#15: Adjusting & Learning
“Different culture, social climate, everything was different and I was labeled different.”– Alessandra, 21, Canada
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#14: Parents & Counteractions
“Yes. I have witnessed my father participate in hate speech towards immigrants.”
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#13: Family & Sacrifices
“I think my grandmother felt like Canada was home was when she was able to get all her children here. Knowing that her sacrifices were worth it was a great feeling.” - Kaila, 31, Jamaica
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An important report was released by @TRIEC today at the ‘Immigrant Inclusion Summit." #GTA’s highly skilled #immigrants continue to face underemployment and women newcomers only earn half that of their Canadian-born counterpart. #TOPpoli#ONpoli https://t.co/3bJC5GhuFo
#12: Saying Goodbye & Starting Over
“The truth is, sometimes people fail to understand that some immigrants had to immigrate as a means to get away from a corrupt government, and such immigrants had to give up everything they knew to start from zero”
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#11: Culture & Norms
“I’ve been told to go back to china, when I was born here…”
- Anonymous, Vietnam
#letsembrace#embranceimmigrants
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#10: Voting & Voice
“My family and I first felt Canada was our home when we were Canadian citizens, and was able to vote”
- Anonymous
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#8: International Students & Cost of Living
“There is not much accommodation for International students and we pay triple what a citizen pay”
- Shan, 26 , Jamaica
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