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Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Canada, His Excellency Cho hee-yong spoke at the University of Calgary on June 11, 2013 in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Korean-Canadian Diplomatic Relations. Ambassador Cho delivered a special lecture on the past, present and future of bilateral relations between […]
2013 is a special year for both Korea and Canada to celebrate two things : the 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations and the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice. As well, the Canadian government announced it as the “Year of Korea” and will declare the upcoming July […]
The first Korean-language radio programming in Calgary went on the air via Red FM(106.7Mhz), on May 18, Saturday, 2013. Red FM is a Surrey-based ethnic radio station, in operation there since 2006. It features programming in more than a dozen languages, including Hindi, Punjabi, Fijian, Germany, Serbian, Hungarian, […]
I am not an extreme feminist, however, I have to say we can quite often see “Woman power” in every field in the world now, and even careers people used to be traditionally male such as politician (South Korea had recently its first female president!), top-level chef, orchestra conductor, or scientist. Here I present a […]
My goal as a Korean mom living in Canada (and also as an international-marriage couple) is to give my children a “positive Korean heritage” and let them be proud of it. Kids are “the future of the country” and raising our children as both 100 percent Korean and […]
When she came to Calgary during her university days simply on a break to study English, Sylvia Lee would probably never have guessed the moment she stepped off the plane that her future was tied to this city. Over a decade later, she’s nurtured and developed her family […]
(continued) She lived in 5 different cities in her 7 Canadian years – Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg, and finally Edmonton, where they settled last year. She says she liked Winnipeg the most. At the beginning, she didn’t like the small-city feel and underdeveloped circumstances, but people there were […]
“The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.” – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross That is my favorite quote about success. What is “true success” to you, fame, wealth, or a promising […]
Here is another Korean woman who is trying to give back to Canadian society the help she got as a newcomer, via helping other immigrants. As a Korean who knows “Jeong (affection)”and also a sincere Christian, her dream is to run a nursing home connected to ISC services in the future. Let’s look at her story. […]
Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper announced 2013 as the Year of Korea on December 4, 2012. On the basis of the strong relationship between Korea and Canada for the last 50 years, Canada will promote a number of cultural and artistic events nationwide with support from the Embassy of the […]
One of my interests in joining this blog is to write a series of articles about Korean women’s life and work in Canada, and give them a space to directly tell their own stories to you, the reader, as they try to adapt and make themselves contributing members […]
My 5-year old tossed that question at me from the sofa, where he and his father were having their usual Saturday night hockey time last season. These are the kind of questions that make me pause as a Korean mom living in Canada. Having little memory of […]
