By Husam Dughman
Newcomers to Canada go through various stages as they try to grapple with the realities of the new country. The first is the honeymoon stage where they are excited to be in Canada and feel a tremendous deal of enthusiasm. The second is one of disillusion, frustration, and anger when newcomers realize that Canada and its job prospects are not what they had expected; they find themselves either jobless or working in minimum-wage survival jobs in spite of having university degrees and extensive professional experiences in their countries of origin. The third is the recovery stage where they feel able to achieve certain significant things, but not all that they had in mind when they first came to Canada. The fourth and last stage is one of adaptation where newcomers try their best to create harmony between themselves and Canada.
- Husam Dughman
- International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence
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