All Episodes

E187: Ciro Muiruri on the story that brought her daughter home

E186: Shari Graydon on the Alberta referendum and what Quebec lost

E185: Jackie Pichette on why there's no magic number for Canada's immigration targets

E184: Veronica Sepehr on your next move if you're in the Express Entry pool

E183: David Hornsby thinks international students should still choose Canada

E182: Andrew Pohlod on why it's better to buy in Alberta than Ontario

E181: George Carothers and his team know how to fix Canada's credentialing problem

E180: Daniel Bernhard thinks you should still immigrate to Canada. But...

E179: Juliette Morard-Duboisset only wanted Canada

E178: Racha El-Dib lost her sister to domestic violence. Now she's fighting it in Calgary.

E177: Blair Hyslop thinks we need a Canadian compromise on immigration

E176: Is Canada still worth immigrating to in 2026? | The Canada Conversation series

E175: Daniella Jasper-Okumagba knows she has community capital. And she intends to spend it.

E174: Jonah Chininga on building a fintech startup in Calgary

E173: Wunmi Adekanmbi on how immigrant networks can grow Canada's economy

E172: David Bradshaw on being the only one in the room

E171: Althea Samuels & Patricia Giankas on credit and raising capital as an immigrant woman

E170: Daria Lysenko on what it's like to work in newcomer settlement

E169: Abu Hafejee on how newcomers break into the trades in Canada

E168: Hamoudi Saleh Baratta refuses to let torture define him

E167: Kumaran Nadesan thinks we need more impolite Canadians

E166: Ajlin Mehmedi on the immigrant talent Canada doesn't use

E165: Ramon Calanza on the career newcomers overlook: trucking

E164: Ebrahim Al-Yousefi is giving back to Canada, every day

E164: Musap Abdelhag on why immigrant youth don't need chocolate bars

E163: Dacious Richardson on the choices he's made after landing in Canada as a refugee

E162: Abhishek Asthana on building a business in Canada as an immigrant entrepreneur

E161: Jatin Shory on the choices no immigrant wants to hear

E160: Carolyn Watson says we'll feel today's cuts in three to five years

E159: Templeton Sawyer on why he created the Belonging Tour

E158: Theresa Evanoff and Tehmina Chaudhry are solving early-stage capital for immigrant founders

E157: Leah Mitchell and Lindsay Rubeniuk on the job hunting strategy that works for rural Canada

E156: Vaishali Gauba mostly belongs

E155: John Hetherington and Caitlin White on why you can't take anything for granted as an immigrant

E154: Niki Wagh names the pressure immigrants never talk about

E153: Luki Danukarjanto says the hiring bar has moved. And most Canadian immigrants don't know this yet.

E152: Jonathan Oldman believes we need a bigger conversation about Canadian immigration

E151: Victor Neagu on why we can't normalize underachievement

E150: David Campbell understands why our immigration policy can't work for Atlantic Canada

E149: Mo Altaqatqa on the skill that separates the newcomer entrepreneurs who win from those who don't

E148: Bontu Galataa on the biggest mistake loads of newcomer entrepreneurs make

E147: Emmanuel Ahiafor says Ghana is still home. He just doesn't fit there anymore.

E146: Busayo Disu thinks the society has to meet the immigrants halfway

E145: Abdullah Sharief thinks Canada's risk aversion could be costly in the long-term

E144: Maria Kamila González knows the real reason you can't save money

E143: Mustafa Ansari thinks the public image problem of skilled trades is costing Canada

E142: Diana Palmerín Velasco on resetting the Canadian immigration conversation

E141: Ruairi Spillane wants you to stop treating job hunting like Bingo

E140: Rodrigo Cotrim de Carvalho is trying to understand what's wrong with him

E139: Deanna Okun-Nachoff knows what's missing from Canada's immigration discourse

E138: Aashrit Parvangada on why immigrants should stop chasing acceptance

E137: Rania Younes understands migratory grief better than most

E136: Dapo Bankole dreamed for 19 years. Canada still broke him

E135: Precious Kolawole has learned how to debug the immigrant mentality

E134: Bryan McInnis knows all about the temptations of the expat bubble

E133: How do we help immigrants access the hidden job market? Simon Trevarthen has answers

E132: Aman Chawla on how he's made Fredericton home

E131: Yauhan Mehta knows immigrants don't need more resume tips

E130: Selene Ricart doesn't want to be your perfect immigrant

E129: Rim Aoude knows what it's like to be born without status

E128: Kundan Joshi on how failures reveal your blind spots

E127: Jennifer Aikoroje now understand why her Dad stayed behind

E126: Imole Ashogbon thinks Canada has treated immigration like a numbers game

E125: Jerry Onyegide wants you to stop making these mistakes with your taxes

E124: Roy Ratnavel on how to stop being the victim

E123: Nisrine Maktabi understands how trauma creates resentment in immigrant homes

E122: Kristina McPherson on feeling at home in Canada: 'It took 11 years'

E121: Paul Bakhmut on why he's running for Mayor of Edmonton

E120: Keely Cronin says your survival job is valuable Canadian experience

E119. Mher Mardoyan knows how you can get your dream job

E118: Ben Joffe wants you to move beyond your default cultural lens

E117: Gabriela Casineanu says 'You're not your job title'

E116: Sweta Regmi says 'It's dangerous to figure it out alone'

E115: Shriya Ghate knows what's great about immigration

E114: Stefana Sopco knows how exhausting it can be to fit in

E113: Neel Parekh knows what's great about moving to Rwanda

E112: Miracle Inameti-Archibong understands what it means to be an immigrant

E111: Anam Zakaria & Haroon Khalid are done with glorifying the immigrant struggle

E110: Windmill Microlending helped 14K+ immigrants get back to work. They want to do more

E109: O'Nell Agossa doesn't mind if you don't understand him

E108: Kelly Boyi is embracing ambition and rejecting complacency

E107: Ritika Saraswat thinks intl students need to stop obsessing over the Canadian PR

E106: Aishwarya Khanduja says 'Canada doesn't have the resources for me to thrive'

E105: Oluwaseun Ayebiwo built a community before landing in Halifax

E104: Saïd M'Dahoma refuses to pick one identity

E103: Victoria Patenaude knows why you struggle with accent anxiety

E102: Alyanna Chua thinks Canada hasn't been fair to temporary residents & intl students

E101: Gabriela Gutierrez believes immigration can be a gift to the world

E100: Dennis Agbegha knows the secret to settling in anywhere as an immigrant

E99: Chris Friesen wants the government to rebuild public trust in immigration

E98: Stephanie Kubi understands what it feels like to be an undocumented immigrant

E97: Clint Boodram on what it was like immigrating to Canada 40 years ago

E96: Dots Oyebolu thinks the usual immigrant success narratives can be a trap

E95: Bukky Wonda believes optimism is the difference between successful & unsuccessful immigrants

E94: Lauren Mostowyk & Interac want to reduce financial stress for newcomers

E93: Hugo Onuoha doesn't miss Nigerian food, weather, or culture

E92: Fikru Kebede refuses to get cynical about Canada

E91: Donovan Francis on embracing the challenges that come with starting afresh

E90: Uche Joel is building a safe space for Nigerian immigrants in Canada

E89: Derek Sivers believes home is where you have no obstacles