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… Welcome to Turtle Island , a new artistic installation by Melinda Robertson and Shannon Monk, has been installed on the glass … got excited when they saw the Museum’s glass map of Canada, with lines delineating national and provincial borders. They saw it as an … artists invite visitors to look at this map of Canada in a new way …
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… Single Men and Women My name is STEVEN (ISTVAN) ERDOS I was born in Budapest, Hungary. As a Jew, I went through the war- years … an interpreter. It was in Salzburg at the end of April 1951, that I finally received notice that my papers have arrived, allowing me to … to the authorities that if they wanted me out there, they had better come and CARRY ME OUT! I could not eat – only drink. Luckily on the …
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… but the account my fate was written with tears. I was born in a village of India in Uttar Pradesh. I lost my father when I was only two. My mother became a young … forced to leave my job. After, few months another Board, hired me as a community relation officer. In this position I had great satisfaction …
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… for Unicef and always went away on small trips to rural areas or villages. I liked packing, getting ready to go, eating quickly, and jumping … with me; I can’t get it package and get it shipped to me. Canada has become from there to permanently here. After living for four years here; … Unforgettable by Hewan …
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… March 12 to October 16, 2022 Witness the famed photographer’s iconic work and learn about his origins as an Armenian refugee to Canada in 1924. This special exhibition features over 100 portraits of major figures of … The World of Yousuf Karsh: A Private Essence …
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… 1952 my husband Johannes C. Kreeft and I left Holland with our three small children, Jacomina Susanna, Gerard Jan and Willem ages 5,4 and 3. … 21, 1952, arriving in Halifax 9 days later on September 30. This was Ineke’s 6th birthday. The last morning everyone got up early to see … my husband would go to a convenience store and buy some bread, jam and drinks for us. We had to watch our money carefully. We had left …
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… My wife, Zolanda, and myself, along with my two children, Allessandro (Rick) and Laura arrived in Halifax. Rick was nine years … I am telling you all this because when we landed in Halifax the welcome was most kind and wonderful from the Canadian Authorities. They … for all the children on board. A paradise after having come from the Hell of Naples! Thank you from the bottom of my heart and I knew …
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… to our granddaughter Jennifer who encouraged me to write and to her Osmondo whose gift pen I used to write the original draft. My name is Philippe Paul Grignon. I was born on January 20, 1920 in the Quebec village of Ste. … Our first taste of wartime Britain was a long trip overnight with all blinds drawn as required by blackout rules. For nourishment we had …
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… Age on Arrival: 3 years old My Family will be celebrating 50 years in Canada on March 2nd, 2008, immigrating from our southern roots of Rende … of " Michele and Concetta De Buono and Family" hangs on the Sobey's Wall of Honour with pride.You see my Mother and Father would have been … area of Toronto and soon after my Father had saved enough to purchase a home on St. Annes Rd. in Toronto's West end. I can viividly …
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… 7 years old when we embarked on our journey to our promised land called Canada in 1959. We prepared by travelling to Rome to get our … to throw us overboard! I couldn’t swim, so I panicked and bawled my eyes out while clinging to my father for protection with my oversized … had to give us a better life. My father always struggled with missing his birthplace, and it took my mother many years to feel at home in …