Impact Stories

Simon Mutabazi: From Rwanda to Halifax

It was a long road from Simon Mutabazi’s homeland of Rwanda to Halifax. He left his war-torn country in 1994...
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Edgar Sosa & Leticia Delgado

Chocolate, blueberries, or cranberries? These may be unlikely decisions for someone who spent years studying cells, immunology, and cancer therapies,...
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Yukang (Patrick) Peng

Thank you for teaching us Chinese. You are a great professor and we had great fun learning!” That’s one of...
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Praise Mugisho

Praise Mugisho ends her interview by reading two poems she has written about journey and future. Hers has been an...
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Ali Allawi

Ali Allawi and his wife, Khalidah, had one reason to come to Canada—their children. Two of their three children are...
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Carol Logan

A true champion is what we call Carol Logan, Director of Human Resources for Cambridge Suites and Prince George Hotels in...
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Banpreet Singh Shaney

Banpreet Singh Shaney is happily working full time as an engineer in Nova Scotia. Having arrived in late 2015, the...