Essay On Immigrant Experience

Canada is the poster child of immigration. In my experience a large number of Canadians are ignorant and uninformed about immigration and therefore immigrants. In my first months in Canada was not prepared to deal with the plights of nuanced racism, materialism and eventual assimilation often experienced by immigrant youth. With adequate institutions and support this concerning issue could be mended but seems to go largely ignored and unnoticed by the general public.

I remember when my family Immigrated to Canada, it was very stressful time for everyone involved. I had to endure countless screening processes, invasive medical examinations and a ridiculous amounts of paperwork. Upon completion of all these tedious tasks I took off for greener pastures. After what felt like eons of flight I arrived at the Calgary Airport, bursting at the seams with optimism and hope. Fast track a couple of weeks later and I am sitting at the designated bus stop nervous, eager to experience Canadian school and rekindle my social life. The bus arrives like clockwork, a wave of chatty students swarm in and the yellow bubble of
If any individual feels isolated from his or her culture and unaccepted by the 'majority culture' then a consequent sense of rejection, alienation and poor self-esteem may occur. Ipso facto, some immigrant youth and the children of immigrants are slowly starting to drift away from their heritage in attempts to assimilate a new one.These phenomena I have personally experienced and continue to needlessly experience as an immigrant youth in