Interview

When you create a system that assists someone who is paralyzed, you immediately have the opportunity to see how your device improves the life of the patient. I have the impression that my first encounter with a patient and what we were able to achieve for them was decisive in quickly devoting me to the development of neuroprosthetics and neurorehabilitation. Since I have been involved in neurorehabilitation, not once have I wished to change my field or job.

Poet, writer, instructor, and translator, Maja Herman Sekulić studied undergraduate and master’s degrees in World Literature at the Faculty of Philology in her native Belgrade. She received a doctorate from Princeton University (USA), where she also taught as well as at Harvard and Columbia. She is a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia, the Serbian Literary Society, both the Serbian and the American PEN Centres, and the Poetry Society of America. She has published collections of poetry, novels, critiques, essays, reviews, forewords, and major translations and critical editions of works by world-class authors.

Kristina Bijelic, 25-year-old musicologist and singer, possesses one more unexpected quality: she speaks fluent, grammatically correct Serbian, and uses the occasional English expression with the obligatory explanation that she does not know the word in Serbian. She was born in Toronto. She has never lived in Serbia.

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IAN KENNEDY: The company was established in 1993 and incorporated in 1997. Communication is the through line to everything we do. We truly believe that communication is the key to success. Strong verbal and written communications skills are the key to career advancement and career success.

The Serbian Legacy Foundation was formed in 2014 with the aim of preserving Serbian history, traditions, and culture. The Foundation reminds us of the best moments in Serbian history, hoping to inspire the generations of the present, as well as the future, in bringing back the dignity and national values which time has repressed or forgotten.

I Brought the Soul of Serbia to Toronto

“I didn’t want to emigrate to Europe because I had the feeling that we were seen as second-class citizens. I didn’t choose America either because there you would have to abandon your cultural heritage. Canada seemed to be a fortunate compromise, because it presents everyone the opportunity to nurture their own culture and language.”