Love, across borders: a collection of creative non-fiction by immigrant seniors and Mount Royal University students

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Summary

Content type	Content type Digital Document
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Community Initiative for Immigrant Seniors Program (CISP) - Immigrant Seniors Writing Project
Resource Type	Resource Type Digital
Genre	Genre anthologies book

Origin Information

Event Type	publication
Place	Calgary, Alta.
Date Created/Date Issued	2024
Publisher	Immigrant Services Calgary Mount Royal University

Persons and Affiliations

Persons	Editor of compilation (edc), Project director (pdr): Meisner, Natalie Contributor (ctb): Ghita-Visinescu, Alina Editor of compilation (edc), Project director (pdr): Patient, Aida Designer (dsr): Wong, Andrea Contributor (ctb): Parminder Gill Contributor (ctb): Yuchang Tan
Organizations	Organizer (orm): Immigrant Services Calgary Sponsor (spn), Publisher (pbl): Mount Royal University Funder (fnd): Family & Community Support Services Organizer (orm): Community Initiatives for Immigrant Seniors Program

Abstract/Description

Abstract	Abstract This anthology presents creative non-fiction written by immigrant seniors and Mount Royal University students through the Community Initiatives for Immigrant Seniors Program (CISP). The collection explores themes of love, connection, separation, migration, and intergenerational understanding across cultural contexts.
Description / Synopsis	Description / Synopsis This anthology gathers creative non-fiction by immigrant seniors and Mount Royal University students in Calgary, centred on the theme of love across borders—familial love, romantic love, love of homeland, and love expressed through care, memory, and resilience. Developed through the Community Initiatives for Immigrant Seniors Program (CISP), the collection highlights personal narratives shaped through collaborative workshops, exploring how love endures, transforms, and connects people through migration, distance, and cultural transition.
Table Of Contents	Table Of Contents Along the Way 8008 - Campton Hancock Bumper Cars - Alley Billings Pumping Gasoline - Campton Hancock Love Escorts Us to Safety - Yan Jia (Hellen) Friendship: The Golden Thread Steaming Tea - Raisa Arodz Making the Moment Eternity - Yan Jia (Hellen) How Love Conquered a Terrorist - Prof. Manjit Singh A Happy Get Together - Nazmus Salehin Special Occasions The Scent From Mom - Lili Zhang Birthday Party - Pratima Mallick For My Sister That Surprised Me - Shahrbanoo Ghaffari Festive Season Celebration - Suchita Mallick How I Sew with Love - Jialin Ma For My Granddaughter on Her Fourteenth Birthday - Nazmus Salehin Family Ties Father's Love - Yan Jia (Hellen) Love Has No Alternative - Raisa Arodz Overgrown - Jules de Guzman Like a Star - Ben Urquhart My Childhood with Parents - Pratima Mallick The Bitter Tea - Liubov Truzhnikova Love Has Many Faces Is Love Out Nature or Only Our Fantasy? - Liudmyla Zinchenko Odd Numbers - Campton Hancock My Dreams Coming True - Jialin Ma Different Love - Shahrbanoo Ghaffari Love - Mansoureh Khodaverdian Loveless - Jules de Guzman Destruction or Creation? - Zahra Abbasi Colours of Life - Liubov Truzhnikova A World Full of Love - Lili Zhang A World In Wonder Height of a Bird's Flight - Irina Zhukova The Duckling and the Raindrops - Zahra Abbasi Wet Grass - Ryan Norris Big Hill Springs - Alley Billings London, Foggy City - Shahrbanoo Ghaffari Cultural Shock - Zahra Abbasi Pleasure Trip - Pratima Mallick The Leaves In Autumn - Mansoureh Khodaverdian A Day in Autumn - Grace Xing Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears - Irina Zhukova Life, I Love You! - Liubov Trunzhnikova
Language	Language English

Institutional Affiliation

Department	Department English, Languages, and Cultures
Institution	Institution Mount Royal University

Publication/Container Information

Series	Series Series Titles CISP Immigrant Seniors Writing Project

Physical Description

Extent	Extent 1 online resource (116 pages)

Identifiers

DOI	DOI https://doi.org/10.60770/8bt8-fy78
ISBN	ISBN 9781777313777 (electronic) 9781777313760 (print)

Access and Rights

Access Conditions	Access Conditions open access
Use and Reproduction	Use and Reproduction This work was created by contributors to the Community Initiatives for Immigrant Seniors Program (CISP) in partnership with Mount Royal University. Copyright is held by Immigrant Services Calgary. All rights reserved.
Rights Statement	Rights Statement IN COPYRIGHT

Subjects and Classifications

Subject Topic	Subject Topic Immigrants' writings Older people's writings College students' writings Love Seniors Creative writing Migration Belonging Community engagement
Geographic Subject	Geographic Subject Calgary (Alta.)

Love, across borders: a collection of creative non-fiction by immigrant seniors and Mount Royal University students

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