Migration Patterns

By Meredith Bratland

Personal Journals Society & Culture Government & Organizations Places & Travel Local

What's Migration Patterns about?

Listen to personal stories about immigration in Canada and the multitude of diverse cultures that make up Canadian society.

Music by Podington Bear via Free Music Archive.

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Migration Patterns episodes:

01.21.2019
Poet Titilope on balancing motherhood and creating art
Titilope Sonuga is a multi-hyphenate artist (poet, writer, actress) originally from Nigeria who now calls Edmonton home. She moved to Edmonton with her family at age 14. Later, she became an engineer but once she started working she decided to...
01.10.2019
Ilvy Goossens on belonging, becoming, and growth
Ilvy Goosens is a Belgian international PhD student at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. She and I go way back. We met when I lived in Belgium in 2012 and we became fast friends. I still remember our...
03.22.2018
Piyush Patel on Immigrating as a Teenager and Navigating Dual Cultural Identities
Piyush Patel is a radio personality in Edmonton, Alberta. He moved to Canada from Mumbai, India when he was 15. Since then, Piyush has been navigating having two cultural identities, one as Indian and the other as Canadian. He has...
03.08.2018
Podcaster Erica Ensign on Women in Fandom and Creating Inclusivity
Erika is a prolific creator. She is involved in 8! different podcasts ranging in topics from the television show Dr. Who, science-fiction and fantasy, and hockey. Erika says that women have always been a part of the fandom community and...
02.08.2018
Lawyer Cindy Kieu on Active Learning, Curiosity, and Cultural Intelligence
Cindy Kieu is a lawyer in Edmonton. She is originally from Vietnam and her family moved to Toronto, Canada when she was 10. Cindy has studied, lived, and worked in various places around the world. Until recently, she lived in Nunavut...
01.25.2018
Architect Jelle De Roeck on Belgium, Cycling, and Fatherhood
Jelle De Roeck is an Architect from Belgium who moved to Canada in 2015. He and his wife moved to Canada looking for a sense of community that they couldn't find in Belgium. Two years later, their son was born....
01.11.2018
Chef Israel Alvarez on Mexico, Tacos, and Being Kidnapped
This week on Migration Patterns, I speak with Israel Alvarez, a chef who grew up in Mexico City and now lives in Edmonton. In this episode, he shares some of his experiences working in Enrique Olvera's restaurant Pujol, what happened...
10.24.2017
Starting Season 2 and I need you!
Season 2 of Migration Patterns is in the works and I'm looking for Canadian immigrants and New Canadians to share their culture and story on the podcast. The post Starting Season 2 and I need you! first appeared on curious meredith.
07.18.2017
Episode 4: Ulia Bodrug – Ukraine
Ulia came to Canada in her early 20’s and it has been both challenging and fulfilling in ways she couldn’t have predicted. She arrived in Vancouver and moved over to Edmonton after three months; partly looking for a familiar face...
07.04.2017
Episode 3: Toonna Obi-Okoye – Nigeria
This episode, I speak with Toonna Obi-Okoye, a Nigerian living in Edmonton. He works in IT but what he really wanted to talk to me about were his passions for film and music. During our interview, Toonna describes his childhood...
06.20.2017
Episode 2: German Villegas – Chile
In the 2nd episode of Migration Patterns, I sit down with local podcaster German Villegas of the Modern Manhood podcast. German moved to Edmonton when he was seven years old but he’s recently been feeling a shift in his identity...
06.06.2017
Episode 1: Amy Dillon, Australia – Melbourne
For the first episode of season 1, I speak with Amy Dillon, an Australian living in Edmonton. She moved from Melbourne to a small, rural Alberta town for love about 4 years ago. Although now she lives in Edmonton, she’s gained new...
05.26.2017
Migration Patterns Podcast Teaser
Here’s the teaser for my very first podcast series. Migration Patterns is a show where we explore the places we come from, where we live, and what takes us there. The first season has 4 episodes that each focus on a...

What's Migration Patterns about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Migration Patterns episodes:

Poet Titilope on balancing motherhood and creating art

Ilvy Goossens on belonging, becoming, and growth

Piyush Patel on Immigrating as a Teenager and Navigating Dual Cultural Identities

Podcaster Erica Ensign on Women in Fandom and Creating Inclusivity

Lawyer Cindy Kieu on Active Learning, Curiosity, and Cultural Intelligence

Architect Jelle De Roeck on Belgium, Cycling, and Fatherhood

Chef Israel Alvarez on Mexico, Tacos, and Being Kidnapped

Starting Season 2 and I need you!

Episode 4: Ulia Bodrug – Ukraine

Episode 3: Toonna Obi-Okoye – Nigeria

Episode 2: German Villegas – Chile

Episode 1: Amy Dillon, Australia – Melbourne

Migration Patterns Podcast Teaser