Should you missed Diversity Magazine Flash for June 29th, 2020 please watch and Share
Canada brands itself as a multicultural haven – attracting skilled migrants from across the world, provide homes for refugees fleeing war, and everything in between.
Last Saturday was June 27, Canadian Multiculturalism Day – “a day to celebrate and reflect upon the wealth of diversity that enriches our society,” according to Canadian Heritage Ministry.
34 years ago, Jesus and Alba Gonzalez made Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, home after fleeing civil war in El Salvador. They could not find food from their home country, so they started a grocery store and later on a kitchen inside. Today, Paraiso Tropical has two locations and going strong with their son Jesus leading their successful business in a new direction.
Two blocks from Paraiso Tropical on the heavily multicultural 118 Avenue in Edmonton, is Kasoa Tropical Food Market. Founded by Charity Durowaa, who emigrated from Ghana to build a better live for herself in Canada, and today, she has the largest AfroCaribbean grocery store in Edmonton with two locations waxing strong and a beauty store too, with many projects in the pipeline.
Across Canada, you hear countless stories of new Canadians, creating jobs, building successful careers, that pay taxes to help build roads, bridges, public transport, and other services that gives Canadians the high standard of living of any developed country.
In the shadows of the flamboyant immigrant success stories are the untold stories of under employment of skilled migrants, exemplified by doctors driving taxis, and engineers scrubbing washrooms.
It’s fair to whisper Canada’s dark history of slavery of BLACKS, and brutal land grab and disrespect of treaties with indigenous communities. Indians and Chinese Canadians too have their stories.
You can sure guess what my question of the day is, what story of Canada would you share?
Have a very good day and stay turned to Diversity Flash for June 29, 2020, and a video summary at the end of the day on Diversity TV on Facebook, and Diversity TV YouTube Channel as we sail through another dull windy day in Edmonton and Calgary.
You may also want to take advantage of Diversity Magazine’s extensive reach in multicultural communities with your business, nonprofits, programs, projects, and what have you!
