I want people to remember when they hear my name, that I’m a happy person. A person with courage. A person who can always survive. My favourite line is “I can do it.” We all can do it. If you’re still breathing – just keep going.” Jho’s life is a story of courage, resilience, and […]
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Thank you for the program – it was very useful for me. It prepared me to respond to the questions. It was different in my country.” Gabriel was an accountant in Peru and worked in finance for over ten years. But his (then) wife had always wanted to come to Canada, and so they left
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It was a very interesting journey – sometimes so hard; sometimes so beautiful.” Imelda came to Toronto from Mexico City 5 years ago. She raised her family and worked as a children’s therapist. She always wanted to come to Canada, and friends had told her that it was beautiful, with a happy way of life.
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Mirna Chacín – Community Impact Award Recipient 2017 November 17, 2017 (Toronto, ON) – The Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto (MNLCT) is pleased to announce that it will present a special Community Impact recognition award to Mirna Chacín during its upcoming Citizenship & Inclusion Ceremony on Tuesday November 14th, 2017. Mirna Chacín is a
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Gerard Keledjian – Community Impact Award Recipient 2016 November 29, 2016 (Toronto, ON) – The Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto (MNLCT) is pleased to announce that it will present a special Community Impact recognition award to Gerard Keledjian during its upcoming Citizenship & Inclusion Ceremony on Tuesday November 29th, 2016. Gerard is an Armenian-Canadian media professional
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By Lucy Slavianska Being a Canadian citizen feels so great,” says Nargas Ghafori, who came to Canada from Afghanistan in 2007 to join her husband. “I feel like a free person now. I am so proud!” Nargas’s first year in Canada, however, was challenging. “When I first came here, I felt like I was out
By Lucy Slavianska I was so excited and happy to vote for the first time in the Canadian federal elections,” says Gustavo Linares, a paralegal from Guatemala who came to Canada in 2010 and recently became a Canadian citizen. “The right to vote is a great power – to choose your members of parliament, to
By Lucy Slavianska I love Canada and I want to live here for the rest of my life”, says Marcos Garcia Hernandez, who came to Canada directly from jail after being a political prisoner in Cuba for eight years. Although he had the choice – and intention – of moving from Canada to another country,
By Melinda Maldonado Dean Khaled was early the day things didn’t go as planned. The lights were off in the classroom where he teaches French every Saturday. Then he saw some movement inside that dark room – and a group of men bursts out on a mission: to distract Khaled and stop him from setting foot
When Gerard Keledjian immigrated to Canada in 2010, he brought with him over ten years of journalistic experience. However, as the majority of immigrants, he left his professional network behind. He quickly realized that one of the major barriers internationally trained media professionals immigrating to Canada encounter – more than professionals in other industries –