As Dr. Oyeleye Oyesode stepped off the plane in Nova Scotia, he carried with him a wealth of medical expertise and a master’s degree in health service policy and management…

Divora Debesay Tekie is from Eritrea, and she came to Canada with her family. As a young person in a new country, Divora had trouble at first finding a job,…

Agnes Lomoro is an Internationally Educated Nurse (IEN) who is bringing healing to her home in Pictou County. A newcomer to Canada, Agnes works at the Aberdeen Hospital in New…

In Afghanistan, Arezo Khaleqi worked to protect women and children under Taliban rule. Now, in Canada, she is working hard to create a future where she can continue to uphold…

After several trips to Canada as a tourist, British-born Gina Moynan decided she wanted to make it her home. “I liked the environment and I always had the desire to…

Maliha Azhar is living between two countries – Canada and her native Pakistan. She came to Canada with her family in July 2008 in the Provincial Nominee Program. Her parents…

Min Li’s voyage to Nova Scotia from China was different than most new arrivals—she came by car. She and husband, Shiyuan, son Jack, now 10, and daughter Ryann, 3, had…

“Uncle Samson, do this. Uncle Samson, do that.” Those are magical words to Samson Woidgberiel, who arrived in Halifax as a refugee in 2016 to live with his sister and…

As a teenager studying in the evenings, Akshay Gupta would look out his window in India and see jetliners taking off from a nearby airport. He would read the airlines’…