The COVID-19 global pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to people around the world. The ways in which it has affected individuals and families are countless; but one way is leaving Canada’s international newcomers isolated, unsupported, and in a state of complete unknown. This episode’s guest, Raquel Dias, arrived in Toronto one month before the pandemic announcement. With her Embassy telling her to flee back to Portugal before borders shut, she decided to stay and has since found a job and settled here against all odds. We discuss how the pandemic has been both her biggest struggle and biggest win; and she offers us a refreshing, much-needed, optimistic outlook for the days ahead.
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PLUS, a surprise poetry reading! Raquel shares her touching Portuguese poem about homesickness and its conflicting messages.
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Raquel’s poem “v de volition”:
há uma voz perdida na multidão
uma voz que resgata a saudade e sussurra
vem
ou seria
vai
?
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