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  • Immigration Act Amendment, 1919
    Immigration Act Amendment, 1919 …
  • Life in the Early Days at Vidivollum by Oli
    Time 0:04:39 Transcript I was born in a log house on the farm, back in the good old days in 1925 in the Minerva district near Gimli. When the Icelanders immigrated to Canada they were promised that this would be New Iceland. They could establish their own government, and keep their customs and …
  • Empire Settlement Act, 1922
    Empire Settlement Act, 1922 …
  • Chinese Immigration Act, 1923
    Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 …
  • What's in a Name? by Vi
    Time 0:03:25 Transcript With great grandparents Audni Magnusdottir and Erikur Bjarnason and Sigridur Thorbergsdottir and Thorleifur Jonsson and grandparents Bjorg Petursdottir and Sigurdur Bjarnason and Petrun Petursdottir and Kristjan Kristjansson, born in Iceland and coming to Canada… my parents …
  • Railway Agreement, 1925
    Railway Agreement, 1925 …
  • Order-in-Council PC 1923-183
    Order-in-Council PC 1923-183 …
  • Voy y vuelvo by Abel
    Time 0:02:53 Transcript I was born and raised in Mexico City, one of the busiest, most crowded cities in the world! A city that, today, I am proud to refer as my mother land! When I finished my university I moved to Veracruz where I spent the best years of my early adult life. I came to Canada as …
  • Order-in-Council PC 1930-1957
    Order-in-Council PC 1930-1957 …
  • Order-in-Council PC 1931-695
    Order-in-Council PC 1931-695 …

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