{"id":3129,"date":"2019-06-07T08:20:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T12:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/welcomingottawaweek.ca\/welcome-to-ottawa\/"},"modified":"2019-06-17T19:28:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T23:28:03","slug":"welcome-to-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/welcomingottawaweek.ca\/fr\/sao-ambassadeurs\/ambassadeurs-de-la-semaine-daccueil-a-ottawa-2017\/welcome-to-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3129\" class=\"elementor elementor-3129 elementor-2242\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61c6b963 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61c6b963\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fefb2ec\" data-id=\"7fefb2ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d87f73b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d87f73b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Shukria Samnter<\/h2><h3>Welcome to Ottawa<\/h3><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/welcomingottawaweek.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shukria-with-Mayor-Minister.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p><p>The first time Entisar Yusuf met Shukria Samanter, a few months after Entisar immigrated to Ottawa from Ethiopia in 2011, Shukria said \u201cWelcome to Ottawa.\u201d<\/p><p>Those were not empty words, as Shukria would soon be like family and a guide to the newcomer. Shukria herself had come to Ottawa 26 years earlier as a refugee from Somalia. \u201cI remember how hard it was to navigate the system when I arrived in Canada,\u201d said Shukria. \u00a0\u201cSometimes the alienation can be even more profound for women arriving in a new country, without family and knowledge of the community. There are often more barriers for newcomer women who want to integrate into Canadian society.\u201d<\/p><p>When they first met, Shukria helped Entisar by taking her on a furniture shopping trip, even negotiating installation payments and transportation for the purchases.<\/p><p>\u201cShukria has been exceptionally helpful to me,\u201d said Entisar. \u201cShe introduced me to her social circle and invited me for dinner. She has guided and mentored me through my work search and connected me to the Catholic Centre for Immigrants\u2019 Career Transitions for International Health Professionals program, which helped me to find employment.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cShukria has become part of my family, like a mother or aunt,\u201d adds Entisar. \u201cAlthough I have my husband and two children with me in Ottawa, I left my large extended family back in Ethiopia. She provides me with both practical and emotional support. Her wisdom, shared experiences and constant words of encouragement have kept me going.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important for women to help other women,\u201d explains Shukria. \u00a0\u201cWhen I was a newcomer a woman working as a settlement counsellor with the Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO) was my guide and mentor. She helped me prepare for a job interview. 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