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… music or live entertainment is employed. SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) represents music creators and publishers; Re:Sound represents artists and record companies. Both organizations are governed by the Copyright Board of … day. On weekends, evenings (6 p.m. to 7 a.m.) and holidays parking is complimentary. On-street metered parking is also available near the …
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… I was born and brought up in Uganda. Immediately the question was “how come you are not black?” My answer was just like in Canada, Africa has … hands went up to ask the question. “But why such a sign?” Discussion commenced and all agreed that we all are equal and we should not be …
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Time 0:02:23 Transcript Choosing a university is hard. I have always lived in London and Western has always been my number one but now that French is an opportunity for me, Ottawa is moving up on the scale. There are so many things to consider when deciding what university to go to and just …
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… the Alessandroni Family had landed at Pier 21, Halifax. There they set foot to a new adventure, a new chapter of a family full of love, …
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… Our family histories are the stories that we decide to repeat and share, editing out the parts … that were unclear or unseemly, and over generations those stories become our truths. But what if there was someone who could help decipher … did for my family in October 2015. By then I had been working at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 for two months and was still …
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… political refugees as they were transported to Canada.” If these newcomers couldn’t understand or speak English or French, the tags … the tags link visitors to the building’s past, they are also a way to communicate through time to the future. A message might be read by … started his note: “Dear me in 2025,” pledging to work hard and then come back to find his letter in a year’s time. Another visitor, …
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… political refugees as they were transported to Canada.” If these newcomers couldn’t understand or speak English or French, the tags … the tags link visitors to the building’s past, they are also a way to communicate through time to the future. A message might be read by … started his note: “Dear me in 2025,” pledging to work hard and then come back to find his letter in a year’s time. Another visitor, …
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… Our family left Rotterdam aboard the Groote Beer on Apr. 8, 1953, with $100 in the family coffers. Making … itself been a trial. Under Nazi occupation, my father, Herman, had become involved in Resistance activities, a risk which was finally … rented pillows. The food available was sandwiches, so at the Quebec City stop Dad got off the train to try to purchase some other fare. As …
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… My father Silvio Fiorita left Italy by air and arrived in Montreal in the … for his wife, my mother, Filena Bruno Fiorita and my 3 siblings to come to Canada. Filena was already 41 years old and my siblings, Maria, … anticipated letters from her relatives which at that time took many days to arrive. Filena also prepared and sent parcels with staples like …
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… the closet to show her a thing or two. When I slammed the closet door shut, the latch fell down on the outside, locking me in. Realizing that … knew where I was and in the event of the ship sinking, no one would come to my rescue, I panicked. Visions of water rushing in through the … the mess. Since our cabin is in the bottom of the ship, no portholes can be opened so the atmosphere is not to pleasant for a little while, …