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This week’s guest is Fares Khouri from Jordan. In 2007, Fares planned to go to Lebanon for university. However, when civil unrest erupted there, he decided to move to Canada instead! In this episode, Fares shares with us the creative ways that he successfully built up his Canadian work experience and how you can use fundraising to build your soft skills and employability. He also introduces us to his work at Access CCF and their Foreign Credential Recognition Loan Program.
What happens when you move to a new country… and it doesn’t work out?
You don’t find the happiness and success that you thought you would.
You painfully miss everyone and everything that you left behind and feel like you’ve made a huge mistake.
We’ve all gone through times of feeling this way,...
Published 07/31/24
For this special episode, I’m LIVE on the ground at Toronto’s ‘Newcomer Day’ that took place on May 23. Armed with my portable microphone, I wore a t-shirt emblazoned with the words “TALK TO ME: Share your immigration story on the New to Canada podcast” and I was excited to connect with 11...
Published 06/11/24