Impact Stories
Bruce Smith: Building our Community
Bruce Smith, Scotiabank’s Staffing and Planning Senior Manager, is considered a champion to new immigrants. In 2012 Immigrant Services Association...
Junhee Choi: Sprouting in a new city
Junhee Choi’s enthusiasm bubbles to the surface in conversation. The owner of “New Sprout,” a yoga and nutrition business, has...
Gina Moynan: Adapting Your Skills
After several trips to Canada as a tourist, British-born Gina Moynan decided she wanted to make it her home. “I...
Maliha Azhar: Living Between Two Places
Maliha Azhar is living between two countries – Canada and her native Pakistan. She came to Canada with her family...
Min Li
Min Li’s voyage to Nova Scotia from China was different than most new arrivals—she came by car. She and husband,...
Samson Woidgberiel
“Uncle Samson, do this. Uncle Samson, do that.” Those are magical words to Samson Woidgberiel, who arrived in Halifax as...
Akshay Gupta: Wanderlust and Education
As a teenager studying in the evenings, Akshay Gupta would look out his window in India and see jetliners taking...
