I work with the Institute for Canadian Citizenship – a non-profit charity that encourages active citizenship and works to ensure Canada’s newest citizens feel welcome and included. Working with a national network of volunteers and Citizenship and Immigration Canada, we host special community citizenship ceremonies. As part of my job I attend these ceremonies, but I can honestly say each one is so wonderful, and I never tire of celebrating what it means to be Canadian alongside our country’s newest citizens. These ceremonies are a welcome reminder of how diverse and multicultural our country truly is.

- Jess in Toronto, photo from Halifax community ceremony