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[ericcoliu]

Reading, Writing, and Life on the Page


A Copy of A Newcomer’s Introduction to Canada

Welcome to Canada.
Name: Chen-ou Liu (phonic);
Country of Birth: R.O.C.;
(Cross out R.O.C. and fill in Taiwan)
Place of Birth; Date of Birth; S e x;
Simply more technocratic questions
The Immigration Officer needs to pin down my borders;
He is always looking for shortcuts,
More interested in the roadside signposts
Than in the landscapes that have made me;
The line he wants me confined to
Is an analytically recognizable category:
Landed Immigrant. My history is meticulously stamped.
Now, you're legal.
Take a copy of A Newcomer’s Introduction to Canada.



Note:

A Newcomer’s Introduction to Canada was written and issued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada to give new immigrants helpful information for planning ahead, but it is not a detailed guide. For more information, they will be given another book called Welcome to Canada: What You Should Know. It contains specific information on all the practical aspects of living in Canada.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[[ericcoliu]]

Reading, Writing, and Life on the Page


A Copy of A Newcomer’s Introduction to Canada

Welcome to Canada.
Name: Chen-ou Liu (phonic);
Country of Birth: R.O.C.;
(Cross out R.O.C. and fill in Taiwan)
Place of Birth; Date of Birth; S e x;
Simply more technocratic questions
The Immigration Officer needs to pin down my borders;
He is always looking for shortcuts,
More interested in the roadside signposts
Than in the landscapes that have made me;
The line he wants me confined to
Is an analytically recognizable category:
Landed Immigrant. My history is meticulously stamped.
Now, you're legal.
Take a copy of A Newcomer’s Introduction to Canada.



Note:

A Newcomer’s Introduction to Canada was written and issued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada to give new immigrants helpful information for planning ahead, but it is not a detailed guide. For more information, they will be given another book called Welcome to Canada: What You Should Know. It contains specific information on all the practical aspects of living in Canada.
_________________
Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[ericcoliu]

What follows is a companion piece to A Copy of A Newcomer’s Introduction to Canada:


Where Are You from?

In my daily encounters with "Canadians", the question "Where are you from?" is constantly raised and it challenges my sense of identification with Taiwan, Cultural China, the USA and Canada.

On an empowered day, I would describe myself as a permanent resident and naturalized citizen of Canada with multiple migratory and ancestral reference points in Cultural China, Taiwan, and the United States.

On a disempowered day, I am an immigrant from Taiwan not recognized by the UN, constantly questioned by my fellow compatriots about my Taiwanese-ness and unequivocally viewed by “Canadians” as a Chinese, a member of a “visible minority” group, wandering from one place to another in the quest of a soul-space to name as Home.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[[ericcoliu]]

What follows is a companion piece to A Copy of A Newcomer’s Introduction to Canada:


Where Are You from?

In my daily encounters with "Canadians", the question "Where are you from?" is constantly raised and it challenges my sense of identification with Taiwan, Cultural China, the USA and Canada.

On an empowered day, I would describe myself as a permanent resident and naturalized citizen of Canada with multiple migratory and ancestral reference points in Cultural China, Taiwan, and the United States.

On a disempowered day, I am an immigrant from Taiwan not recognized by the UN, constantly questioned by my fellow compatriots about my Taiwanese-ness and unequivocally viewed by “Canadians” as a Chinese, a member of a “visible minority” group, wandering from one place to another in the quest of a soul-space to name as Home.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

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I've revised my piece.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul