• Reach for the Moon by Imre
    Time 0:02:50 Transcript One afternoon, heading for a track and field practise, I did not make it to the other side of the street. A taxi cab came around the corner and hit me when I was walking across. I suffered some serious internal damage and a permanent spinal cord injury. It took away the life …
  • Sounding the Bamboo by Gaehan
    Time 0:04:55 Transcript You know, when you are working, life is so busy, you don’t have time to reflect. But once you’ve retired there is so much time. Actually I don’t know what to do. I have no projects, no deadlines, no place to go. I need to do something with mindfulness, but my mind feels like …
  • Refugee: a Hero or Zero? by Sharmarke
    Time 0:03:43 Transcript May 2012 was when I heard the news. I had to wrap up my last 10 years in 10 days. I was going moving again, but this time it was different. When I was 8 years old, my mother took me in the moonlight down to the harbour in Kismayo. She put me on a boat, knowing that many …
  • A New Start by Pulchérie
    Time 0:03:59 Transcript At this stage, the story of my life can be divided into four chapters: Chapter 1: Born in Cameroon in a family of more than 40 children and 8 different mothers. Chapter 2: I get married to a Canadian engineer. My husband, through his work in international development, helped …
  • Life Begins at 20 by Noel
    Time 0:03:20 Transcript Both my parents were born in Belfast. During the troubled times resulting in the partition of Ireland, many found refuge by emigrating to various British Dominions. Among my parents’ friends, some went to Canada, sending back positive reports which encouraged my parents to …
  • A New Home by Elham
    Time 0:04:28 Transcript When Israel attacked the people of Palestine, they took my parents town first. If they didn’t leave, they would be killed. Just before my parents crossed the border, my dad was shot in his leg. An organization helped them to cross the border into Iraq. It’s the same …
  • How Did I Get Here in My Life? by Barbara
    Time 0:03:23 Transcript I thought Canada was the most boring place in the world when I was growing up. It was so very white and English speaking then. But I had family members who worked in countries I thought were exotic and they told me stories of their adventures. When I graduated from …
  • Korean Art in Canada-My Life, My Art by Young Ju
    Time 0:04:14 Transcript (Translated from Korean) When I went to university, I decided to study fine art. At that time, the war in Korea made everyone poor, so my family said, why study art? There is no money. Still I knew it was what I wanted. At that time, the Korean art field was very …
  • A Letter to Ify by Patricia
    Time 0:03:37 Transcript My darling "Ify bay... bay ", It is said that everyone has a story: How true! My immigration story is not complete without you! it is already 365 days since you left us. My heart is still heavy I feel so hurt, without you things are not the same, I just can't get over it! I …
  • Girl's Horizon by Moonja
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