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The Newcomers Podcast 🎙️

Dozie Anyaegbunam

Interviews with immigrants and stakeholders involved in the immigration process where we explore the immigration journey, raising kids in a new culture, cultural adaptation, integration, identity, and everything in-between. thenewcomerspod.com

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00:47:49

E145: Abdullah Sharief thinks Canada's risk aversion...

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2026/02/19

In today's episode, I'm speaking with Abdullah Sharief, Co-Founder and CMO of Panda Hub, North America's leading mobile car detailing platform. Abdullah studied medicine in Turkey, came to Canada in 2018, and has gone on to build arguably Canada's biggest car care platform. Abdullah is a straight-shooter, and I do appreciate folks like him. Launching Panda Hub with his co-founder, Reza Ahmadi, means they've dealt with Canadian VCs firsthand.His assessment? A lot of them are slow,

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00:53:15

E144: Maria Kamila González knows the real reason you...

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2026/02/13

In today's episode, I'm speaking with Maria Kamila González, the co-founder of Finanzo, a non-profit organization in Toronto that believes in making newcomers financially aware and has impacted the lives of 100,000 immigrants in the US and Canada.Maria is a psychologist by training, which means that when she talks about money, she doesn't start with budgeting or spreadsheets. She starts with your childhood, your parents, and the patterns you inherited from them, as well as the patterns

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00:32:41

E143: Mustafa Ansari thinks the public image problem...

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2026/02/06

In today's episode, I'm chatting with Mustafa Ansari, Director of Marketing of Toronto Business Development Centre (TBDC), who's made it a personal mission to get more immigrants into trucking and the skilled trades.Mustafa moved from Pakistan to Canada in 2018. After completing his master's degree at Smith School of Business, Queens University, he couldn't find a job in his preferred industry; economic development. So he bounced around a few temporary and contract jobs, and

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00:56:33

E142: Diana Palmerín Velasco on resetting the...

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2026/01/30

In today's episode, I'm talking with Diana Palmerín Velasco of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce about how we go about rebuilding trust in Canada's immigration system. Diana moved to Canada in 2011 with all the credentials you'd think would make settling into the country easy. She had a PhD and five years of UK work experience. It still took her two years to land her first job. And she only got it because someone she knew referred her.That was almost 15 years ago, and not much has

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01:25:37

E141: Ruairi Spillane wants you to stop treating job...

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2026/01/23

In today's episode, I'm talking to the brilliant and straight-shooting Ruairi Spillane, who runs Moving2Canada and Outpost Recruitment. Ruairi is one of the OGs when it comes to helping newcomers move to Canada, find jobs, and settle in nicely. So he was a must-have on The Newcomers Podcast. As someone who's been recruiting local and global talent for Canada for over a decade, he's seen what works, what doesn't, and he's not afraid to tell you the difference. And he dished

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00:55:00

E140: Rodrigo Cotrim de Carvalho is trying to...

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2026/01/21

In our first episode of 2026, I'm speaking with Rodrigo Cotrim de Carvalho, a Brazilian food researcher and educator who left Rio de Janeiro for Ottawa, Canada, through the now shuttered Startup Visa program.There's a lot to reflect on here, folks. But I think the one I kept coming back to was the point Rodrigo makes about all that gets lost in translation as you go through the messy process of fitting into your new home.---------------Rodrigo and I also chat about:Feeling like a prisoner

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01:09:44

E139: Deanna Okun-Nachoff knows what's missing from...

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2025/12/19

In the last episode of 2025, I’m chatting with Deanna Okun-Nachoff, an immigration lawyer and host of the Borderlines Podcast, about where Canada’s immigration system stands six months into the Carney government. Any sense of accountability by the government for where we are today with immigration has been largely absent from the raging public debate. The now-infamous “come to study or work, come to stay” messaging was pushed hard at some point. And it worked. Hundreds of thousands of temporary

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01:17:52

E138: Aashrit Parvangada on why immigrants should...

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2025/12/12

In this episode, I’m speaking with Aashrit Parvangada, a historical nerd based in Berlin, and one of the best folks to chat with about geopolitics, nationalism, and immigration.I must say this was a sobering conversation, but also an enlightening one for me. Aashrit is not one to hold back on what he thinks about the world and how geopolitics and history shape most of what we’ve seen in recent times.And for someone who’s lived in Dubai, India, Canada, the United States, Germany, and speaks English,

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01:46:55

E137: Rania Younes understands migratory grief better...

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2025/12/06

In this episode, I’m chatting with Rania Younes, who grew up as a third-culture kid in Kuwait, attended the American University in Cairo, and built a career in Dubai before ultimately settling in Canada.When Rania’s family moved to Canada, she had to stay behind to complete her university studies. However, watching her parents struggle to settle into the country and find their footing meant that when it was time to return, she hesitated.She came over anyway, years later, because watching her

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00:57:37

E136: Dapo Bankole dreamed for 19 years. Canada still...

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2025/12/05

In this episode, I’m chatting with Dapo Bankole, a project manager and founder of Mentorfy. His viral TEDx talk, “The Hidden Struggles and Triumphs of Immigrant Professionals in Canada,” is painfully relevant to loads of immigrants looking to settle in Canada.My primary reason for interviewing Dapo on the podcast was to learn the story behind his TEDx talk.The version that includes the number of times he choked up in tears during rehearsals. The version where he describes a 19-year dream that

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00:44:06

E135: Precious Kolawole has learned how to debug the...

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2025/11/27

In this episode, I’m chatting with Precious Kolawole, who moved from Nigeria to Canada through the Shopify Dev Degree program, and has also seen her TEDx talk “How coding can change your life-and the world” go viral.There’s a trap that awaits most immigrants. It’s subtle, and it sounds like self-awareness: Maybe they won’t pick me because of my accent. Maybe I don’t belong here. Maybe I should expect less.Precious knows this too well. She describes sitting before a performance review at Shopify,

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00:42:04

E134: Bryan McInnis knows all about the temptations...

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2025/11/26

In this episode, I’m speaking with Bryan McInnis, who moved from the United States to Kampala, Uganda with his wife and two daughters.Every immigrant has felt the tension of the pull towards your people as you settle into the new country. The comfort of shared references, familiar jokes, conversations that don’t require any literal or cultural translation.Bryan McInnis was no different. But he and his wife left the United States specifically to give their kids a more robust picture of the world. You

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00:52:21

E133. How do we help immigrants access the hidden job...

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2025/11/21

In this episode, I’m speaking with Simon Trevarthen, who leads the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC). A big part of their work is helping helping immigrants see their skills through a different lens while helping employers access talent they desperately need.And so the big question I hoped to answer with this episode is one I have been noodling on for a bit, which is:"How do we help more immigrants see that their skills are exponential, not linear? And that the work you did in

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00:38:52

E132: Aman Chawla on how he's made Fredericton home

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2025/11/21

In this episode, I’m speaking with Aman Chawla, who moved from India to Fredericton, New Brunswick in 2023.Canada wasn’t Aman’s first choice when he and his wife started considering immigrating. He wanted Ireland. The time-zone difference wasn’t much. Flights back home lasted about 13 hours.But the pandemic meant that didn’t happen. They also considered Australia. That didn’t work out too. So Canada it was. His wife moved over first for an MBA.Aman and their toddler followed along six months after

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00:34:16

E131: Yauhan Mehta knows immigrants don't need more...

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2025/11/14

In this episode, I’m speaking with Yauhan Mehta, a career coach who’s helped 750+ immigrants land jobs they love at global companies.A major part of his success is an interesting approach he takes to career coaching. He won’t start coaching with resume work. Instead, he begins with a soul-searching session to identify what people want.Then, if they have the financial means, they can focus on getting their target role. If they don’t have savings, they get something quickly that’s still somewhat

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01:00:43

E130: Selene Ricart doesn't want to be your perfect...

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2025/11/12

In this episode, I’m speaking with Selene Ricart, who moved from Argentina to Canada five years ago.There’s this unspoken rule about being the good and perfect immigrant. Don’t say too much. Stay in your box. Be grateful. And if you ever step out of line, if you ever start speaking up about stuff you think could be better, someone will curtly remind you to go back and fix your country.And sadly, it happens to immigrant women more often than not. It happened to Selene on LinkedIn.But after five years

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00:39:33

E129: Rim Aoude knows what it's like to be born...

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2025/11/07

In this episode, I’m speaking to Rim Aoude, marketer, poet, and all-round amazing human.Rim moved from UAE to Canada as a teenager. And we explore what it means when you’re born without a place to call home. Her granddad left Palestine. Her parents were born in Lebanon as refugees. She was then born in UAE with refugee documents. And her kids, they were born Canadian. The first in three generations to be born with citizenship. “It was a huge deal in our family,” she says. She talks about arriving in

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00:57:15

E128: Kundan Joshi on how failures reveal your blind...

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2025/10/31

In this episode, I’m speaking with Kundan Joshi, Founder and CEO of TheAppLabb & AI Labb, a leading app innovation firm that boasts of clients like Unilever, Samsung, Dell, Suncor, Petro Canada, RBC, TIFF, among others.However, Kundan fell into entrepreneurship by accident. He needed a summer job after first year as his Dad was struggling to find work. He looked for software engineering jobs but couldn’t find any.But not having a job wasn’t an option as he had to support the family. So Kundan

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00:40:47

E127: Jennifer Aikoroje now understand why her Dad...

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2025/10/24

In this episode, I’m speaking with Jennifer Aikoroje, host of the Inside Your Finance podcast. Jennifer and I explore what happens when you’re too young to grasp the full weight of immigration, when you don’t have the words to explain the churning feelings inside you. But then you grow up. You become an immigrant yourself. And suddenly, your parents’ impossible choices start to make sense.She talks about that moment when her dad left her in Canada and returned to Nigeria for two more years. As a

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00:36:41

E126: Imole Ashogbon thinks Canada has treated...

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2025/10/21

In this episode, I’m speaking with Imole Ashogbon, a fractional HR consultant who helps small and mid-sized businesses, executives, and HR teams when they need senior-level HR leadership, without the cost of a full-time executive.Imole and I explore a nagging question I have about Canada’s much-talked about productivity decline: Are we declining in productivity because we lack talent OR because our broken systems aren’t able to take advantage of all the talent we have seating around in Canada?Imole

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