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.
- Update frequency
- every 34 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2019
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 Edmonton with her family at age 14. Later, she became an engineer…
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 when I lived in Belgium in 2012 and we became fast friends…
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 navigating having two cultural identities, one as Indian an…
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 and fantasy, and hockey. Erika says that women have always b…
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 studied, lived, and worked in various places around the world. Un…
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 that they couldn't find in Belgium. Two years later, their so…
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, he shares some of his experiences working in Enrique Olvera…
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 the podcast.
The post Starting Season 2 and I need you! fi…
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 arrived in Vancouver and moved over to Edmonton after three months; part…
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 were his passions for film and music. During our interview, To…