What happens when Skilled Immigration requirements funnel the best of foreign individuals into Canada, only for their international qualifications to be discounted once they arrive? What does it take for internationally accomplished immigrants to achieve the same or greater levels of professional, economic, and personal success after moving to Canada? We speak to a marketing professional who went from working minimum wage to selling houses. This is part of a larger series profiling newcomers across Canada whose lives have been touched by Canada’s immigration policies.
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Election 2019: Party Platform Immigration Comparison
In general, differences among the four main parties are a matter of nuance
View More Election 2019: Party Platform Immigration ComparisonBorders Explored at 4th Annual Festival of Literary Diversity
The fourth annual Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) came to a close yesterday. Every year during the first week of May, authors congregate in Brampton to talk about themselves, their books, their readers, other authors,…
View More Borders Explored at 4th Annual Festival of Literary DiversityCanada’s Environmental Movement Needs More Diversity
In 2010, the David Suzuki Foundation, a Vancouver-based national environmental non-governmental organization (ENGO), made a move no other Canadian ENGO had done – it added a multicultural component to its climate change and clean energy…
View More Canada’s Environmental Movement Needs More DiversityCalgary Multicultural Orchestra Aims to End Poverty
Jose Duque, an immigrant from Venezuela, is using music to keep children in band practice and out of trouble on the streets. In his native country, Duque participated in the El Sistema program, for over 16…
View More Calgary Multicultural Orchestra Aims to End PovertyEnhancing our Multicultural Heritage
Legal prostitution. Assisted suicide. Decriminalized pot. Gay marriage. Our society is undergoing a breathtaking transformation, hurried along by the influence of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the court that interprets it, and the…
View More Enhancing our Multicultural HeritageAttention CRTC: Cultural Diversity is Long Overdue
Seven years ago, I was part of an application process to the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) for a digital channel focusing on broadcasting English Language Drama with visible minority professionals in key creative…
View More Attention CRTC: Cultural Diversity is Long OverdueConsumers More Borderless Than Multinationals
I became a Canadian citizen in November last year. Like most immigrants to Canada, I am proud and grateful to join my fellow Canadians in building this extraordinary nation. That didn’t stop me, however, from…
View More Consumers More Borderless Than MultinationalsOld boundaries no longer hold in marketing
Royal Bank of Canada advertisements in the early 20th century told newcomers, “When you arrive in Canada … it will be in your best interests to visit the nearest branch of this Bank as early…
View More Old boundaries no longer hold in marketingThe Third Opinion: Moving beyond multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is a cornerstone of our understanding of Canada and has been so for at least the last 40 years. We have generally been good at integrating immigrants, no mean feat given that we have…
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