Profiles/Success Stories

One of the most amazing things I found in Canada is when I discovered myself needing people who, in my home country, I would be expected to dislike.

By David Nickle Published March 2004. Some information in this article is outdated. David Miller is a newcomer to the office of Mayor of Toronto. He was a Councillor in Toronto since 1994 but it was only last November, after a hard-fought…

By Olga Eremeeva My story:

When I met with Diwata, I felt her frustration. After sending out over fifty résumés, she still had no job. Like many other new immigrants, she worried about not having an appropriate degree or enough Canadian experience on her résumé. Over…

By Teenaz Javat Farzana Bano is a smart lady. A hospital pharmacist by profession and a married mother of four, she lives with her family near Guelph, Ontario.

In general, Canadians are happy with their jobs. In the 2008 Kelly Global Workforce Index, prepared and published by Kelly Services, 64 percent of Canadian respondents said they were happy with their career choice. And even though they felt…

by Dale Sproule Miranda moved to London, Ontario from Iran in 1997, joining her husband, Masoud, who had immigrated six months earlier. He worked as a rug salesman – while trying to get a job in his field.

By Pablo Robledo I am a lawyer from Cancun, Mexico who came to Canada just about 7 months ago thinking and hoping that I could find the way to move forward into my personal and professional life. Thankfully I have made it this far, thanks…

“When the next visitor came to the interview room, I saw an elderly bald man. Suddenly, he slapped himself on the head and disappeared. A minute later he appeared again, but this time wearing a wig...” - this fragment from hiring manager’s…

by Abdirahman Hosh Jibril & Mohamud Dhafuuje About 15 years ago, Dahir Hashi came to Canada as a refugee from Somalia. He had minimal formal education and very little comprehension of the English language. He attended ESL classes to…