Two evenings a week classmates from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe congregate in a basement classroom at the Dalhousie Community Centre on Somerset Street.
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Two evenings a week classmates from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe congregate in a basement classroom at the Dalhousie Community Centre on Somerset Street.
Eli El-Chantiry came to Canada in 1975 with $20 in his pocket and three French phrases . . .
Many immigrant-run shops and restaurants in Centretown once catered to their own niche communities, but now other Canadians are increasingly frequenting their businesses.
They call them parachute kids — children of immigrant families who are left in Canada, while their parents live overseas.