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When opportunity knocks, author/speaker Sukhjit Singh says ‘open the door’
Indian-born Sukhjit Singh is one of those people who has an upbeat, positive attitude that makes you think anything is possible. It’s why he was named an RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant back in 2013,...
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Puneet Dutt’s book, The Better Monsters, explores violence in migration journeys
Author Puneet Dutt. As a friend of many immigrants and an immigrant herself, Puneet Dutt has witnessed a common reaction from individuals who’ve encountered violence, racism and war during their...
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Ontario Minister Michael Coteau wants to level the playing field for...
Ontario Minister Michael Coteau. Photo by Tom Mathew. I’m early for my interview with Ontario Minister Michael Coteau, so I sit and wait at the Tim Hortons around the corner from his Queen’s Park...
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Environmental champion Kehkashan Basu brings hope
Young immigrant Kehkashan Basu is the passionate environmental champion behind the organization Green Hope. Kehkashan Basu is the founder and president of youth sustainability organization Green...
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Multicultural marketing trailblazer Sharifa Khan is a finalist in the 2017...
Sharifa Khan, president and CEO of Balmoral Multicultural. A record-breaking 6,400 women entrepreneurs were nominated in this year’s Women of Influence’s 2017 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards and...
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Canadian immigrants who made it big share their best tips for entrepreneurial...
Want to know what it takes to succeed in business? Who better to ask than Canadian immigrant business leaders who have overcome their own challenges as immigrant entrepreneurs to make it big? For Small...
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What it takes to be an entrepreneur according to RBC Entrepreneur Award...
Ajay Virmani, president of CargoJet. Ajay Virmani has always been an entrepreneur at heart and has had the career journey to prove it. When he first arrived in Canada from New Delhi, he had humble...
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Jamaican Canadian Kayla A. Greaves on Black women and natural hair
Kayla A. Greaves Growing up in a Jamaican immigrant household in Montreal, Kayla A. Greaves has done a lot of soul searching about what it means to be Caribbean, a Black woman and a Canadian. Luckily,...
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Indian-born architect Aziz Bootwala says personal achievement is only part of...
Aziz Bootwala Many immigrants come to Canada to pursue new opportunities and strive for personal success. But Aziz Bootwala, an architect who moved to North America from Mumbai, India, when he was 21...
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Romanian-born Lucian Matis’ fashion takes flight on the TFW runway
When the Toronto Fashion Week (TFW) kicked off earlier this month, Romanian-born Canadian Lucian Matis saw his romantic Flight collection — complete with elegant butterflies, Swarovski crystals and,...
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Eman Shahab Bachani’s artisan shoes have soul
Eman Shahab Bachani of Meraki Design House. Originally from Pakistan, Eman Shahab Bachani has always been inspired by the cultural crafts of her heritage, so in a bid to share them and offer the...
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Writer and humanitarian Paola Gomez uses the arts to inspire and heal
Paola Gomez is co-founder of Sick Muse Projects. The formative years of Colombian-born human rights activist and writer Paola Gomez were steeped in silence. She grew up a survivor of domestic violence,...
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Indian-born Nazreena Anwar-Travas on finding herself in Canada
Nazreena Anwar-Travas. On the second day of June in the year 2011, a WestJet airplane began its descent to Calgary, oblivious that a worried immigrant onboard (me) was looking at the landscape below...
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Immigrant author Dirk McLean releases new children’s book
Dirk McLean signing a copy of his book Tournament Fugee. Following the release of refugee soccer story Team Fugee last May, Toronto-based author Dirk McLean will be releasing a sequel, Tournament...
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Funny Filipina Isabel Kanaan to debut on Canada’s Air Farce for its Canada...
Isabel Kanaan will debut on Air Farce for its Canada 150 special on July 1 on CBC. When Isabel Kanaan first arrived in Canada as a 16-year-old from busy and tropical Manila, Philippines, she found her...
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Afghan-born actor Kane Mahon goes from survival to the spotlight
Afghan-born actor Kane Mahon. Eleven-year-old Kane Mahon left his childhood behind the day the Soviets left his homeland of Afghanistan, and the mujahideen took over. The guerilla fighters (forerunners...
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Mohamad Fakih named 2017 Business Person of the Year by Brampton trade board
Mohamad Fakih, CEO/president, Paramount Fine Foods, was this year’s Business person of the year in the Brampton Board of Trade’s (BBOT) 2017 Business Excellence Awards. – Claudio Cugliari/Metroland...
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Multiculturalism is on the menu, with immigrants shaping Canada’s culinary...
Multiculturalism is on the menu in Canada, thanks to immigrants who are shaping the culinary landscape of this country. They enrich the Canadian palate with new flavours and business ideas, expressing...
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OCAD’s graduate exhibition showcases Canada’s cultural diversity
In order to properly read Stein Wang’s resumé, viewers must stretch their eyes outward with their hands. (RENE JOHNSTON / TORONTO STAR) Stein Wang has a resumé that cannot be overlooked. Part irony...
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Italian-born Antonio Piretti is celebrating Canada’s 150th with a...
Antonio Piretti is setting off on a cycling/music tour across Canada to celebrate Canada’s 150th. Back in his hometown of Bologna, Italy, Antonio Piretti was a consultant wearing business suits and...
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