55 am | 12 Comments

Mehmet Kaya has been in Canada for just over a year, and is still get­ting used to life here. He met his wife Brenda, an ESL teacher, while she was liv­ing and work­ing in Istan­bul. One day she walked into Mehmet’s uncle’s shop, where he was work­ing, and the rest is history!

Yasmine: From Former Yugoslavia To Québec

February 27, 2010 – 12:37 pm | 12 Comments

Unlike many immi­grants to Canada, Yas­mine and her fam­ily hadn’t thought of immi­grat­ing any­where. They hadn’t really cho­sen Canada either: they came as refugees after leav­ing their war-torn coun­try. Their story is truly mov­ing, from a per­fect life in for­mer Yugoslavia to com­ing as refugees in Ger­many and then Canada, where they even­tu­ally settled.

Adam and Eric: From the USA to Toronto

February 13, 2010 – 2:20 pm | 12 Comments

Let me intro­duce you to Adam and Eric, for­merly of San Fran­cisco, Cal­i­for­nia, and now full-time Toron­to­ni­ans. They have been liv­ing in Canada for two years and they have the mix of pos­i­tive atti­tude and real­ist out­look on their move that make them per­fect to interview.

Ed Maruyama: From Brazil To Nunavut

February 6, 2010 – 12:51 pm | 17 Comments

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!