“그것은 캐나다의 느낌을 좀 걸렸어요,” writes Gael Melville in a recent 지구 & 메일 수필, 그녀의 원래 스코틀랜드에서 토론토로 이주 expat으로 그녀의 경험을 설명하는.

She bemoans the difficulty of wading through the bureaucratic issues:

“What’s a SIN ì¹´ë“œ?” “What’s OHIP?” “Why does the bank charge us for taking our own money out of our account?” …”Why can’t I register to vote?” “Why is my credit card limit a measly $250 when I have the proceeds of the sale of my apartment in my bank account?” “Why can’t I use my professional accounting designation in Canada?”

하지만 “what proved significantly more difficult to fix,” 그녀는 글을 쓴다, “was the yawning gap in my cultural knowledge.”

“누구 세븐의 그룹?” “Who are 마가렛 앳 ìš°ë“œ 및 레너드 코헨?” Canadians indulged my lack of knowledge of the arts with patient explanations and visits to cultural sites, but pop-culture references were omnipresent and perplexing. “What is the humidex?” “What is a two-four?”

당신은 어떻게? What were your bureaucratic challenges when you first came to Canada? 그리고 격차에 무엇을했다 네 cultural knowledge?

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