As Canada marks its 140th birthday it will be my 34th Canada Day celebration since I landed a generation ago at what is now Pearson International Airport. My experience is common with most immigrants in Canada. We have been part of Canada's growth, and also its vibrancy as the ethnic profile of Canadians in major urban centres changed during this period. Each of us came with stories as immigrants from previous generations did and each of our stories became part of the Canadian narrative. As a young adult I witnessed civil war, mass killings and refugee exodus. I fled the...