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… Second World War was a difficult time for many, and for young "inlanders" like me there was the added frustration of not knowing what the … being fought. But there I was, 21 years of age, and finally I had the chance to get my sea legs. It was just before Christmas, 1950, when my … were complete and I could leave Europe to start my new life in Canada. The United States, first choice for all of my fellow refugees, …
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… and their son Justin flew to Halifax and were able to spend the day at Pier 21. It was exactly 50 years to the day that we arrived in … name, Otto Froese, on the Wall of Honour. It was a most memorable day. The displays, the film, the train, everything was very, very … 39, my stepsister Ruth 20 , I was 7, my brothers Peter (turned 5 that day) and Dirk 2, and my little sister Ute was 10 months old. Our nanny …
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… federal immigration structure at Confederation until the massive resettlement programs following the Second World War, Canadian … community organizations and immigration authorities to admit and settle Jewish immigrants to Canada, exclusionary attitudes and … indifferent to the suffering of Jews long before the St. Louis ever set sail for Halifax, and sadly, long after it had returned to …
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… By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian For over a century, Canadian immigration authorities have used language proficiency as a point of consideration in deciding whether a migrant is admissible to … on similar attitudes in the United States . Historian Patricia Roy, in pointing out the transnational nature of the Asiatic Exclusion League …
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… Dutch Coalminer becomes National Parole Officer In 1946, at age 14, I was eager to get away from it all. Living in an industrial area in the south of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we had come through the war … a permit was required to butcher anything. They could also have shot my parents for fostering Carrie, a Jewish toddler. My wife on the …
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… in Albania, notes that “Communication was difficult…Cell phones died around two o’clock in the afternoon…Moving the refugees required a … had a warm feeling and happiness, I felt like a child again.” [21] On 26 May, the last evacuation flight arrived in Canada. Over 90 percent … Canadian Forces Logistics Association , 2019, https://www.cfla-alfc.org/stories/op-parasol/; Canadian Armed Forces and Kelsey Berg, …
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… difficult. For example, British subjects from India or the West Indies could claim privileged legal status in Canada, despite being … included remarkable efforts to discourage Black Americans at their points of origin, even before they undertook a journey to the border. … April 1911, File 72552 Pt 3. ↩ C.A. Speers to J.B. Walker, Winnipeg, 26 October 1910, File 72552 Pt 2, 4. ↩ C.A. Speers to J.B. Walker, …
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… goes back to long before Pier 21 was declared a National Historic Site or anyone dreamed of its evolution into a national museum. Countless people contributed to positioning Pier 21 as a focal point for the history of immigration to Canada, but when we reflect on … immigration by penning an official report on the history of the site. It was called The Pier 21 Story and writing it was a labour of …
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… servers automatically collect certain information about a visit to a website, including the visitor’s Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP … ISP for example, it could be used to identify an individual using the site. For this reason, the Government of Canada considers the IP … Web server to reference during the same or subsequent visit to the website. Examples of digital markers are “cookies” or HTML5 web storage. …
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… Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction Over the last several decades, Canada has become increasingly dependent on foreign workers to meet its … evident in the agricultural, service, and homecare industries. [1] The Canadian government regulates all temporary foreign worker programs. … there are two major temporary foreign worker labour programs in Canada. One is the International Mobility Program (IMP) which covers a …