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… My family is originally from Hardenberg in the Netherlands, and we … immigrated to Canada in 1953. We left Rotterdam on April 15th of that year on the S.S. Waterman and arrived in Halifax on April 22nd, a day ahead of schedule. At the time, I was 10 years old, having been born in December of 1942. As the …
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… (Hayashi-Lemieux Agreement) In 1908, Canadian Minister of Labour Rodolphe Lemieux negotiated an agreement with Japanese Foreign Minister Tadasu Hayashi to restrict Japanese immigration to Canada. …
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… The Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration was appointed to obtain proof that restricting Chinese immigration to Canada was in the best … Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration, 1885 …
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… music festivals in his village. It gave him great joy when he had the chance to sing and dance at these events that would last into the wee … rest of his life. He wanted to learn a trade. So at 19, he chose to become an auto mechanic and went to a garage as an apprentice. Later, … and its opportunities. This man was planning to go to Canada and asked my father if he would like to come as well. He could have a job right …
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… For me, papaya salad is the best salad in the entire world—tart, sweet, salty, and spicy. This is one of the most … 1 cup of prepared green papaya. Set aside. Step 2: In a small bowl, combine the fish sauce and coconut sugar. Stir well until the sugar … Papaya Salad Som Tum - Chef Nuit Regular …
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… who have made Canada their home from the early 1900s to the present. En l'honneur de tous les Macédoniens de la région de Lerin de la Macédoine qui se sont établis au Canada depuis le début des années 1900 jusqu'au présent. …
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… Children September 30, 1952 – Groote Beer (The following are my recollections, whether that be original or from hearing stories from … terrible. My parents and three children (I was the youngest at that time) lived in a two-bedroom apartment, which they shared with another …
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… and babies. The food was excellent and a real treat after many years of rationing. I remember coming into Pier 21 in Halifax. The surroundings were very grey … and many of us going to Montreal and me to Belleville. At Belleville, my husband met me after a whole year without seeing him. It was strange …
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… Single Men and Women To my best recollection the name of the steamship that tied up in Halifax … of which were violently stormy. They were, to a novice sailor like me, dreadfully frightening. I was then an eighteen-year-old immigration …
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… His sister’s case of the measles landed six-year-old Mike Sumner’s family in quarantine after they arrived in Canada in March of 1963. “I spoke to my dad and he thinks it was around 3 to 4 weeks that we were there,” … Quarantine Memories of Chicken Wire and an Uncomplaining Mom …