My Canada Podcast YMCA-YWCA

Meet Daniele,a Brazilian of dutch heritage who loved the idea of travelling and learning new languages and ended up in Switzerland on an internship. After meeting and falling in love in Switzerland, Daniele and her husband returned home to Brazil, but several years later, they made the decision to move to Canada, where they began the arduous work of obtaining post-graduate degrees and completing their Canadian immigration applications. The couple arrived to Canada during the height of the pandemic in March 2020; learn about their trial and tribulations of finding employment and settling.
On this episode Amin, a former Information and Referral Specialist at the Newcomer Information Centre at the Y, talks to Daniele about her dream to live in Canada, her immigration experience, and how she ended up in Ottawa.

Meet Irene, a mother of two who never gave up on her dream to move to Canada. After years of planning, hard work and dedication, she received an offer for employment in Canada but almost didn’t take it. After she was reminded about how opportunities can be fleeting by her husband, she decided to follow her dream. Shortly after, Irene, her husband and children settled in Edmundston, New Brunswick.
On this episode, Fereshteh, an Employment Consultant for the YMCA talks to Irene about her dream to live in Canada, her immigration experience, and how she ended up in Ottawa.

Meet Marshall, a lover of soccer, food, cooking and a civil engineer who moved from his home country, India, to Dubai the hub of civil engineering and finally settled in Canada.
On this episode, Yalda, an outreach worker for the YMCA talks to Marshal about his immigration experience to Canada, his reasons for moving from the hub of civil engineering to Canada and his experience using YMCA-YWCA post arrival services to land his first job within his first month of living in Canada.
This is an insightful episode on career transition.

Join Brianna, the former Program Coordinator for the YMCA-YWCA Build ON program, as she interviews Julie, who immigrated to Canada as a teen.
Julie shares how she learnt English, the culture shock, discovering herself, pursuing her education and career, connecting with people and what she has learnt throughout the years living in Canada.
Julie’s story teaches us that immigration is not a destination, it is a journey that involves constant learning.

Yalda, a former Outreach Worker at the YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region, shares her story about how she came to Canada during a very difficult time of her life.
Join Brianna in learning about Yalda’s beautiful childhood, her adventurous spirit, her love for her family and how she spread her wings and came to Canada.

Edita, now a director at the YMCA-YWCA Newcomer Information Centre, grew up and lived in the Philippines for most of her life until five years ago when she immigrated to join her mother who had already been living here for eight years.
On today’s episode, Edita walks us through her immigration story, working survival jobs, going back to school and establishing her career in the profession she wanted.
Edita also shares with us her advice as both an immigrant herself and someone who works at a Newcomer Information Centre.
Who better to hear from than someone who has not only walked the immigration path but also works with new comers every day.