Articles in Ten More Immigrants For Ten More Interviews
Lucile And Murtaza: From France and India to Montreal
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
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
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
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
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).
Daniel: From Paraguay to Montreal
Daniel, from Paraguay, isn’t afraid of new challenges: he chose to settle in Quebec, Canada’s francophone province, even though French is not his mother tongue. He is also very patient and waited for two years before he was finally granted permanent residence status.
Jean-Paul and Emma: From France to Montreal
Emma and Jean-Paul were ideal candidates: there are both young and highly-educated French citizens with degrees and experience in needed fields. They were selected easily and nine month later, they were landing in Montreal.
Neeraj: From India to Toronto
Born 200 kilometers Northwest of Mumbai, Neeraj was raised in India. When his parents decided to move to Canada in the mid-1990s, he was transplanted into a totally different culture. Maybe that’s what prompted his wanderlust several years later.
Nelson: From Venezuela to Toronto
This second interview of the series is the chance to meet a very new immigrant couple: Nelson and his wife, from Venezuela, landed in Toronto just a few weeks ago. Coming to Canada had been a lifelong dream for Nelson, who wanted to complete his studies here.
Nui: From Thailand to Ottawa
We will start today with Nui, from Thailand, who recently arrived in Ottawa. After years on the move around the world, Nui and her Canadian-German husband decided to settle in Canada. They lived in Kingston for a while and are now in Ottawa, where Nui is launching her small business.
