Please forward this to ONE Canadian immigrant today and tell them to subscribe here.
Hi everyone,
My name is Dozie. I’m the managing editor of The Newcomers.
It’s been a little over three years since I hit publish on the first podcast episode. I’m so grateful for all of you that have stuck with me from day one, for those who have joined us on the way and for every reply, like, reshare, or DM telling me a piece made them feel seen. It all matters to me in many ways.
Thank you.
A lot of people ask how I came up with The Newcomers. The honest answer is that I got tired of the two boxes that define most of the Canadian immigrant narrative.
Most coverage of immigrants in this country comes in two flavours. The struggling victim, ground down by a broken system. Or the inspiring success story, the doctor who drove a cab for years before getting licensed. Both versions exist but they also don’t tell the full story.
Neither version is honest or useful because the actual immigrant experience is layered. It involves paperwork and grief, ambition and loneliness, reinvention and loss. And sometimes these layers come at you so fast that you completely lose your sense of self.
At The Newcomers, I think we try to account for all the nuances.
We publish original analysis on Canadian immigration policy. We tell the stories of immigrants building lives, businesses, and communities across the country. We produce practical guides on money, careers, and the hundred small decisions that define your first two to ten years here. And we host conversations with the people shaping what immigration looks like on the ground.
Some of what we cover has clear answers, like how to file your tax, or the latest Express Entry categories. Some don’t, such as what it means to raise children between two cultures, or how to find belonging when a part of you still pines for your home country.
We try to make sense of both, knowing we won't always get there. The trying is the point.
Three years in, two things have changed that I want you to see:
We have a new logo. It’s cleaner, more confident, and more like the publication we're growing into.
We launched a news section where we track the news that matter and what it means for you.
If you like what you've been getting from us, here's where I could use your help.
Could you forward this email to three people who might appreciate our approach, and suggest they subscribe at https://thenewcomerspod.com/subscribe
Could you drop a link to thenewcomerspod.com in your WhatsApp group with fellow immigrants and suggest people sign up?
Every new subscriber helps us keep doing the work. Bigger reach means more sources willing to talk to us, more institutions willing to take our calls, more room to make sense of an experience that most publications still don't know how to cover.
If you have story ideas, things you want us to look into, things you wish we'd handle differently, just reply to this email. I read every response.
Thank you for being here. We'll talk again soon.
Dozie
Want to work with us? Check out The Newcomers Media Kit.
Want more immigrant interviews? Listen to The Newcomers Podcast.
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