Life Blends: Debbie Douglas and Reset Button

life blends: Rick Madonik / Toronto Star By Shree Paradkar Columnist Thu., March 2, 2017 Aloneness, according to Toronto Star. It hits first, long before the loneliness does, long before the eager anticipation of a new life blends with the realities of a new country. From left, Eta Woldeab, Debbie Douglas, Krittika Ghosh, Fayza Abdallaoui and Siham Chakrouni. Every year, when more than 100,000 women enter this country, sometimes alone, sometimes with their families but always with their dreams and expectations, the aloneness is a reset button, a hopeful one, representing new beginnings and endless possibilities. Verbal, sexual, racial. The first tentative friends, the first shopping mall, the first grocery store, the first snow and then, for some women, the first brush with abuse. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.