Finding myself in Vancouver
The journey was a promising one. It looked like the ideal way to go for a recent graduate from a South American university: moving to Canada to continue my studies.
Beyond tolerance, a simple fact
Before my astonished eyes there they stood. Two lightly bronzed men with brilliant smiles, smartly dressed. With disarming ease they displayed a bond which left no doubt, these two shared more than a simple friendship.
The revival of cultural roots
I am an immigrant. I am a Taiwanese immigrant. These statements are factually accurate, grammatically simple and sentimentally plain.
Contrasts
I arrived in Vancouver in March of this year, work permit in hand. I was already acquainted with Montreal and Quebec City as well as with their glacial climate.
Have you been changed too?
These are the things that no one tells you before you come to Vancouver.
Let’s Celebrate!
Last week I celebrated my birthday with my family. The highlight of my day? An absolutely delicious gelato cake! But that’s not the main point of my little anecdote, though the cake really was marvelous. Rather, I want to reflect on the broader link between celebrations and culture. There are probably millions of different ways…
Watch out for the zombies
Vancouver. I was jet-lagged and confused when I met you for the first time; fifteen hours away from everything I had known in Sweden and you, to be honest, didn’t make much sense to me. You didn’t speak the way I do, we almost whisper words in Sweden but you talked loudly about everything and…
Surprise Rendez-vous
Two young Québécois once asked me what it was like to live as a linguistic minority for someone who was born and raised in French, but has been living in B.C. for a long time.
A cultural learning curve
I arrived in Canada when I was just about to turn 18 on May 5, 2005.
Life should be good here
I have lived most of my life in Eastern Canada and also spent almost six years in France, but the welcome I have felt since moving to Vancouver in Oct. 2013 has made an impact on me.
Chinese, born in Canada
What’s it like to grow up a Chinese girl in Vancouver?
Homeless in the city: from Tokyo to Vancouver
It has been three years since I came to Vancouver from Japan to study communications and media studies. Vancouver has earned an international reputation as one of the most livable and beautiful cities in the world and my initial impressions of Vancouver were most favorable – the city was lovely and people were friendly and open.
An open heart for the holidays
I come from a small island where summer lasts 365 days, the sun shines all year round, and life is calm and mellow.