My TikToks about the Filipino Canadian experience helped me land a TV show
"My family inspires a lot of my ideas for TikToks. Just watching them helps me generate ideas"
Memoir
“They can stay as long as they need”: This woman took in a family of strangers from Ukraine
Catherine Mack, a 56-year-old real estate agent, is hosting four Ukrainians in her three-bedroom bungalow in Oshawa
“The most difficult part was looking into the eyes of the children”: This Brampton volunteer spent a week helping refugees in Poland
"The refugee building reminded me of the International Centre in Mississauga"
“We knew we might not see each other again for years”: When this teacher fled Ukraine for Toronto, she had to leave her husband behind
She's now living with two other Ukrainian families in an old friend's house in Mississauga
I was forced into an arranged marriage at 17
All I ever wanted was to be a normal Toronto teenager. That ended when my parents brought me to Pakistan and married me off to my cousin
“I just want to have breakfast without the fear of bombing”: How a Ukrainian family reconnected with an old friend to escape the war
Twenty years ago, Alla Galych helped two Ukrainian orphans get into university. When Russia attacked, she stepped up again to help them escape
“I had half an hour to gather my things and leave”: How a visually impaired retiree made it out of Ukraine
"When I landed in Toronto, someone suddenly ran over and hugged me. I was frightened at first, but then I realized it was my daughter"
“I long to see my husband again”: Inside one family’s heartbreaking decision to flee Ukraine
For Anna Gutta-Ustymenko, fleeing to safety also meant leaving her spouse behind
“We’re effectively priced out of our hometown”: After losing out on their dream home, this Uxbridge couple is living in his parents’ basement
"I try not to pay attention to soaring costs in my hometown too closely. It just brings me down"
“The very first day, a bee dive-bombed my eye”: Memoirs of an urban beekeeper
Laura Mazzuca and her partner took up beekeeping on a whim. Now they have 240,000 bees—and counting
“We ran for cover as the air raid sirens blared”: A retiree on his week-long journey out of Ukraine
"Our sons were waiting for us when we arrived at Pearson. We started crying as soon as we saw them"
“My accounts were frozen because the banks thought I was laundering money”: How a Toronto man raised $1 million for Ukraine by selling stickers
Christian Borys spent five years as a foreign correspondent in Kyiv. When Russia attacked Ukraine, he started a viral Instagram fundraiser
“My phone is ringing non-stop”: How a Ukrainian-Canadian helped raise $3 million to support troops in his home country
"Our volunteers are risking their lives doing this work—there are bombs and Russian missiles falling all over Ukraine right now"
“We waited at the border for 20 hours”: A school principal on her harrowing escape from Ukraine
"My mother called every day, begging me to come back to Canada, but I didn’t want to believe that the Russians would actually invade"
A young opera singer lost his biggest champions to Covid. This performance helped him heal
"Performing Mozart's Requiem turned into a way for me to console the pain that I hadn’t fully come to terms with"
