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… to the big river there were a rock and we went on the rock and jump off the rock and play tricks off the rock. Then we pack up our stuff to come to Canada. I was 4 or 5 years old. The thing I love about Canada … the time. In Thailand I never had a chance to play. Here I can play soccer every single day!! I am on a soccer team here called the Douglas …
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… Life in Canada Time 0:00:51 Transcript Emily Burton (EB): So do you see yourself as an immigrant? Tom Corcoran (TC): I see myself … an immigrant. EB: Now why do you think that is? TC: Because it was so comfortable to be here, so easy to be here, I don’t know. I certainly … the college here now, and I watch the college try to help immigrants become part of this society and it’s a real chore: language barriers and …
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… we had to TA, teaching assistant, that’s party of the scholarship. So it was very hard for the first semester. I remember we had uh—at the … Xianqin Yang was born and raised in Shandong Province, China. After completing an undergraduate degree and master’s degree in microbiology, … in June 2007, Xianqin accepted a position as a research scientist in Lacombe, Alberta. Return to Main Gallery …
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… Museum are a little obsessed with food these days? There’s a few reasons for that. Firstly, we’re cooking up a new exhibition about food … food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, when the food is prepared … Arts with a certificate in Baking and Pastry Art from the Nova Scotia Community College and now specializes in making sourdough . She is the …
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… Museum are a little obsessed with food these days? There’s a few reasons for that. Firstly, we’re cooking up a new exhibition about food … food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, when the food is prepared … Arts with a certificate in Baking and Pastry Art from the Nova Scotia Community College and now specializes in making sourdough . She is the …
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… I consider September 4, 1949 my second birthday. I was born again on that date when I became a landed immigrant in Canada. Six … to Pier 21 in 1949 as a teenager and began to be a real person; a born again person. Ross Chomiak …
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… Photo courtesy of Joy Bullen. Joy Bullen didn’t start out as a music impresario . “My formal working … and music. “I started looking at the nonprofit world,” recalls Joy. "I can help" At the same time, she noticed that there were many … From Banker to Culturepreneur—an Ode to Joy …
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… in the United States Time 0:01:07 Transcript Tom Corcoran (TC): Yup. So I didn’t come back and as soon as I didn’t come back, I lost whatever college deferment I had as …
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… there was great panic as to whether or not they would get it started again. But as fate would have it, they managed to start it up again, and we made it safely to the Italian border in Ancona. We spent … three children and literally just the clothes on our backs. As they had to leave everything behind in their homeland. With the additional …
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… from our bedroom window on College Street which has become many years ago "Little Italy". I was difficult for my parents to raise 5 children. We all did well. It was a proud moment for my dad to become a Canadian citizen in … we thrived and excelled at school and made our parents proud. We never had vacations, TV and toys but we had plenty of love and laughter, …