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Ontario
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ONTARIO
" You are never going to like someone 100%."
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HAMILTON, ONTARIO
“Sometimes you have to fight to tell someone who you are.”
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ONTARIO
“Being stuck at home is
not for me!”
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ONTARIO
“You have to give yourself permission to be an amateur.”
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ONTARIO
“ESL is not just utilitarian, it’s humanitarian; it’s about us as people.”
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ONTARIO
“While our life was difficult, we didn’t lack in love.”
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ONTARIO
“Don’t assume you know everything because you read about it in school.”
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ONTARIO
“I think sometimes the international students lack that feeling of belonging.”
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WINDSOR, ONTARIO
“It is one of my proudest moments—that acceleration from knowing nothing to being where I wanted to be.”
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ONTARIO
“To be honest, we wouldn’t be friends anymore if it wasn’t for that conversation.”
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ONTARIO
“It’s hard to make those decisions, choosing not to do something even when you really want to.”
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ONTARIO
“For a while, I didn’t actually think post-secondary was an
option for me.”
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ONTARIO
“We weren’t allowed to call ourselves Muslims.”
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ONTARIO
“Never before had my life come crashing down so explosively; every aspect of my life was blown up.”
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ONTARIO
“As much as I hate him, he taught me how to stand up for myself and see what was right and wrong for me.”
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ONTARIO
“Education is a privilege, not a right.”
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ONTARIO
"I grew up with people who didn’t stop me from reaching for my creative goals; the only thing holding me back was myself."
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North
America
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WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
" I don't even want to be yellow."
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NEW BRUNSWICK
"It was like taking off this mask you’ve been forced to wear your entire life and being given the option to be different."
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FLORIDA
"Harry Styles has been a big influence on why I love traveling."
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CANADA
" When I think of home, I think of how much I miss Vietnam; I'm homesick."
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NORTH AMERICA
"Everything they believe in is magic to them. I’m literally making magic for these children."
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CUBA
" My best moment was when I went on a walk by myself. "
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NORTH AMERICA
" Creativity isn’t just limited to the arts; you need creativity in medicine, you need creativity in science."
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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
"My brother noticed that I wasn’t doing too well and the concert was his way of trying to reach out."
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VANCOUVER, BC
"Going to college blew my mind."
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NORTH AMERICA
"People think that if you have a PhD, you must have done perfect in school."
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UNITED STATES
"If you’re doubting who you are when you’re with someone, that’s not who you want to be with."
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NORTH AMERICA
"Until I was thirteen, I used Barbies to act out stories."
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NORTH AMERICA
“The teacher came in and said we were writing fan letters to stars.”
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NORTH AMERICA
“Life is like a train. There are many stops along the journey.”
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Greater Toronto
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OAKVILLE
" We have to be the people we want our daughter to be."
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BRAMPTON
" I’m going to do everything the exact opposite of what I did before."
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OAKVILLE
" I like to think of my mental illness as a second person; it’s not me, it’s just another person, sitting on my shoulder, telling me I can’t do it."
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MISSISSAUGA
"When I get cold feet about starting something new, I try to speak positively to myself."
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BRAMPTON
"It took me a while to have my working-class epiphany."
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BURLINGTON
"If I can put two feet on the ground in the morning, I can do something to change my situation."
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MISSISSAUGA
"I wake up in the morning and I’m happy to go to class. I took that for granted before."
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OAKVILLE
"He was the voice in my head, the inspiration for a lot of my work."
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OAKVILLE
"I looked in the mirror and I didn’t recognise my own face; I hadn’t been present for 30 years."
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MISSISSAUGA
"I always believe that your true soulmate is like your closest friend."
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OAKVILLE
"I want my students to realize their own potential."
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BRAMPTON
"I don’t even remember parking the car. I just got out and started looking for my mother."
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MISSISSAUGA
"It’s so nice to be out of the house."
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OAKVILLE
"It was eye-opening to see how many of the people had shared experiences despite being so different."
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OAKVILLE
"While they’re going through their normal lives, we’re right there alongside them, helping them work through different challenges."
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NORTH AMERICA
“The teacher came in and said we were writing fan letters to stars.”
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Europe
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IRELAND
"What’s stopping you? If you know what you want, go make it happen."
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ITALY
“Sometimes you have to fight to tell someone who you are.”
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EUROPE
"There are really few moments in life where you can just say ‘this is pure joy."
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EUROPE
"You have to put the work in."
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SCOTLAND
" There was something inside me that said, this is so unusual. It’s like stars aligning. It must be meant to be!."
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Asia
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VINH, VIETNAM
"I always felt like I didn’t want to be that butterfly stuck on the board with a pin."
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INDIA
“I don’t believe in luck.”
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ASIA
"When I get cold feet about starting something new, I try to speak positively to myself."
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CHINA
" Discovering Instagram was life changing."
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VIETNAM
" When I think of home, I think of how much I miss Vietnam; I'm homesick."
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JAPAN
"I’ve always been one for the underdog."
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PAKISTAN
“We weren’t allowed to call ourselves Muslims.”
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INDIA
"I was absolutely drenched in happiness and all the applause they gave me."
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SINGAPORE
"What I didn’t realize was that my mother was just trying to say she missed me."