Tag: Canada
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Global auditions are changing the ‘K’ in K-pop
K-pop giant JYP Entertainment recently launched VCHA, an all-female idol group composed entirely of members from Canada and the United States, who had passed auditions held in North America. The band … Full story: https://www.econotimes.com/Global-auditions-are-changing-the-K-in-K-pop-1676925
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We speak a lot of languages in Canada and elections should reflect our diversity
At home, more than a million Canadians reported speaking a variant of Chinese, and six other languages (Punjabi, Spanish, Italian, German, Tagalog and Arabic) were spoken each by some 400,000 to … Read Full Article
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39 years later, freedom still tastes sweet to Kitchener woman, former refugee
Vang met her husband Toua, a shipper-receiver for a local transport company, through the church too. His family fled Laos and came to Canada through MCC sponsorship. The Hmong families sponsored by … Read Full Article
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Waterloo Region Mennonite church celebrates 40 years of refugee sponsorship
Bouavanh Vang-Her was only six years old when she came to Canada as a refugee in September 1979. She was among thousands of Hmong people who made the journey. “Forty years ago we probably would have … Read Full Article
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New Kids’ Books Put A Human Face On The Refugee Crisis
There are books about Hmong refugees, Nigerians and an English child sent to Canada for safety during World War II. But educator Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee says the wave of new novels is sometime considere… Read Full Article
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International food a crowd pleaser at Mennonite relief sale
Spring rolls are prepared by the First Hmong Mennonite Church. Members of the church started making the rolls back in 1985 and now raise an estimated $10,000 a year for the Mennonite Central Committee. Many at the church came to Canada as refugees … Read Full Article