You could ask Alden Habacon to define himself in a few words, but, as he starts to speak, you’ll realize his answer could fill a book. In some ways, the affable thirty-something media professional and diversity speaker from Vancouver has spent his whole life trying to figure out who he is.

Hernani moved to Canada in 2005 to study sustainable development issues and, in 2007, he achieved his master’s degree in science in environment and management at Royal Roads University in British Columbia.

As executive director of the Clean Calgary Association (CCA), Odd is striving to make her city a healthier, more sustainable place to live.

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On the one-year anniversary of her retirement from her position as CEO of the Calgary Immigrant Aid Society, immigrant advocate Hadassah Ksienski is showing no signs of slowing down.

Back in his home country, Jaleta was a rising star on the Ethiopian national track scene. He won the national high school championships and was being groomed for the Olympics. But his dreams were shattered when a civil war broke out in his country.

Poy was born in Hong Kong six months before it was invaded by Japan in 1941, into an affluent and prominent family. Her father Richard Charles Lee, an Oxford-trained engineer who found success as a businessman, was the son of Hysan Lee, an even more prominent real estate businessman.

A year ago, Balatongli was recruited by the world-class ambulance company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. A devoutly religious man, Balatongli explains he asked for help from a higher power. “I said, ‘Lord, I want to go live in another country.’ A friend had a dream and said he saw me leaving the Philippines, and I knew my wish would be given to me.”

When Nestor Buhendwa first moved to Canada two years ago, one of the things he missed most about his life in the Democratic Republic of Congo was his garden. Growing his own food meant he didn’t have to rely on the markets to get fresh vegetables to feed his family. But when he and his wife and their six children moved to an apartment in Regina, Saskatechwan, Buhendwa thought his gardening days were over.

Kaptegaine lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he works as a French language teacher. He's also the founder of two organizations. Hand in Hand for Peace was formed in 2005 by Kaptegaine and new friends he made upon arriving in Winnipeg. The group raises awareness about the Democratic Republic of Congo by making presentations in schools about worldwide human rights violations.