Hannah Ali feels happiest when she can take her dog, Ella, out for a walk and meet up with her friends.
“Humans are social animals, so when you spend time with your friends, your family … I think that’s what makes you the most happy,” said Ali, a Toronto resident.
As an immigrant to Canada, Ali says she knows a lot of people who also left family and friends behind in their home countries and she sees how losing those social connections impacts them.
“They miss the social aspect of it,” she said. “I think that really affects their mood and their overall quality
