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Immigration is not for the faint of heart, especially with kids. How do you navigate a new culture while trying to preserve pieces of your own? What do you let go of and what to you accept? How do you balance your ever evolving identity while your children grow up immersed in a culture, community, traditions, faith or background that is different than your own?

Meet Fayrouz from Libya, Kari from Jamaica and Tabitha from the United States. These three moms, along with Andrea, will have an honest conversation on the fears, the joys and the uncertainties that parents face when immigrating to a new country. Hear them laugh about potty training, hear their worries about Canadian sleep overs and hear the struggle it can be to allow children freedom to explore a new country while they yearn to keep their own culture at the heart of their home. Be encouraged to know that parenting as immigrants is a whole other experience and no one is alone in the nuance, the worry and the beauty that comes from it.

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You've said "I do" in Canada and possibly in your heritage country. The house is bought and the kids actually like macaroni and cheese. You've made roots and you're proud of all that you've done. All can seem okay on the outside, but what about the inside?

In this final episode of the 'Love and Relationships in Canada' series, Hostion and Andrea invite four guests, from three different countries, to share their experiences of what it is to make a life in a new country for the long term. Hear from Alice, an immigrant from Vietnam, and Siby, an immigrant from Senegal and France, share how they navigate raising their son without family close by. Enjoy hearing how Ekta and Royce, both immigrants from India, accept the duality of their identity as 'home' takes on a new meaning. Hear how leaning into the person you love helps you embrace the new country you love.

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February is Black History Month and for many immigrants, and Canadian born people, the history of Black people in Canada is unknown. From the lack of Black history taught in Canadian schools to the lack of understanding as Canadian immigrants, it is time that we understand what Black History Month is and what it can truly do for all of us living in Canada.

Join Hostion and Andrea as they unpack the history of the first documented Black people in Canada, the origins of Black History Month, and the reality of the Black Canadian experience. Hear how we, as immigrants, have a responsibility to show up for the Black community by seeing the struggle and seeing the resilience. Hear how Black Joy gives us our humanity and how rest is the power of resistance. Immigrants and Canadian-born people have a responsibility to show up, to remember and to celebrate African, Caribbean and Black people in Canada.

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Love is in the air! Your partner is amazing and how lucky we are to be dating! Even with all the butterflies and kisses, dating can be really hard. If you’re new to Canada, you’ll know how dating can be a bit freeing and a bit limiting to your integration experience. Can a dating relationship help you integrate easier? How does a dating relationship affect your long term immigration plans?

Join Hostion and Andrea and their guest Niels as they discuss the complexities of online dating and how passive communication of Canadian society can be really confusing in a new relationship. They’ll share their experiences, the highs and the lows and all the in-betweens. Don’t miss out on this love-filled episode.

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Being Single in Canada! What is it like? Is it hard? What makes it easy? What are all the juicy details? Well, you’ll just have to take a listen on this first of its kind Canadian Salad episode.

That’s right! On this first episode of a three-part series, Hostion and Andrea will be interviewing two guests - Akari, an immigrant from Japan and Stanley, an immigrant from Malaysia. They’ll talk about being single and dating in their new country, the pressures that came to be involved while adjusting to the dominant Canadian culture, how movies sold them an idea of what western dating life was like and how their experiences led them to find confidence in themselves and contentment for the future. 

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Happy Lunar New Year! It’s the year of the dragon and there are many countries celebrating this holiday worldwide. But what is this holiday about? What does celebration look like in Korea, Vietnam, China or Malaysia? Take a trip around the world and explore this ancient holiday of family, luck and money. 

Join Andrea and Hostion as they uncover the traditions of giving money, honouring ancestors, feasting with families, dragon dances and wearing red underwear. Listen to the ancient myth which created the origin of the Lunar New Year and how it shaped the modern celebration of the holiday, including the superstitions centring the welcome of good luck. 

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Coming to a new country can feel like having a new adventure - it might be exciting and mysterious. But it can also be very uncertain. How does someone make sense of a new culture, a new place, a new country? Integration is often left to the newcomer to Canada. But it takes more than just one person - it takes all of us. 

Andrea and Hostion will talk about their ongoing journey of integration in Canada. They’ll talk about how it may feel easier to leave your heritage culture behind or even to isolate yourself because you're tired from trying to fit in, to be included and to feel at rest in your new country. Integration doesn’t really have an end. For it will always be a part of the immigrant, her new life and her every day experience. Integration requires grace and patience for ourselves and for other people. It’s a relationship of giving and receiving, of listening and making hospitable places for everyone we meet.

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Ever heard the phrase "third world country"? How about "first world problems"? What do these phrases really mean? Do we really need to rank each other? Honestly, it’s dumb.

Hostion and Andrea will unpack the 72-year-old term “third world country” (yes, folks, it's that old and ready for retirement), the origin of the phrase, how it evolved and what it means to this day. They'll discuss the ways in which words and language can be used to divide nations and form unnecessary hierarchies. Just like humans evolve and adapt to survive, so does language. So join your two immigrant buddies and be ready to embrace a more dignifying lens to see the world.

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It can be easy to point fingers. “They’re racist!” And yes, admittedly, it can be easier to see racism in other people than in ourselves. But if we’re honest, racism can be found in all of us.

Join Andrea and Hostion on this honest conversation about the racism that is found in all of us. Together they’ll discuss how the systems of whiteness shape our understanding of ourselves, within the white community and within communities of colour. There are ways to realize it and more importantly, ways to change it. Normalize the conversation and normalize the reality so we can all change it and be a better world together.

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Smashing plates, eating grapes . . . wearing red underwear? As wild as these activities sound, they are the traditions of New Year across the globe! Forget dropping balls, this is an episode with fun and traditional ways to celebrate 2024.

In this first episode of 2024, Hostion and Andrea will take you on a journey around the world to Haiti, Japan, Ireland, Spain, the Philippines, Denmark and Brazil, highlighting the ways in which the rest of the world brings in the New Year. While some feast on food, others bang their food on the walls. Embrace this new year with more than just staying up late.

Happy New Year!

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