When coming to any new country, newcomers are met with a whole new set of rules, products and ways of doing things. In Canada, most newcomers will be taken by surprise when asked about credit and credit scores and the important role they play in Canadian life – even [...]
Every year Canada welcomes an increasing number of permanent residents (PRs), international students, and temporary foreign workers. Canada’s current multi-year immigration plan will see approximately 350,000 PRs enter the country by 2021. Whether you’re planning to move to Canada in the next few weeks or the [...]
My name is Tricia Jose and I’m one of the co-founders at Arrive. My family and I moved to Canada from the Philippines when I was just two years old so I identify myself as a ‘first-generation Canadian.’ I have been a part of the amazing Arrive team since 2017! [...]
My name is Angelique de Montbrun and I have been with Arrive for two years leading the team’s Marketing function. I’m first-generation Canadian, my parents are from Grenada and Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean. They, my mum and dad, immigrated to Canada to raise my siblings and myself but [...]
My name is Lucas Mendonca and I’m from Brazil. I moved to Canada as an international student in December 2017. After completing my education, I had the opportunity to intern with Arrive, an RBC Venture. This internship eventually led to a full-time offer with Arrive and I currently work in [...]
My name is Sean Mathews and I was born and raised in Mumbai, India. In 2003, I moved to the United Arab Emirates, and after spending a few months there, I once again moved: this time to Singapore where I spent the next 12 years of my life. Although Singapore [...]
My name is Hannah Kummer and I moved to Toronto in December, 2017 with my husband. We’re from Brazil, and back home we were both lawyers. With almost no knowledge of English or French, immigrating to Canada via the Permanent Residency (PR) route seemed like a distant dream – even [...]
My name is Michael Bricout and I moved to Canada from France in July, 2017. I have a master’s degree in marketing and for a brief period, I ran my own entrepreneurial venture in France. Currently, I work as a Product Manager with Ampli, an RBC Venture. I have some [...]
My name is Quentin Verlé and I’m from Belgium. I moved to Canada in May, 2012 in search of new career opportunities. I was always passionate about art and music. I pursued graphic design even before I could enter college and followed it up with a master’s degree at the [...]
My name is Roxana Radulescu and I’m from Romania. I moved to Toronto with my husband and two kids in March, 2017. Back in Romania, I graduated with a degree in philology and continued with a master’s degree in knowledge and project management. During University, I worked for a human [...]
My name is Mila Kovalenko and I’m from Ukraine. I moved to Canada with my husband in 2014 to pursue a postgraduate program in web development from Humber College. Having an in-demand skill is always an asset and hence, it was relatively easy to find employment. However, my husband and [...]
Author: Joyce Pang This is the last blog of our three-part series on RBC Economics’ recently published report “Untapped Potential: Canada needs to close its immigrant wage gap”. In the first blog, we talked about how networking can help newcomers succeed in the labour market. In the previous blog, we [...]