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Adapting: How Canadian Are You?
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The Art of Coming to Canada
Guidy Mamann practices law in Toronto at Mamann & Associates and is certified by the Ontario Law Society as an immigration specialist. Reach him at 416-862-0000. Confidential e-mails may be directed to Mr. Mamann at…
Housing: Buying a Home – a Valuable Investment
By Alison Strimas and Philip Moniz Alison Strimas is Vice President (Retail Lending Services) Philip Moniz is Senior Manager (Retail Lending Services) at Scotiabank As in most countries, owning your own property is a valuable investment -in…
How Can You Dislike Canadian Things
Whenever I hear other moms enthusiastically talk about their children’s hockey practice and how they are raising future NHL stars, I always fall dead silent. I just can’t bring myself to tell them that I absolutely hate that sport and will…
Immigrating: Sharing Knowledge & Building Bridges
Annette Geldbert, a Public Affairs Associate at the Region of Peel, wanted to give back some of what she had learned over the years. She knew her pool of knowledge and resources would help a new immigrant understand Canadian work culture,…
Stuck in the Middle
by Sandra Fletcher Which way were you headed… toward the day care centre or the retirement home? Are you buying adult diapers or baby formula…or both? What is a more difficult choice: funeral planning or university selection? For those…
Immigrating: How Immigration Might Impact Your Child
By Aruna Papp Moving from one’s home country to Canada can be an exciting experience for the family but it can also be traumatic for children. There are times when the father or the mother may have to leave the children behind with…
Furnishing Your Home
By Gilda Spitz A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home – Chinese proverb Whether you’re a man or a woman, it’s often a difficult task to “make a home” if you don’t know where to find the furniture you want,…
Immigrating: How To Avoid The Formation Of An Ethnic Ghetto
According to "Webster's New College Dictionary", a ghetto is "A quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal or economic pressure." In the modern global economy, it is essential for western…
Immigrating: Living Your Dream, One Step at a Time
By Sabine Ehgoetz So, here’s the scoop: all you may know upon arriving in a new and foreign country is that you know nothing - which is actually quite a lot, considering that it puts you on the same mental level as the ancient Greek…