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… Individuals who immigrated to Canada after 1935 can request their immigration information from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. A Personal Information Request Form needs to be submitted to …
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… Story aboard Vulcania, 1956 The adventure began on June 8, 1956 for my mother Elena DiGiandomenico, my sister Vera and me. I was nine years old and my sister was only 3. We left the security …
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… I, with my two years old son Alastair Douglas arrived at Pier 21 in June 1946. We were … Queen Mary with many "War Brides" and their children. Each of us was met by a serviceman, who picked up my 2 years old and a Red Cross worker who carried my cabin baggage. …
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… My mother and father, Lawrence J. Hebert, met when the troops were … noise was deafening. Windows shattered and houses shook. She said, if you were there, you would never forget it. When the last plane took off … Then she came to Canada. She was met at Pier 21 by Lawrence J. Hebert (my father), Thomas J. Hebert (my grandfather), Edgar J. Hebert (my …
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… by Eleanor Matheson, Heritage Interpreter Time 0:00:47 Transcript: My name is Eleanor Matheson. Right now, I’m a heritage interpreter at … what I’m doing, sort of as a career. I love history and this way I can bring both of my loves, history and art, together. Return to our …
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… (Updated December 18, 2020 ) One of the visual icons of immigration to … before the First World War is one of my favourite examples of this genre of photography. We recently featured this image in a new panel … their ship and the date are unknown. Nevertheless, the photograph is a compelling piece of history, in part thanks to the immigrants’ …
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… he went to work or came home, it was in a convoy,” says Moni. “If you were there, you got off the road. If it meant going into a ditch, … it was to Rob, or Donald, or David (Sobey), I’d absolutely say thank you,” says Vivek. “I look at all the things that changed in my life since I joined the company. There’s been a lot of transitions …
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… My mother passed away at the age of 86. She loved her adopted country … live, in the late seventies, led to her return to Canada in 1981. We came with the War Brides, but to join my father who had come as an immigrant. As an RAF aircrew trainee, he had been a member …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 19, 2020) Introduction After the Second World War, Canada’s response to international refugee crises varied, driven by Cold War ideology, … regulation removed all ethnoracial and geographic restrictions . A year later, Canada once again waived its admissions criteria including …