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Guest Feature 3: Isunu Concluding Part

Concluding part of Isunu’s Canadian university application and student visa process. She has successfully submitted all her documents to the Canadian High Commission and is waiting to hear back on her student visa. Kindly say a prayer of success for her if you are reading this. Update Oct 13th 2018- Isunu reached out to me to share the good news! She got her student visa and is coming to Ontario early next year. I am so excited for her ???????…

Guest Feature 3: Isunu Part 1

written by Akata Salowo

Ladies and gentlemen, I was positively stunned when Isunu reached out to me on my Twitter and IG pages. She wanted to share her story on the blog about how she applied to a Canadian university from Nigeria, and subsequently a student visa. I’m used to people reaching out to me, to ask for help (which is fine by the way), so imagine how gobsmacked I was that she was willing to share names, details, and contacts from her experience.…

September 30, 2018 8 comments

1 year ago by blackmigrantgirl I went driving 10 days in a row in the GTA and wrote about my expatexperience here, and the difference with driving in Lagos, Nigeria where I willingly relocated from. Link in bio...
1 year ago by blackmigrantgirl Good morning from Ottawa! This traveller life go fit me die shaa
1 year ago by blackmigrantgirl The view from the top. I'm so thankful for today. I wrote my final exams today and have now completed my postgraduate degree in ELT (English Language Teaching) Then I hung out with my friends from Nigeria who are visiting as part of the process of soft landing. I am grateful... I am soooooo thankful...
7 months ago by blackmigrantgirl I wrote something new on the blog. About how I successfully passed my Full G drive test. I share valuable tips on the blog on 'HOW' to achieve this feat. Happy Monday
3 months ago by blackmigrantgirl I wrote about self-care; about caring for one's self in the midst of hustling and surviving. As newcomers, how many of us take the time to do something for ourselves that helps us relax? In Lagos, I used to practice better self care, even as crazy as living in Lagos is. When I went for a massage last Saturday though, I started to reflect & I realized I've been so caught up in the hustle, I have not been as caring of myself. Up on the blog now- www.blackmigrantgirl.com