No one expected this to happen

This poetic expression piece details the experiences of a migrant woman arriving in a new host country. While the piece it is not based on the lived experience of one specific migrant woman, the voice of one woman is used to represent a collective voice. This collective voice is comprised from all the Ukrainian migrant women participants that took part and shared their experiences in our research studies within a wider program of research on migrant women who settle in Canada. This poetic expression piece explicates the challenges and worries that this hypothetical migrant woman undergoes with seeking employment, finding affordable housing and food, the constant worries around health and wellbeing, and the guilt of having relocated to a new country. The intention of this poetic expressive piece is to help readers connect, on an emotive level, with the lived experiences of a vulnerable population. The world is currently experiencing the largest displacement of people since the second World War. Providing a means to share stories of experience can lead to a collective understanding of experiences and generation of solutions to support such populations.