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 Edmont...
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Migration Patterns
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.
Episodes
10 episodes
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...
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...
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 an...
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 studie...
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 th...
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,...
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...
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 a...
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 wer...