Born in Montreal, grew up in Vancouver, I came to the US 2 weeks before my 16th birthday to live in Central Maine (talk about culture shock!). I returned to Montreal to go to university, but grad school took me to Miami. I have since settled in Boston, as my family relocated from Maine to Cape Cod. I miss much about Canadian culture & society but am glad to be here settled with my partner and family, and working in the highly active Boston non-profit field. My partner (an Irish-American gal with distant Canadian roots) and I have dreams of retiring in Vancouver (though that is more than 30 years off) but we love to visit BC and Mtl when we can.
I was born in Montreal in 1965. I attended elementary and high school (Wagar High School) in Montreal, followed by CEGEP (Marianopolis). Then it gets a little more interesting! I spent one year at Carleton University before transfering to McGill. After completing my Bachelors' (Honours, History) and Masters' Degrees (M.A. History) at McGill, I moved to the United States to attend law school and then three years in law school (J.D., University of Miami, 1994). That is WAY too much time for anyone to spend in school!
While in Miami, I met the woman who was either foolish or smart enough to marry me, depending on your perspective. We have three wonderful children and live in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, along with Flash, Sadie and Phoebe, our basset hounds, and some miscellaneous fish.
Professionally, I am a partner in the Westmont, New Jersey office of Margolis Edelstein, a civil litigation firm with about 140 attorneys. The firm also has offices in Berkeley Heights (N.J.), Blair, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Scranton, Media (all in Pennsylvania), and Wilmington (Delaware). My work primarily involves civil litigation along with a fair amount of appellate work, including one case that was argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Though I have now lived in the United States for almost 15 years, I remain proud to be Canadian--particularly when it comes to discussing anything hockey-related! :-D
I've been living in the United States now for 9 years. I originally left Canada to go bartend on cruise ships in 1992. Five years later I met my beautiful wife Angela who was a singer and dancer aboard ship. That's what brought me here to Chicago. It's been a great experience living here, it's certainly not like living across the river from Ottawa. We have a beautiful son together, Zade. Now I work for a company called Levy Restaurants. Last month the opportunity presented itself to move back to Canada and be a manager at the Rogers Center in Toronto, but unfortunately my wife's not quite ready. Hopefully she will be one day! I do miss home and my family (haven't been back in a while), especially when I've been watching these Olympics, I'm proud to be Canadian and that will never change. I'm glad I found this website because it's nice to keep in touch and see other Canadians making it in the USA. There's only one complaint about living in Chicago, I sure miss Hockey Night in Canada and Crispy Crunch! Well what can ya do, eh? Go Habs!
I grew up in beautiful North Vancouver, BC, with a breathtaking view of the city, Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park and the harbour. For 20 years, I also lived in Ontario: Sudbury, Timmins, Windsor, and Bramalea, finally returning to Vancouver (for 5 years) On Dec. 27, 2002, my life began to imitate movies, when a wonderful Christian man I 'met' on eharmony.com, from Tucson, AZ flew to Vancouver to meet me for the 1st time at the famous Gastown Steam Clock. We are now married, and living well in Tucson, since Dec. 31, 2003. We own our own business, and I work at Family Life (Christian) Radio as the Coordinator of Network Volunteer Resources. My husband loves the beauty of Vancouver, and we plan to retire there. Thankfully, I have been able to travel home to visit family, once each year. I would LOVE to meet other Canadians in AZ. Anyone up for a Canada Day gathering?
My "Coming to America" story starts like many others who have donned the Stars and Stripes in search of opportunity. After graduating from Memorial University and Keyin Technical College, an economic reality soon faced me.
An IT market boon and American companies facing labor shortages provided enough incentive to make the jump. And it was quite a jump for a Newfoundlander not schooled in worldly ways as I had been off the island only once in my 24 years. Needless to say I encounted a climate and culture shock.
My move to Texas has been a whirlwind of self discovery. I have travelled across the country, met many people from all walks of life, and have seen things I only once thought existed on television. Texans and Newfoundlander have much in common. Both have their roots in unique culture, hard working responsible hearty people and an unparallelled regional pride.
While family and friends from Canada and Newfoundland will amost always be paramount, I have made relationships in this country I could not have imagined. And with the world shrinking ever-more, Newfoundland is only a plane ride away. After all, there's no place for Christmas like Newfoundland.
I work and live in America. And I'm proud of it. This country has given me a single gift. It has granted me an opportunity to prove myself on the grandest stage of them all. I appreciate America and the people in it, who have helped me to accomplish so much.
I'm proud of my Canadian heritage. I'm proud to wear the Maple Leaf wherever I go in this world. The respect and admiration commanded by our flag is perhaps unmatched by any other country.
My husband and I moved to the US about one and a half years ago from Toronto. I grew up in Sudbury, Ontario and he grew up in Munster, Ontario (Ottawa). We met at the University of Guelph during our undergrad. My husband is currently working on his PhD at Virginia Commonwealth University and I have been looking for work. All in all it has been a positive experience for us both. We have a great network of friends and a great church that we have been able to connect with.
I resonate with many who have said that they have become even more proud to be Canadian. Last year we threw a Canada Day bash at our house and we had 30 of our friends waving little Canadian flags and wearing those little Canadian Flag lapel pins - it was great! We hope to do it again this year.
Most of our family is in Canada. We get home about twice a year. Some of the things I miss about Canada: a good dumping of snow, Tim Horton's, PC Decadent Chocolate chip cookies, and Canadian TV.
I am a "proud and true" Canadian having been born in NWT, and lived mostly in BC but also in Alberta (Both Calgary AND Edmonton), Manitoba (Thompson), and Ontario (Toronto). My family and friend roots extend throughout the remaining country. I have been down in the US for nearly 6 years now, following my(Canadian) husband who was hired out of grad school (U of T).
Still working on the Immigration/work situation, but got sidetracked by the birth of a son in 2001 (dual).
I have met many great people here - both Canadian and American. All of our family is in Canada and we miss them. We try to get back at least once a year and my dream is to retire back home (even if I have to shovel snow!)
Well, I met my wife on-line in 1998. We talked on-line then on the phone and in snail mail until we met in person, in 2001. I moved to Indiana in December of 2001 and we were married in Feburary 2002. I am a nurse at a local hospital. We have a small acerage with horses, dogs, cats and chickens. I have two children and two grandchildren. My close family all live in Canada. My Grandfather was an American that moved to Canada.
I ended up in the States because computer programming jobs in NB were almost non existant, so I decided to send my resume to the States. I got an interview and the rest is history. I've been here for over 7 years and still loving it. I just got engaged to an beautiful American girl and getting married in Sept. We are also working on building a new house. We hope it'll be ready before the wedding.
I moved to the USA in June 2003. I married my highschool sweetheart after 38 years of not seeing him. He has lived here for 30 years as the mining company he was an Engineer for, moved from Canada to the USA.
I get back to Ontario about every 3 months to see children and grandchildren.
I work part-time as a nurse in my doctors office, if one considers 30 hours a week part-time.
