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A new study by The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) — with help from universities in B.C. and the United States — wants to hear from immigrant professionals in Calgary to make sure they’re getting the supports they need and to help agencies better understand their experiences. While many immigrants and refugees need extensive help and …
Read More »Ontario has promised to put immigrant nurses to work faster. That change is long overdue
This column is an opinion piece by Yamaan Alsumadi, a nursing student in Thunder Bay, Ont. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. I’m a fourth-year nursing student studying at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., and I’m in a classroom filled with people who are …
Read More »Calgary teen behind online learning project helping Chinese immigrant kids learn English
Sixteen-year-old Ivy Peng says her tutoring project starts with her own parents’ story. They arrived in Alberta 20 years ago, struggling with the language barrier, and financially. There was no money for private tutoring to help with learning a new language. Peng says she had difficulty with English herself in her early grades at school …
Read More »They came to Toronto as a young immigrant couple. A crash has now forever changed their lives
On the inside of Carlos Bastarrachea’s right forearm is a tattoo of an airplane circling a globe with the date Dec. 6, 2020, the date when he and his wife Emilia Ballester arrived to start their new life in Toronto. She has the same one, meant to look like a passport stamp. “We …
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