Newcomers*
*A project about our changing city
Each year, thousands of people from around the world move to Calgary to make a new life. Our partnership with CLIP explores what it means to be a newcomer in our city and how that experience is different for everyone.
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Dacacia Russell: Carribbean to Calgary
At 16, Dacacia Russell moved from her hometown in the Bahamas to Calgary on her own to pursue a degree in accounting. She’s lived in the city for four years now. Russell was the only member of her family to move as far as she has. Her determination pushed her to navigate and adapt to…
Jashanpreet Kaur: Making traditional jewelry
Northern India native Jashanpreet Kaur moved to Toronto in 2014…
Pauline Baysa: A mentor for other newcomers
Pauline Baysa moved to Calgary with her mother and sister…
Serge Fenyuk: A ‘hybrid immigrant’ after 25 years
Serge Fenyuk left his home in Chernivtsi, Ukraine in 1999…
Yigon Kim: English was a challenge at first
Yigon Kim moved to Calgary from Seoul with his family…
Julio Absolu: From Haiti to Calgary, via Florida
While his mother was pregnant with him, Julio Absolu made…
Oki. We are grateful to live and work in the traditional territories of the Niitsita’pi and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, Tsuut’ina and the Iyarhe Nakoda. The Blackfoot name of this place where the Bow River meets the Elbow River is Moh’kins’tsis, which we now call Calgary. The city is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.