Comments on: How To Learn More About Canada (10/10)

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:42:14 +0000

Thanks for the link! Just saw this. Excellent post.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:39:50 +0000

This is a great list. Very useful and a nice way to end the series. Although I’m looking for a Canadian blog (by a Canadian this time) for this week’s Blog of the World, so I’ll have to keep looking I guess…

By: johnada

johnada — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:11:40 +0000

Great resources and great series! I wish I could have read some of it before we moved here.

By: Gail at Large

Gail at Large — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:02:01 +0000

I feel honoured to be mentioned in your Canadian Blogosphere list!

As a bonus, I am actually an immigrant

My family came to Canada in 1974, when I was very young. I remember taking the oath as a child in Winnipeg; my father filmed the ceremony. I took the oath again in Calgary in 1991 because my friend lost my passport AND certificate of citizenship in Banff and I needed to replace both quickly!

As an immigrant, a former expat several times over, and having resided in five Canadian provinces, I am definitely a “Canadian by choice”. Times were very hard for my family in the beginning — they moved to Saskatchewan at the beginning of winter and had never seen snow. They immigrated as farm workers and lived in their sponsors’ barn on an isolated property, with no friends or family nearby. It was modern slavery, but with help from other farmers they escaped and the rest is history…

I love to hear other people’s stories of becoming “Canadian by choice”. Keep up the good work!

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:03:35 +0000

Ohh! I can not believe you have successfully completed “How to… Canada” series. It used to be so informative; never felt it will end soon.

But Thanks for sharing. You are simply great help to everyone!

By: Seraphine

Seraphine — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:47:13 +0000

a treasure of links. thank you zhu.
i wish government websites were as well organized and helpful as yours!

By: Tulsa Gentleman

Tulsa Gentleman — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:12:31 +0000

I had taken an oath to immigrate to Canada in the sad event that the Republicans were re-elected in the USofA. Fortunately that will not be neccessary for at least 4 more years. I still want to know more about you guys, so I will read this with interest anyway. Thanks for your cool blog.

By: Aiglee

Aiglee — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:19:21 +0000

Thank you so much Zhu! I hope to live by those expectations and start writting again tomorrow, I’ve been a little bit lost these days.

By: Sidney

Sidney — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:25:20 +0000

Well researched series!
Good job!

By: Lifecruiser

Lifecruiser — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:08:29 +0000

I really should read more about canada, considering I have cousins over there. In Toronto. I’ve never visited them, but my siblings have and they liked it very much. But they were there in the summer though…