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  • Leo Nupolu Johnson
    Animated by HP Black Music by Sigmund Washington Leo Johnson spent eight years in refugee camps after fleeing war-torn Liberia in 1998. He arrived in Canada in 2006. Leo was a semi-finalist in CBC’s Next Great Prime Minister Competition. He’s also received the YMCA Peace Medal and the World …
  • Leo Nupolu Johnson, Described Video
    Animated by HP Black Music by Sigmund Washington Leo Johnson spent eight years in refugee camps after fleeing war-torn Liberia in 1998. He arrived in Canada in 2006. Leo was a semi-finalist in CBC’s Next Great Prime Minister Competition. He’s also received the YMCA Peace Medal and the World …
  • Dr. Zak El-Ramly
    Animated by Dorielle Ashaki Retemyer Music by Sigmund Washington Dr. Zak El-Ramly came to Canada on a student visa in 1969 from Egypt. He landed in Ottawa, where he completed a master’s degree in combustion engineering and a PhD in aeronautical engineering at Carleton University. He later became a …
  • Dr. Zak El-Ramly, Described Video
    Animated by Dorielle Ashaki Retemyer Music by Sigmund Washington Dr. Zak El-Ramly came to Canada on a student visa in 1969 from Egypt. He landed in Ottawa, where he completed a master’s degree in combustion engineering and a PhD in aeronautical engineering at Carleton University. He later became a …
  • Daniel Monzon
    Animated by Grace An Music by Sigmund Washington Daniel came from Peru at the age of ten. He was born without a right arm or a left leg. He started CREATIVE//SOCIAL. The organization uses data and online systems to manage customer service relations and business operations out of Calgary, Alberta. …
  • Daniel Monzon, Described Video
    Animated by Grace An Music by Sigmund Washington Daniel came from Peru at the age of ten. He was born without his one arm and right leg. He started CREATIVE//SOCIAL. The organization uses data and online systems to manage customer service relations and business operations out of Calgary, Alberta. …
  • Bänoo Zan
    Animated by Dorielle Ashaki Retemyer Music by Sigmund Washington Bänoo Zan is a self-exiled poet, librettist, translator, teacher, editor and poetry curator with numerous published pieces and three books. Songs of Exile was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Letters to My Father was …
  • Bänoo Zan, Described Video
    Animated by Dorielle Ashaki Retemyer Music by Sigmund Washington Bänoo Zan is a self-exiled poet, librettist, translator, teacher, editor and poetry curator with numerous published pieces and three books. Songs of Exile was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Letters to My Father was …
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