Africa Connect celebrates the United Nations International Year for People of African Descent.

Edmonton is a vibrant, multicultural city filled with endless shopping, entertainment, arts and culture. Find out more from people who have experienced the city.

• A Strange Way of Growing On You - Riki Roy
  We were living in Tanzania when our young son decided he wanted to do nanotechnology. I found that the University of Alberta would be starting this program. But where was this place called Edmonton?
• First Snow in Canada - Michelle Ramos
  I heard that Edmonton, Alberta has one of the coldest and longest winters, which is approximately half of the year. In my mind, that's absurd! Impossible!
• Taking It To The Citizens - Lena Fernandes
  Who would have thought that someone born in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, raised in Nairobi, Kenya, with Goan, Indian heritage would be such a diehard Edmontonian?

• Picture This - Roy Blumenthal
  What do a South African caricaturist and the City of Edmonton IT Department have in common? Read how visual facilitation and an open and honest approach help the city keep it real.

• Field Trip - Adrianne Thomson
  We were trying to figure out where in Canada we should live. And then I remember being somewhere in the McKernan area and seeing all these little kids from a daycare out on a field trip.
• Once Upon a Time, in a Land Far Far Away... - International Day of Sharing Stories
  This video is not your average fairy tale. Meet 5 Edmontonians who attended the International Day of Sharing Stories.
• Peaceful City of Nations - Bob Coe
  Edmonton’s Heritage Festival is a long midsummer weekend of cascading sounds, smells and colourful sights as nationalities from around the world display their foods, dances, traditions and histories.
• Potluck - Nan Gai
  When I first arrived she helped me with the transition to this culture. To the community, and school especially. It saved a lot of time, because when you’re new to a country, sometimes you just don’t know what to do.

• NJIA YA AJABU/KIGENI YA KUKUA KWAKO -
  Wakati mtoto wetu alipoamua anataka kufanya nanotechnology (teknologia ya sayansi ya ujenzi wa vifaa au vijenzi vidogo sana), tulikuwa tunaishi Tanzania. Niligundua kwamba Chuo Kikuu cha Alberta, katika mji wa Edmonton, kilikuwa kinatarajia kuanzisha kozi hii karibuni. Lakini sehemu hii iitwayo Edmonton ilikuwa wapi?

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  Chris het gereken my visuele fasilitasie kan dalk goed werk vir Edmonton.