Women-led campaign makes vaccine information accessible for Manitoba newcomers
The Vaccine Newcomer Awareness Group is made up of several newcomer and ethnocultural groups and meets over Zoom, makes phone calls and hosts expert talks sometimes in languages other than English where people can ask questions.
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Posted: Apr 19, 2021 8:44 PM CT | Last Updated: April 20
A social media campaign that encourages seniors and healthcare workers to post their vaccine selfie and reason for getting it is promoting vaccine confidence(Submitted by Jennifer Chen)
A campaign led by women of colour who work with newcomers in Manitoba is building confidence within those communities about getting vaccinated for COVID-19.
This couple left white-collar jobs in China and became farmers in Canada
When Sun Shan and Li Bo became farmers on moving to Canada, they had some explaining to do. Their families in China didn t understand why they would choose such a lowly profession. Now the couple are sharing their knowledge and culture through their Ottawa farm.
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Jennifer Chen ·
Posted: Apr 16, 2021 12:36 PM ET | Last Updated: April 19
Sun Shan, centre, Li Bo, right, and their son Jerry Li left digging sunchokes in November 2020, at their farm Chi Garden in Ottawa.(Jennifer Chen/CBC)
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In China, farming is often seen as lowly work, left to the poor and uneducated. Yet that s exactly what two Chinese-Canadian immigrants with graduate degrees chose to do when they moved to Ontario, eventually making a place for themselves in Ottawa s farming community.