Angel is an urban Aboriginal mother, born and raised in downtown Vancouver. Challenged by a history of addiction issues, Angel and her partner had tried different ways of quitting without success. When...
Tracy is from the West Coast of Vancouver Island and comes from a family of eight sisters and six brothers. She is Ditidaht First Nation on her mother’s side and...
Maysaa is from Syria, where she happily lived with her husband and her children until the war forced their move. For three years, Maysaa and her family were refugees in...
Born and raised in China, Mable immigrated to Canada in 2008 with her five-month-old baby boy and his father. She found her first few months in Canada very challenging because...
Muyeh is a HIPPY mother living in Ottawa, ON. She was born in Burma and lived in a refugee camp on the border of Thailand before immigrating to Canada in...
Silvia, a HIPPY mom from Brooks, AB, was born in El Salvador, where life was exceptionally challenging. El Salvador can be a dangerous place, and stable work was difficult to...