I was really excited as I was going to experience snow for the first time in my life. Very first day of the school, it was storming. I probably fall couple of time on the way to school in that day. The cold was unbearable for me. Still I found it was fun to cope up with the weather. The most beautiful thing I enjoyed after coming here was the environment of the school. Everybody is so welcoming and helpful. I was involved with different cultural club in the school. That gave me the opportunity to meet lots of friends from different part of the world. I am so blessed to have my two best friends whom I met at the University of New Brunswick Saint John. One is from Canada another one is from UAE.

After I completed my graduation, I was involved with the Saint John Multicultural and Newcomers Resource Center. Here again I meet lot of people from different region through different activities. So after I have moved to Saint John, I had the opportunity to learn about different culture, food and I am enjoying it every bit of it.

 - Nazma in Saint John, NB

In 1964 my husband, 4-year-old son and I emigrated from Scotland to small town Ontario – Orillia, Stephen Leacock’s Mariposa. We were readily assimilated into the mainly white Caucasian population, many being second and third generation descendants of early settlers. It was an easy transition for us moving from one country to another. We were accepted and made welcome as there were several immigrant families from England and Scotland living there already along with a small, well established Italian community.

It was not the norm for aIl newcomers.

에 1967 I saw a young Asian couple with a little boy carrying their laundry to a nearby laundromat and commented to my husband on how strange and lonely it must be for them as they were the only Asian family in our small town. It turned out that the young man was a chemist who worked for the same company as my husband. He and his wife and son had just arrived from Seoul, South Korea so we decided to find out where they were living, and invite them to join us for a drive to show them the area. Their names were Yong and Jong Jin Song and their two-year-old son was named Sonny. Yong spoke English quite well but Jong, who was a teacher, spoke no English. They were living in a trailer park, having had difficulty renting suitable accommodation, due in part to their ethnicity.

After spending a delightful day driving them through the Muskoka area, a relationship developed that has lasted to this day. We laugh about that outing now. Jong and me sitting in the back of the car with our two small children, smiling and nodding to each other and not understanding a word either of us was saying, our seven year old son sitting between the men acting as translator for Yong as my husband had a very strong Scottish accent and Yong could not understand some words.  From that day we became their Canadian family.

We have shared their sorrow when Sonny was killed playing street hockey, their happiness when their three daughters were born and the day they became proud Canadian citizens. Over the years our lives and those of our children have been enriched through this friendship and learning of another culture.

It was our good fortune the day Jong and Yong said yes to that drive. Little did we know it was the beginning of a long and mutually enriching journey together.

- Audrey in Vancouver 

보모 기관에 있던 여자가 함께 조각을 넣어. 그녀는 그녀 자신의 네 아이를 가지고 그레이스라는 여성에서 응용 프로그램을받은. 그레이스는 집 근처에서 일을 원하고 자신의 가족 치료 요구를 수용 할 것. 이 그레이스에 대한 하나의 회의를 받고 난 우리가 함께 일할 수있는 결정. 그 날은 평생 우정의 시작이었습니다. 봄 또는 무역 비밀에서 함께 정원 상점 정찰이든 크리스마스 목록을 기원합니다, we have enjoyed each other’s company and supported each other when we were needed.

그녀의 딸이 내 아이를 babysat; 내 아이들은 딸의 결혼식에 원했다; 그리고 아줌마 그레이스 작년 여름 학교 졸업식과 내 아들의 결혼식에 초대 첫번째 사람. 서른 이상 년 후 우리는 Trinidadian 음식을 먹었, "집에"에서 친구와 가족을 개최, 지금 드디어 함께 "집에"를 체험 할 수 트리니다드에 갈. 우리의 모험은 계속! 내 인생은 그레이스가없이 같은 어땠 을까 궁금 ...

- 델타의 마가렛, BC