New to the Parish: Emily McKenzie moved to Dublin from Vancouver in 2017
Emily McKenzie in Marino, Dublin : 'People were telling me initially to put my name down for creches when I was pregnant, and I was like, what?' Photograph: Patrick Bolger
Growing up, McKenzie had no intentions of moving abroad. “To be honest, I’m kind of a homebody. I never had any visions of moving abroad, it wasn’t really something I wanted to do.”‘Ireland is a country of people who are very friendly, no shooting’ Before the move, McKenzie had been to Ireland a few times, getting a flavour of Dublin while visiting, and relocating with her Irish partner helped her get the lie of the land quite easily, she says.
“I remember the first time I got the car, like people tend to run more yellows and the red on some occasions, where it’s a little bit more relaxed, so it’s been a learning curve. It’s just adjusting to small pieces like that in your day to day.” She then got a position as a marketing executive with Glandore and continued furthering her education, doing courses in graphic design and web development.
“People were telling me initially to put my name down when I was pregnant, and I was like, what? I’m not superstitious but that feels kind of weird. So I held off, and when my son was born we contacted probably a dozen different creches in our local area and a little farther afield. The difficulty in finding childcare is stressful, and can make it challenging for women who have been off on maternity leave to return to their full time jobs, she adds, but other than that, there have not been many big challenges in her time in Ireland.
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