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Family: Newcomer Parent Information
As soon as your children have started living in Canada, you should make sure they obtain public health insurance coverage. Visit a government service centre near you and register them for a health card.
Family: A Newcomer’s Guide to Nest Management
By Dale Sproule “Empty Nest” is an English language euphemism (expression) for the family home after the children have grown up and moved out. In traditional North American culture, an empty nest is considered a desirable state. Once the…
Family: What Children Don’t See, They Hear
A couple had been arguing for a long time and came to see me for some mediation, each one wanting to be 'correct' and desperately wanting to prove the other wrong. We started by making a list of issues that were being debated. I then asked…
Eating Well with YOUR Canadian Food Guide
On April 25th 2008, the Honourable Tony Clement, Canada’s Minister of Health, announced that, for the first time, Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide was available not just in English and French, but in 10 additional languages including …
Family: Finding Your Own Path
By Nastasha Alli In the world of parenting, fights and arguments come with raising a teenager. But for immigrant families, the relationship between parents and teens can become so intense that when a child says they need space or want to…
Family: Getting a Pet
Carol and Daniel arrived in Toronto a year ago as newlyweds. They are not ready to start a family yet, but something was missing. Feeling lonely away from their home country, they wanted to share their house with a pet. “We used to go to…
Delicious Choices
Over the past 20 years, the selection and quality of ethnic food has been rising across the country. No matter where you live there are lots of good ethnic restaurants and markets. For those of you who live in major urban areas, the…
Are You Going to Have a Baby?
“Pregnancy classes are great! Every week there is something new to learn,” says Huda, who is new to Canada and going to have a baby. Once a week for eight weeks, Huda joins a small group of pregnant women to learn about having a healthy…
Breastfeeding: Budget-Friendly for Newcomers with Newborns
You may be asking yourself what pregnancy has to do with settlement. Well, imagine being pregnant: with all the changes in a woman’s life, the implications, excitement and planning, and all that she will have to learn. Now, imagine this…
Bringing Heat to the North
Some foods are so popular that you can find them almost anywhere in the world. Among the newest tastes on this list are burritos, nachos and tortillas – which are actually very old – born in aboriginal Mexican kitchens as long as 500…