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… were poor, and can’t afford foods. Then we moved again. I remember the day I came to Canada. I was very little and didn’t know much, but I did … what kind of food is that. The food was awful. When I came to Welcome house. I thought to myself WOW THIS HOUSE IS BIG, but then someone told us it was like an apartment. The welcome house had 3 floors. Then after staying at welcome house for a few …
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… Seeing Diversity in Canada Time 0:00:54 Transcript They were all houses you know, I think it was probably that the community was all in different houses. There were no towers you know? … Vijay completed a post-graduate certificate in environmental studies at Sheridan College in 2007. He officially left his position at …
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… it, I was so relieved, to get safely here. And I—I’ll never forget coming into Halifax and then two soldiers came on and they took the boys and they took them to a big … did my hair, all the girls came and we did that, and then it was three days after that we started on the train across Canada. Biography: …
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… (plus amendments: 1887, 1892, 1900, 1903) Following the recommendations published in the Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration in 1885, the federal government …
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… with them. I never got to go anywhere but I knew it will happen someday. As an active young person, I wanted always to make different in the community, and seeing people suffering from AIDS, drug abuse, and … Salaam. I used my journalistic skills to share information in schools, communities and universities to address issues are concerning the …
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… went back to Italy to visit in 1967. I have never been back. One day I hope to go and see the little town where I was born. The "Conte … and my mother had to stay with him in the ship's hospital for a few days. I was left alone to go to the dining room for my meals and I got … much like a cattle train, and I remember that we had little food. Two days later we arrived in Toronto's Union Station. My father was waiting …
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… home from his tour of duty gave me one of the best gifts up to that point — a package of Pauline’s Chocolate Celenos. I think I was more … in hand, and stopped me from making myself violently ill. On the four-day train trip I became quite ill with a fever of 104 degrees F. A …
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… Lina and Vincenza and I left Naples on March 8, on a clear and sunny day. The trip was without incident until we were midway through our … arrive to Toronto. There we met my father who was already here having come to Canada in 1951. He hugged me and raised me to his chest and …
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… my mother told me that our land is almost takes over by the Burmese soldiers. My family started to move in Canada. When I am in Canada everything looks different. I never have toys in refugee Camp. toys … My Life in Canada by TK …
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… and Maria Zampini, and his Uncle Michelino and Aunt Sylvia on the day of their arrival , July 25, 1961. “When we first saw the picture, …