Under the Weeping Willow: A Conversation With My Ancestors

The following story is set in real places and speaks of them, while painted with a healthy dose of fiction and magical realism.

What to Do in Manitoba This Summer: A Newcomer's List

Manitoba has 100,000 lakes and only a few months to enjoy them.

Relocation in Nine Hours

And we've been improvising life ever since.

[Cold Takes #6] Every Newcomer Inherits Pioneers

The lost years, stalled careers and sacrifices are the very things that make the road easier for the next generation.

How a Group of Immigrant Women Found Belonging in the Rockies

"The Rocky Mountains make me feel that I belong."

Pick a Team: A Newcomer's Shortcut to Belonging During the World Cup

Because in the end, the World Cup isn't really about soccer.

The System Diagnosed My Son Before It Tried to Understand Him

And it's happening again.

The 15 Best Mother’s Day Gifts For Immigrant Moms

Especially if it's their first Canadian Mother's Day.

60 Canadian Immigrant Women You Don't Know, But Should

Canada has never lacked for immigrant women doing extraordinary things.

What I Brought With Me

19 Black Immigrants on the one thing they brought with them that they can’t throw away.

Every February, I Celebrate a History that is Mine by Colour but not Lineage

The Underground Railroad didn't carry my ancestors. My family is from Nigeria

5 Years After: Lessons I've Learned (And I'm Still Learning)

The best-of The Newcomers 2025

Thanks again for all the support, reposts, comments, questions, and suggestions.

The Newcomer Archetypes: A Guide To Understanding Yourself as an Immigrant

Every newcomer brings something unique to Canada.

It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

Immigrants rarely have that village.

The Shortest Guide to U.S. Talent-Based Visas: EB-1A, O-1, and EB-2 NIW Explained

You'll be done reading in less than 5 mins.

From Mopping Spills to Becoming the Singh of Marketing

A portrait on being relentless.

32 Lessons from 100 Episodes of The Newcomers Podcast

Some of the best things I have learned that I think are worth passing along.

Food as a Way to Integrate as Immigrants

"We eat, and food becomes part of who we are."

15 Years, 15 Favourites: One Newcomer’s Canadian List

July 1: Canada Day. Also mid-year resolutions day. And if you’re in Quebec? Moving day (IYKYK).

59+ Immigrants on What They Love About Living in Canada

Canada isn't perfect, but...

Migration is More than a One-Way Journey

Return migration has been on my mind and heart for many months

Navigating Culture Shock: 6 Tips for International Students Moving to Canada

Because homesickness doesn’t disappear with daily Whatsapp calls home.

What Immigrants Can Learn from Derek Sivers’ “Useful Not True”

What do immigrants, Derek Sivers, and his latest book, Useful Not True, have in common? It turns out, quite a lot.

The JJC's Guide to London

You innit. So you might as well read it.