Transition from Columbia to Canada
-Career Changes, Establishing a Family and Balancing Identities
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Title
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Transition from Columbia to Canada
-Career Changes, Establishing a Family and Balancing Identities
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Description
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This video portrait features a look into Lina’s transition from Bogota, Colombia to London, Canada. Lina immigrated to London in 2009 with the hopes of attending Western University for a master’s degree in Neuropsychology. However, due to miscommunication issues, after moving to London, Lina decided to enroll in the Social Work Program at Kings University College. Throughout her journey, she has made good friends, found a spouse, started a family with him, and established a career for herself. She has created an identity which combines both the Canadian and Columbian cultures. The film provides a unique view on the London community through the use of photos, music, videos and interview excerpts. It raises awareness to some of the obstacles that newcomers must face when moving to Canada, such as; overcoming language barriers and continuing one’s career. The goal of the video is to portray the experience of migrating into a novel environment with a completely different culture. Also, this novel perspective provides a deeper understanding of the Colombian culture in relation to intercultural communications. Moreover, the video was created with the hopes of inspiring the audience to be more open-minded and accepting of different cultures by generating the idea that: even though there are basic difference between cultures, we are still part of one global community.
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Subject
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Migration from Columbia to London and integrating into a novel society.
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Language
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English
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Type
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Moving Image
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Creator
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Tamar Patolsky
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Source
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Original
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Publisher
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Bridging Classroom and Community: Languages and Cultures in Action, Western University, Fall 2017
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Date
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December 10, 2017
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Contributor
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Lina Mateus
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Rights
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Relation
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Is part of the Hispanic Collection.
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Format
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Video
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Identifier
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs8xyFTQh_g
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Coverage
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Bogotá, ColombiaLondon, Canada
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producer
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Tamar Patolsky
