Kiruba Thanesh: Immigrants

Immigrant Experience Dept: And like the thousands who share their immigrant experience, the family s integration into Canadian life hasn t always been easy, according to CBC. Click here for more on our series examining the challenges facing immigrants in York Region and like thousands of immigrants who come to Canada every year, the Thanesh family came to Toronto hoping for a better life. Kiruba Thanesh and her husband who uses Thanesh as both a first and last name left behind good jobs when they departed their native Sri Lanka more than a year ago. Making the move with them were their two sons, aged 13 and nine. Great Expectations (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.