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Her Glass is Always Half Full
Luba Ivanova at The Weekend to End Breast Cancer This post is by Fabiana Bacchini: With a master’s degree in Philosophy, she took a job as a cashier in a grocery store. Many of us immigrants can...
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Looking for a Better Future
This post is by Fabiana Bacchini: You might ask yourself why a successful doctor leaves everything behind to start over in a new country with three kids and no one to help. Her reason is familiar to...
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Introducing our New Contributor – Guiomar Campbell
Guiomar Campbell The year was 1987. The obstetric nurse moved to Canada with the dream to pursue the same career here. Soon, she found out that she had to go back to school for another four years...
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A New Life After Breast Cancer
This post is by Fabiana Bacchini: Hearing that you have ‘cancer’ must be a moment one never forgets. For this woman that moment was a reality. After one month of crying and despair our Brilliant...
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The Journey of a Multi-Tasking Woman to Raise her Autistic Son
This post is by Fabiana Bacchini: Her journey in Canada started 10 years ago. Nellie Terzieva, 45 years old, from Bulgaria, came to Toronto with a Masters Degree in Agricultural Economics and...
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A Doctor’s Prescription: Patience and Perseverance
Dr. Andreia Scalco This post is by Fabiana Bacchini: Six years of medical school, three years of residency, four years of a Master’s Degree, five years of work experience and her credentials were...
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A Business Based on Family Values
This post is by Fabiana Bacchini: Looking for a safer life, she arrived in Toronto in the middle of the winter 14 years ago. Cindy Sacks and her husband Ronnie left South Africa with very little...
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A New Beginning at the Age of 37
This post is by Fabiana Bacchini: Her desire for change empowered her to overcome an addiction of over 12 years. “The doctor told me I was going to die if I carried on drinking”, says Maria Connie...
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Zumba Fitness ® Fundraiser In Memory of Sonia Varaschin
This post is by Marija Bojic: My name is Marija Bojic and I am an immigrant woman from former Yogoslavia. I came to Canada desiring peaceful life, education, and a better life for my family. As I was...
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Womanhood – the Pinnacle of Strength
This post is by Bibi K.: BE STRONG; BE PATIENT; BE WARY; HOLD FIRMLY TO YOUR BELIEFS; YOU WILL SURVIVE AND SUCCEED. When we come to this country for the first time, it is a very overwhelming...
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Dreams Do Come True…as Long as You Keep Dreaming
Eye on Wellness This post is by Ritva Dale: I had no reason to dream of another life while growing up in Finland. I had my parents and two younger brothers living under the same roof. My parents...
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