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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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