Canada Day holds special meaning, especially for those who recently chose the country for their home.

Morden's Yevgeniya Tatarenko, an immigrant from the Ukraine spoke about why she chose Canada.

"I think Canada is a place of great opportunity," she explains. "Canada is totally open to anyone, and their dreams."

Tatarenko has now been living in Canada for over a year and says along with great opportunity, Canada provides true freedom.

"I can be myself I can be Ukrainian here. You can be proud of yourself, of your culture."

Tatarenko will be celebrating Canada Day by performing the art of fire spinning with her husband and students at the Morden Beach July 1.

Tatarenko will be performing fire spinning on Canada Day in Morden