“I arrived with no Canadian job experience. Now I lead a team of immigrant workers.”
A settlement agency got me my rst job in Canada as a meat clerk. Since then, I’ve helped other newcomers in Kelowna get on their feet.
“I helped Congolese refugees become Canadian citizens”
By Alan Gonzales ILLUSTRATION BY DOMINIC BUGATTO
MY ARRIVAL
FROM THE TIME WE WERE KIDS, my sister Raema and I dreamed of creating better lives for ourselves. We grew up poor in Cavite, a city an hour away from Manila, in the Philippines. Our father was an engineer, but he didn’t earn enough to pay the bills:...
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