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Canadian Federation Of Independent Business: New Immigrants

English As A Second Language Dept: Melo is founder and managing director of Mellohawk Logistics, an international freight forwarder based in Toronto, which was recognized this year for its leadership role in community-building by Scotiabank and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business's Small Business Big Impact Challenge awards program, according to Vancouver Sun. Melo came to Canada in 1986 to study English. "I fell in love with Toronto and felt a close connection to Canada. I just knew I was meant to be here," he says. In 1990, after finishing his undergraduate degree, he emigrated to Canada from Brazil with the dream of one day owning a business and giving new immigrants an opportunity is Arnon Melo's way of paying forward the break one of his first bosses in logistics gave him after he came to Canada. Mellohawk was selected because of its commitment to actively hiring new immigrants and its mentorship program for students to learn about logistics and/or study English as a second language. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.