150 Ways We Love Canada: Boris’s Story

150 Ways We Love Canada: Boris’s Story

Every family that migrates to Canada has many reasons for doing so, but none of those reasons are readily understood by a young child leaving all he knows behind. Questions will always loom for a growing mind that tries to comprehend why such a move was necessary....
150 Ways We Love Canada: Karren’s Story

150 Ways We Love Canada: Karren’s Story

My mom was born in Holland in 1947. She was born to my grandparents late in life. They already had 2 boys who were 15 & 17 years older than her. My mom’s brothers were the perfect age for the upcoming war & her parents didn’t want them to go...
We Weren’t Just A File Or Application

We Weren’t Just A File Or Application

I met my husband Paul through mutual friends on Facebook. I was born and raised in Mexico but had immigrated to the US. We fell in love, got married and made some assumptions about the immigration process. Both of us thought the process in Canada would be the same as...
150 Ways We Love Canada: Congratulations Lorraine

150 Ways We Love Canada: Congratulations Lorraine

Congratulations Lorraine – our Heather’s mom, on becoming a Canadian Citizen! Lorraine was born in The United States as a US citizen. Fifty years ago, she married Heather’s dad, a Canadian. Last week, after 4 months of working with us to process her, she became a...