I've known Gleb since freshman year of high school. That's nearly 20 years for those doing the math (something we were never very good at).
Like me, Gleb immigrated to Canada from a former Soviet nation. In my case, it was Russia, and in his, it was Kazakhstan.
By the time Gleb arrived in Toronto, I had already become a fully-fledged "Canadian;" he even described me as his Canadian friend, which is a perspective I never even considered. After all, in my mind, I'm a Russian immigrant. Canadians are the other people who lived around me.
I talked to Gleb about his experiences moving to Canada as a teen and then picking up and moving several more times. Whether for school and work, or love and family, Gleb was never a one-directional migrant.
Listen to him tell his story, in his own words.
