The purpose of this essay is to explore a Canadian immigrant's personal experience with multiculturalism in Canada. This was conducted through an hour-long interview where I sat down with a Canadian immigrant and asked a series of questions that gave me insight into their unique life experiences, opinions and perspectives in order to gain a some knowledge of multiculturalism in Canada. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay The person I interviewed is Dina Ocean, she is a Muslim woman born and raised in North Africa. There she completed her post-secondary education, attended medical school, and worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist for 11 years before emigrating to Canada in the early 2000s. She is the mother of three children. He is trilingual (speaks Arabic, French and English). During her early years of life in Canada, she held a few jobs as a bilingual customer service representative. She then earned a degree in social work and worked in that field for a few years before being hired as a French teacher at a private school where she still works today. The reason I chose to interview her is because I believe she is the perfect person to participate in this interview due to her background and rich life experiences. He has lived in many different low-income and middle-class neighborhoods in Toronto, made up of people from different ethnic and religious backgrounds. During these transitions, he experienced different living conditions and had the opportunity to interact with people from different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. Each transition came with its own unique life experiences and challenges. She has experience in social work and is also an educator who has worked with different age groups and individuals from different backgrounds. During the interview, we discussed a variety of topics and social issues. Some of the topics we discussed were immigration, race/ethnicity, employment and nationalism, as well as social issues such as poverty, identity, discrimination and inequality, to name a few. He shared his personal life experiences with me and identified key moments in his life related to these topics and social issues. This interview was very in-depth, it gave me the opportunity to understand another individual's experience with Canadian multiculturalism and how this has shaped their view of a multicultural society and their overall worldview. For example, I learned some negative and positive aspects of living in a multicultural country. Through what Dina shared with me about her work experience, I concluded that if immigration policies (Canadian Multiculturalism Act) are properly administered and adopted laws are put in place to protect racial, ethnic, and religious diversity, multiculturalism can be of great value to society. It has the potential to foster racial and ethnic agreement and unite people regardless of their ethnic and religious background, thus creating a unified society in which everyone can thrive and their potential is equally recognized. Dina credits being bilingual for many of the job opportunities she has had. She believes these opportunities have allowed her to have a much easier immigration transition, however, she points out that many of the newcomers she met when she first immigrated to Canada had difficulty finding work due to knowledge of the language, lack of Canadian work experience, etc. which brought many challenges and prevented them from.