It’s often said that a person needs both roots and wings to grow. This can ring especially true for immigrants, who leave their roots at home and spread their wings to fly to a new country. Did the participants in our oral history project develop new roots in Canada? Do they even feel like they belong here? And what are their feelings about their home country?

You’ll find out how acclimatizing to the new country (a process called acculturation) isn’t just a straight, short, narrow path; rather, you’ll learn about the intricacies of how each immigrant finds a unique path to a new identity, namely that of someone whose life is composed of more than one country, more than one language, and more than one culture.