Yaldaz Sadakova

Yaldaz Sadakova is a writer and editor in Toronto. She holds a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Much of her journalism work has focused on business reporting. She's covered the Great Recession in New York City, the euro crisis in Brussels as well as institutional investing and Canadian pension funds in Toronto. She moved to Canada in 2013. Most of her recent writing focuses on immigration. She’s the creator of Foreignish.net, a blog for long-form memoir stories about immigration.

December 15, 2015

Economy

Don’t Ask Skilled Immigrants for Canadian Work Experience

Yaldaz Sadakova | December 11, 2015 What’s the safest place to have a heart attack? The back of a Canadian cab — because the

October 18, 2015

Commentary

I Pay 40% in Taxes, but Can’t Vote

Facebook knows me well, but not that well. The other night a sponsored ad popped into my newsfeed, asking me if I

April 24, 2013

Commentary

A Newcomer’s Take on Canadian Media

As a newcomer to Canada, I’m having a hard time reading big-name papers like The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star. I’m getting the