Mark Canada: Immigrant Women

mark canada: What I knew what to do was to have babies, according to Metro News. I didn't think of growth as a woman, I didn't know I could buy a house, I didn't know I could get a car, she said. After leaving Nigeria on her own and coming to Canada at age 17, Tracy Folorunsho-Barry spent more than a decade feeling lost and struggling to find support until she started noticing other immigrant women who were living lives she didn't know were possible. When I started seeing women who were doing amazing for themselves, I started thinking big. To mark Canada's 150th anniversary, GROW has launched Project 150 in a bid to collect stories from 150 inspiring immigrant women in Alberta. function set Cookie related path / ; Related Alberta Government boosts immigrant and indigenious women in tech Edmonton Heroes Bukola Salami makes mental health support accessible for newcomers Hawa Tako works to keep children out of Alberta's child welfare system The women have started sharing their stories in a series of conversational caf sessions, titled Speak Out, that will continue through the summer. In the last three years, inspired by successful women around her, the mother of five started attending university, launched her own business, and founded Gradual Rising of Women GROW to educate and empower immigrant women in Edmonton. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.