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  • A Match Made on the North Atlantic
    … that this handsome guy I bumped into was later to be my husband, a Dane named Martin? In the evening Martin bowed and clicked his heels in front of me and said, “Dance?” We danced then he said to me, “I fra Danmark—you?” I said … two heads together. That was our first beautiful kiss. We enjoyed the company of each other throughout our trip. We had many walks around the …
  • Ruth Miranda
    … First Job in Canada Time 0:01:49 Transcript And it was—I was so extremely happy because … got another one and she—it was ketchup. (laughs) Biography: Ruth Miranda was born in Los Sauces, Chile in 1951. Following the military coup … to immigrate to Canada after talking to Pedro’s brother who had come to Winnipeg, Manitoba as a refugee shortly after the coup. Ruth, …
  • Velia Ida Bombino
    … Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: SS Olympia Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: July 21, 1962 Age on Arrival: 25 In July of 1962 Velia said her goodbyes to her mother Maria, older sister Geltruda, younger brother Giovanni, family members, and friends. Accompanied by her father Michalle, she departed Grimaldi, Cosenza, Italy …
  • “The New Canadian Curling Club” Sweeps Away Myths About Immigrants
    … Zaynna Khalife, Ardavan Taraporewala, Linette Doherty and Howard Dai in The New Canadian … 23 at Halifax’s Neptune Theatre, The New Canadian Curling Club is a comedy about four people brought together to learn the sport. It’s also … four face. Playwright Mark Crawford says even though the play is a comedy at heart, he wanted to get at “ a bigger conversation about who …
  • Flying with Passion by Gabriella
    … growth as a mechanical engineer, I was able to finish my fine arts studies and my teacher training, as well as having extensive experience in visual arts education. One day my husband came with a great job opportunity in Indonesia. I was in … humanities at Laurentian University, and my husband quit his job in a company in order to start his own business. Then our life as immigrants …
  • My Boy, He is Seventeen by Lu
    … Two years later we arrived in Prince Edward Island. One snow storm day in December, we explained the Canadian education system to our sad … and I asked my wife, “Did we make the right decision to move Canada? Are we really ready for such great changes? Will our boy be really … it is a picture of my 17 year-old boy when we immigrated to Canada. My boy, you will have many colours in your future, not only black …
  • What's Inside the Wall? by Oyoung
    … different from those of Korea. And getting a job was hard as a newcomer as well. Everything I felt in Canada for the first month made me feel that the restarting my life in … nice house. I think it is a creative job. I would like to tell the newcomers like me that you don’t have to worry about your new life in …
  • “The New Canadian Curling Club” Sweeps Away Myths About Immigrants
    … Zaynna Khalife, Ardavan Taraporewala, Linette Doherty and Howard Dai in The New Canadian … 23 at Halifax’s Neptune Theatre, The New Canadian Curling Club is a comedy about four people brought together to learn the sport. It’s also … four face. Playwright Mark Crawford says even though the play is a comedy at heart, he wanted to get at “ a bigger conversation about who …
  • Party Dresses, New Friends and Other Advice for a Long Quarantine
    … Percy and Grace Blackman’s parents told them they were going to Canada. They were thrilled. They were born in Canada and their family had … Percy was having pretty, epic adventures in Timmons. “I thought I'd died and gone to heaven,” recalled Percy. “I was like the son Uncle … absolutely, wonderful to us and did everything they could to make us comfortable, entertained and happy. “On one occasion they took me to …
  • Gabriele Damiani and Family
    … driver piled in to their car to go to Naples. We were immigrating to Canada. Our journey was starting at 3 am and just like what was laying … the modern ships I am sure that it must have looked quite small by today's standards. The ship interior was like a hotel and fancy … , Immigrant Landed". An interesting incident happened while we were docked at Halifax. We heard a commotion and what we found out was that …

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