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What She Would Have Done Differently Time 0:00:45 Transcript But I think most importantly I would try harder to be supportive, um, for my parents and to kind of be around them and, like, really listen to them. Because I felt like I initiated this, like, strange separation of experiences that we …
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Like an Infant as an Immigrant Time 0:02:15 Transcript … so it’s very important and understand that again when you’re coming to this country you consider yourself as an infant you don’t know anything, so, again you have to go through the process right from the start because nobody’s going to know, …
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Difference in School and Speaking Too Properly Time 0:01:19 Transcript ..the school system was different, um, like I said, I struggled in math and science because I felt like I didn’t know what they were talking about. But I was really far ahead in terms of English and history. And I guess that’s …
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First Impressions of Canada Time 0:01:06 Transcript I loved the airport—it might sound silly, to you. But coming from an island, a very small airport, when you see something that's that big, it’s, Wow, this is beautiful. And, again, coming back home and see all the cars. Because in an island you …
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Experience with Racism and Discrimination Time 0:02:47 Transcript As an immigrant that emigrated from one country to another, from one country to another, you are expecting challenges. You expected the worse and I was prepared for that. But the one thing that I was not prepared them was for is …
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Misconceptions about Winnipeg and Manitoba Time 0:02:43 Transcript I’m a bit of a nerd so I started to research Winnipeg—I thought I was moving to Winnipeg, let me note, my parents did not clarify that I was moving to Steinbach. (laughs) For some time they kept referring to it as Winnipeg, …
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Yogurt Day and Gathering Furniture Time 0:01:42 Transcript OA: Oh we didn’t have anything, it was an empty apartment. No spoons no plates, nothing. So we bought first our thing was in Walmart we bought spoons and plates, plates, and the only thing that I could recognize was yogurt (laughs), you …
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Advice to Potential Immigrants Time 0:01:51 Transcript I think—I think the first thing is you’re open-minded, okay. Uh you have to look at Canada do welcome you, okay. You have to come, again, not thinking what you had, what you going to have: always think what you going to have, not what you …
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First Job in Canada Time 0:01:49 Transcript And it was—I was so extremely happy because this happen in November and I knew I was going to have money for my children for Christmas. That was the first thing that came to my mind. “Oh, I will have money for my kids, the Christmas for my children.” So I …
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Getting Her First Job at the Grocery Store Time 0:02:48 Transcript (Translated from French) When I arrived at the supermarket, I saw a “cashiers wanted” sign and thought, “hmm, why not give it a shot, for my first job here,” because we had read a French woman’s blog saying how she also immigrated …