Immigration

Where are you from, Jacques?

“Oh you have a very long name! Where are you from?”
“Canada!”
“Oh your name is nothing ‘Canadian’ like…

Jeff: Embrace the diversity, flourish with the country

Niketh: Resist provincialism. Think like a globalist, live like localist.

Niketh Pareek is almost the…

Ingrid: We are all stronger together

One of the enduring themes of the first month of this project has been reflections by those who have become Canadian citizens by choice. Those who choose Canada, whether it be Alberta, as in the case of Ingrid Vanelle, or elsewhere, the choice to be Canadian is…

Ed: Never take freedoms for granted

From Dublin, Ireland to Kingston, Ontario, Ed McNally is another recent Canadian. What fascinates me about people who move to new countries as immigrants is how they get involved in their new culture and community. Ed is no exception. He is heavily involved in the…

Erwin - “Colonialist amnesia” : The myth of the two founding nations

The best compliment I can give Dr. Erwin Warkentin, as well as my other university mentors, is that he has constantly made me question pretty much everything. As he was teaching me Goethe and Schiller, he was…