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Newspaper Radio Corporate Video	Newspaper Series - I'm A Stranger Here "In this six-part series entitled 'I'm A Stranger Here,' freelance writer Amy McDonald profiles individuals who came to Canada to build a better life for themselves and their families, and who chose to make Mississauga their home. They are ordinary people with extraordinary stories of achieving their dreams in this city."

		After tough start, family makes a home in city While Enaam Rahman, her husband, Louay Eskandar, and their one-year-old daughter waited in the airport in Syria for the flight that would take them to their new life in Canada, they happened to meet an acquaintance who told them Mississauga was the place to go. Read more

		Friendly rivalry thrives in a new land On any given Sunday at Erin Meadows Community Centre, in the light-filled common area between the library and pool, two gentlemen sit across from each other, engaged in an ancient battle. The slightly younger man calls the older “Baba,” though they're not related, and tells a young boy who's watching nearby, “He is very good. Watch what he does now!” Read more

		Five countries later, artist lays down roots Carla Casanova looks out the patio doors of her Churchill Meadows home to the forest beyond her backyard and listens to the birds. “I love having the forest there. It’s great. It took me a long time to find this place,” she laughs. Read more

		War child finds peace in new life Ghayas “Gus” Beydoun sits with his wife, Cynthia, in the living room of their home in a quiet Erin Mills neighbourhood. A traditional Lebanese water pipe sits in one corner, and there are pictures of the couple’s five children on a side table. Gus talks softly of another neighbourhood, from another time, in which there was rarely a quiet moment. Read more

		Clear sky, quiet life "Back in Sarajevo, I always had this dream about Canada," says Adnan Smajlovic, as he sits in the common area at the Living Arts Centre. He's waiting while his daughter takes Irish dancing lessons. "We watched the series Northern Exposure. It was set in Alaska, but I drew a parallel with Canada and thought it must be the same — the trees, the clear skies, the quiet life.” Read more

		Open mind leads to new life in Mississauga Kumkum Ramchandani almost didn't make it to Mississauga. “When we were trying to decide where to live, we were determined not to move to Mississauga,” laughs Ramchandani, sitting in her art studio in her Churchill Meadows home. “In Dubai, a lot of our friends were coming to Canada and they talked about Mississauga. Read more

	Editorial
		Leap of Faith One day, my four-year-old son, Dylan, had an existential meltdown. Then I had one. You can find out all about it in this article, which was published on the Globe’s Facts & Arguments page on February 29, 2008. Read more

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