The Newcomers Podcast
The Newcomers Podcast
Dozie Anyaegbunam | Exploring the Canadian Immigrant Experience
Interviews with immigrants and stakeholders involved in the immigration process where we explore the immigration journey, including raising kids in a new culture, integration, identity, and everything in-between.
E177: Blair Hyslop thinks we need a Canadian compromise on immigration
In this episode, I'm speaking with Blair Hyslop, the Co-CEO and Co-Owner of Mrs. Dunster's Bakery, one of the largest fresh commercial bakeries in Atlantic Canada, headquartered in Sussex, New Brunswick. Over the last twelve years, the business has gro...
Aug 30
1 hr
E176: Is Canada still worth immigrating to in 2026? | The Canada Conversation series
In this episode, I'm speaking with Baisakhi Roy, editor of Canadian Immigrant, in the first episode of the collaboration between The Newcomers and Canadian Immigrant, where we look to go beyond the policies and headlines to ask the questions most newco...
Aug 23
32 min
E175: Daniella Jasper-Okumagba knows she has community capital. And she intends to spend it.
In this episode, I'm speaking with Daniella Jasper-Okumagba, Founder and CEO of The BRDGE, a Canadian food platform that connects ethnic chefs with people craving their food. Daniella walked away from a cushy oil and gas job in her early twenties to bu...
Aug 21
44 min
E174: Jonah Chininga on building a fintech startup in Calgary
In this episode, I'm speaking with Jonah Chininga, Co-Founder and CEO of Woveo, a Calgary-based fintech startup that operates on the basis that reputation can work as collateral for Canadian small businesses. Jonah is an example of the well-used cliché...
Aug 14
48 min
E173: Wunmi Adekanmbi on how immigrant networks can grow Canada's economy
In this episode, I'm speaking with Wunmi Adekanmbi, the visionary behind Trade Without Borders, a platform that aims to advance Canada's global trade diversification through diaspora networks, international partnerships, and engagement with emerging ma...
Aug 7
39 min
E172: David Bradshaw on being the only one in the room
In this episode, I am speaking with David Bradshaw, Co-Founder of BradshawBolton and President of Calgary Black Chambers, about what it's like walking into rooms where nobody looks like you. Once you're in there, do you use that privilege to build a br...
Jul 31
1 hr 7 min
E171: Althea Samuels & Patricia Giankas on credit and raising capital as an immigrant woman
In this episode, the first of our collaboration with Immigrant Women in Business (IWB), I am speaking with Althea Samuels, a life and money mindset coach, and Patricia Giankas, who fondly calls herself a senior female in tech (SFT) and has spent decade...
Jul 28
33 min
E170: Daria Lysenko on what it's like to work in newcomer settlement
In this episode, I'm speaking with Daria Lysenko, who's passionate about helping newcomers settle and find their footing in Canada. Daria spent most of our conversation taking apart a bias I had carried for a bit now. Which is that newcomers/immigrants...
Jul 23
47 min
E169: Abu Hafejee on how newcomers break into the trades in Canada
In this episode, I'm speaking with Abu Hafejee, who runs a carpentry business in Toronto, teaches the carpentry apprenticeship program at George Brown Polytechnic, while supporting the Toronto Business Development Centre's (TBDC) Explore Skilled Trades...
Jul 17
39 min
E168: Hamoudi Saleh Baratta refuses to let torture define him
In this episode, the last of our four-part series with Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC), I'm speaking with Hamoudi Saleh Baratta, who filmed the first footage of the Syrian revolution, was imprisoned and tortured for it, and now tells that st...
Jul 15
50 min
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