Ann Mortifee seemed to be on the verge of a breakthrough few artists even dream of, when she left the music industry in 1975. EMI Records had just produced her second album and set up a world tour.
Yet Ann’s inner voice clearly stated, “if you go down this path, you will not fulfill your destiny.”
She resisted at first, but finally told her music director, “I’m leaving music, and I’m going on a pilgrimage.”
Continue reading Ann Mortifee part 2: A 3 year pilgrimage & return
By Yuriy Umansky, New Canadian Media, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
For more than 10 years, Alina dreamed of moving to Canada. After the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022, she finally left Ukraine and arrived in Kitchener under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) program. She hoped to begin a new life here and restart her career, but Alina faces numerous difficulties in adapting to life in Canada and is thinking about returning to Europe.
Alina is not alone. There are many similar accounts among the 220,000 Ukrainians who immigrated here over the last year and could not find themselves. Some have already left Canada. Here are their stories:
Continue reading For some Ukrainian refugees, Canada is not the answerBy Zahra Mahdi, New Canadian Media, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
While Canada has opened one dedicated stream for all Ukrainians escaping Russia’s invasion, it only made room for 40,000 Afghans escaping the Taliban’s rule under four cumbersome emergency response streams.
Continue reading Canada’s emergency response starkly different for Ukrainians, AfghansBy Fabian Dawson, New Canadian Media, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
In Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Aleks Vrublevskij’s email is inundated with offers of housing, cash and jobs for Ukrainian refugees fleeing from the invasion of their homeland.
“We can barely keep up…people are telling us they are ready to help, and they want Canada to speed up the process,” he tells New Canadian Media.
Continue reading British Columbians open homes, hearts and wallets for Ukrainian refugeesBy Fabian Dawson, New Canadian Media, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association (CILA) is calling on Ottawa to press the pause button on attracting more newcomers and instead prioritize the applications of hundreds of thousands people waiting in limbo to establish their new lives in Canada.
Continue reading Immigration lawyers want Canada to pause attracting newcomers
