Haitian-Born Immigrant Michaëlle Jean is Canada’s 27th Governor-general

Michaëlle Jean immigrated to Canada from Port-au-Prince in 1968 and studied at the University of Montreal as well as Universities in Italy before beginning her career as a Quebec television journalist in 1988. While Jean tended to her pursuit of higher education she assisted hundreds of women and children in crisis, and passionately donated her […]

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Nova Scotia’s Bid to Encourage Scottish Immigration.

Almost 400 years since Nova Scotia’s founding fathers embarked on their journey across the Atlantic, John Russell, originally from Clackmannanshire Scotland, is leading a new wave of Scots to the second smallest province in Canada. John and his wife moved to the Atlantic coastal province in August 2004 after spending a picture-postcard holiday there. Inspired […]

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Helping the Victims of Hurricane Katrina.

On the days leading up to Monday August 29 Hurricane Katrina had set her vengeful eye on America’s Gulf Coast and as she clawed her way inland the people aligned in her path were anticipating the very worst, and rightfully so. Thousands of people eventually made it out with only precious hours to spare before […]

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Question & Answer

Question: What does ‘AOR’ mean? Answer: AOR is an acronym that stands for the term “Acknowledgment Of Receipt”. An AOR indicates that the Canadian consulate, embassy, or high commission, has received your application for permanent residency and has issued a case file number for the application submitted. The length of time it takes for an […]

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