Immigrating to Montréal
Young Montrealers with immigrant backgrounds tell their stories.
In Montreal, 65% of students in the public school system have immigrant backgrounds*. To better understand their unique circumstances, we asked writer and photographer François Couture to meet with young immigrants who were willing to talk about their backgrounds, their experience, and their arrival in Montreal. These are their stories.
*First- and second-generation
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Ruth Nyemba Muamba is a 16-year-old Congolese who left her country one July morning a year-and-a-half ago with her mothe[...]Read more -
Skyler Charlot first left his native Haiti at the age of 3, when his family moved to the United States. In November 2018[...]Read more
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Walter Schwendener and his sister arrived in Montreal three years ago at the urging of their father, who wanted to give [...]Read more