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The Immigrant has landed! The Book is here! Available at Chapters Indigo search for The Immigrant
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Welcome to our Web site!
 it was an exciting journey to write edit and finally
publish the book. Read about the book below! Many thanks to all the people
who encouraged me to write my story down. Two years of writing, re-writing,
on and on. But at the end the story was put so excitingly fresh, powerful,
and full of adventure that it is now a real page turner!
For Immediate Release ! February 16th, 2004 by Donna Messer What is an immigrant? According to the dictionary: A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
Until the end of the War of 1812, Ontario was peopled chiefly from the United States. They were loyalists, frontier farmers, and Quakers and Mennonites from Pennsylvania—the latter forming a nucleus for German settlement in Waterloo County. For the remainder of the 19th century most of the immigrants were Protestants from the British Isles, although both Irish and Scottish Catholics.
Kurt Suter is an immigrant, he comes from Switzerland, and resides in Kitchener, Ontario. He shares his light hearted and poignant story of life – from an immigrant’s perspective.
As the founders of We Choose Canada, we first met Kurt through our website – Kurt was keen to share his story with our audience and he quickly realized the importance of sharing not only his story of coming to Canada, but to document it and publish it as a tool other immigrants could use when finding themselves in a strange land. www.wechoosecanada.com Kurt’s story is on page 12. Kurt is an Ambassador for We Choose Canada, a shining example of a proud Canadian.
Kurt’s book “The Immigrant” is a poignant and endearingly funny story of two young people growing up in post World War 2 in Switzerland. As children they played together, as teenagers they fall in love, and grownups they ran off to a life in the big city! They marry and find themselves with an invitation to move to Canada as a job opportunity is offered to Kurt that promises a partnership and a chance to become a Canadian!
He quickly finds that all is not as it seems and recognizes that you can’t trust everyone. Kurt feels a fool, and not willing to be taken advantage of he finds himself an immigrant labourer, with a family to support. Hard times are ahead………….
Kurt Suter is a first time author. Born in 1949 in Switzerland, responsibilities were thrust on him at an early age. Kurt’s education gave him the skills needed to operate and to overlook complex machinery that was critical to the success of many manufacturing companies. In 1982 he moved to Canada, following a job offer and a childhood dream. Once in Canada, he quickly learned not to believe everything he heard. Kurt faced discrimination, name calling, and humiliation in front of his new workforce. Intimidated by management, Kurt fell into deep depression. It was not until three years after his arrival in Canada that he and his family finally were able to settle down and begin building their future. The Immigrant is a story that many will relate to – it’s a timely topic. Canada’s population is growing and it’s coming from cultures around the world – we all need to understand what those cultures need in order to be part of our ever growing country.
For more information on The Immigrant or a copy for review – please call - Kurt Suter at 519 895 0390 email at makura@golden.net or visit the website at http://canadaimmigrant.freewebspace.com
Kurt's story – immigrated from Switzerland as posted on www.wechoosecanada.com “I remember it well. The first time I heard about Canada was in grade 6. I was hooked. I made a point to learn and read everything about Canada that I could put my hands on. Canada remained in my dreams, until one day in 1981; I got the offer from a company to work for them in Canada. Without hesitation, I took the opportunity and emigrated from Switzerland. This was rather a big transition, and like many other immigrants we at first suffered from culture shock. We quickly learned to love Canada, as it is full of possibilities. I find that the people are friendly and open-minded. This experience was so memorable that I have written a book about my journey. Canada provides a home to all who are willing to adapt to a multicultural environment. No matter where you are from, everyone can live in peace here side by side. People from all walks of life can go about their daily tasks with out having to be afraid.”
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This site was last updated 05/31/04
