Pashtuns in Edmonton: A Brief History
Pashtun people represent a small, yet vibrant segment of the Canadian cultural mosaic. Prior to 1978, there were approximately 1,000…
Stories tagged: Migration
The History of Filipino Businesses in Edmonton
“Anak, siksikan nating yung bagahe mo nitong mga produktong Pinoy na ma-eenjoy ng mga kamag-anak natin. Alam kong wala ito…
“It’s in our veins,” Part 2: Edmonton Dance Schools and Latin American Identity
Read “It’s in our veins,” Part 1 Immigration to a new community involves a dramatic change that can affect nearly…
“It’s in our veins,” Part 1: Edmonton Dance Schools and Latin American Identity
Alejandro (Alex) Rojas, the founder of ETOWN SALSA Latin Dance Studios, moved from Chile to Edmonton with his parents in…
Ah-Yin’s Chinese Persons’ Street or Amy’s Chinatown
I want to share my personal history of growing up in one of Edmonton’s Chinatowns in the 1970s. The Chinatown,…
Edmonton’s South Asian Community
Today, Edmonton is home to more than 60,000 people of South Asian heritage. Speaking Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Bengali, Malayalam,…