Real journeys to a real new home.
First-person stories from internationally educated professionals, families and entrepreneurs who chose Central Alberta — the wins, the wobbles, and what they wish they'd known on day one.
85+
Stories collected
42
Countries of origin
91%
Would do it again
Featured stories
Six journeys — and counting.
Aanya from Kerala
From IEN exam day to charge nurse at RDRH in three years.
Diego from Mexico
Red Seal welder, two-bedroom home in Lacombe by month 14.
Olamide from Nigeria
Engineering grad → APEGA member → Olds project lead.
The Cruz family
Three generations under one roof in Sylvan Lake.
Hanna from Ukraine
CUAET arrival to bakery owner downtown Red Deer.
Vinod from India
Tech-PM role remote, kids in French immersion.
Why we collect them
Because the data is true — but stories convince.
Our newcomers tell the same story 85 different ways: affordable, welcoming, and full of room to build. We let them say it themselves.
- Filmed in mother-tongue with English subtitles
- Updated quarterly
- Co-produced with settlement partners
Three chapters
Arrival → integration → contribution.
Arrival day
From YYC to a new town
First summer
The lakes, the neighbours
Year three
Promoted, settled, rooted
"I came expecting cold winters. What I didn't expect was how warm the people would be. My kids call this home now — and so do I."
Aanya R.
RN · Red Deer Regional Hospital
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