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Jamaican Recognised for Helping Migrants Find Belonging in Canada

For Jamaican-born Didan Ashanta Wedderburn, home has become bigger than any one place on a map. Catherine, Wedderburn spent eight years living and working in Japan before eventually making a new home in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Jamaican Recognised for Helping Migrants Find Belonging in Canada

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For Jamaican-born Didan Ashanta Wedderburn, home has become bigger than any one place on a map.

Catherine, Wedderburn spent eight years living and working in Japan before eventually making a new home in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

It is a perspective shaped by a life spent crossing cultures.

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For Jamaican-born Didan Ashanta Wedderburn, home has become bigger than any one place on a map. Catherine, Wedderburn spent eight years living and working in Japan before eventually making a new home in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is a perspective shaped by a life spent crossing cultures.

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It is a perspective shaped by a life spent crossing cultures.

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