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  • Order-in-Council PC 1930-1957
    Order-in-Council PC 1930-1957 …
  • Order-in-Council PC 1931-695
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  • Italian Immigrant by Angelo
    Time 0:03:25 Transcript There was no money in Italy. On my qualification there was good money in Canada. So I applied through the Canadian immigration. But I didn’t speak a word of English. I landed in Montreal they told me I was supposed to work in an airfield – I never saw the airfield, because …
  • Canadian Citizenship Act, 1947
    Canadian Citizenship Act, 1947 …
  • Immigration Act, 1952
    Immigration Act, 1952 …
  • Your Choice by Dave
    Time 0:03:59 Transcript I was born in Trinidad my mother died in childbirth and I was told I was the child. My grandmother Vernie came to Trinidad and took myself and my sister back to St Vincent & the Grenadines. Growing up on a coconut plantation on St Vincent I experience all form of abuse, …
  • Guardian Angels by Lei
    Time 0:03:03 Transcript My mother passed away when I finished my university, she was a professor in the university that I studied. At that time, because so many classmates, friends and relatives were around me, I didn’t feel very sad or depressed. I was surprised how all well I handle this tragedy. …
  • Family Reaction to Leaving - Bruce Bolin
    Leaving the United States Time 0:01:30 Transcript And I had come from a family where my father had been drafted and served five years in the U.S. Army during World War Two and seen enough to realize that war is not good. He was on the winning side and he survived it without any physical injury um …
  • Guilt About Leaving - Robert Porter
    Leaving the United States Time 0:01:14 Transcript Leaving the US was difficult, like I said, besides family and friends, neighborhood, what your familiar with. You know, it was really difficult on many levels. I felt really guilty. I was leaving behind people that I knew, you know, I had friends …
  • Choices by Maria
    Time 0:03:08 Transcript I came to Canada and then, I chose to stay. I did not come as an immigrant but I became one. I was successful and happy in my job back home and I loved my family and friends. What possessed me to leave it all behind and stay in Canada? Not long after I arrived as a graduate …

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