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… and have just celebrated my 89th birthday. I have two daughters and one son and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. My husband … Rhoda and I. Elizabeth Fulford …
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… and have few regrets. Somehow, I have always believed that if one works hard, (I was a nurse), and lives the way our parents taught us, the Good Lord …
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… drove the policy of internment, which lasted until 1920. During this time, Canada interned 8,579 people identified as “enemy aliens”, … term used to describe citizens of states legally at war with the British Empire, and who resided in Canada during the war. These included … Using photographs drawn from Canadian archival collections one hundred years later, this exhibition explores internment operations …
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… Promises illuminates the loss of home and the struggle for justice of one racially marginalized community. The story unfolds by following …
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… of harmonious relations between Switzerland and Canada and laid the foundation for a lasting bond marked by friendship and trust between our … entre leur pays d'origine et le Canada, posant les fondements d'un lien durable empreint d'amitié et de confiance entre deux nations … maritimen Standort in Halifax aus traten Schweizer Bürger ihre Reise an. Ihr Engagement trug zur Entwicklung harmonischer Beziehungen …
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… It was 1942 and a lovely Sunday afternoon when I met my handsome soldier. My plans that day were to go with my … She did not get on. I stood hanging out of the door yelling for her to come on till the bus reached the top of the street. I was furious with … Union Terrace Gardens these two Canadian soldiers spotted us and said "come on down". There was a steep bank so we said, 'No you come on up". …
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… Time 0:02:51 Transcript Going for a visit to Iceland I go home, and coming back to Canada I come home. Few years ago my son said “mother … We even got days off from school if the boats came in loaded. No one in our families had ever left. We started our adventure the day … It has taken me 43 years to find out where my home is. Thanks to the freedom I have and came from, I am fortunate now to have citizenship in …
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… Becoming a Refugee Time 2:41 Transcript I was very young, and I wasn’t … because all I remember was my, my mom was grabbing my hands, and is told me to run. And he was grabbing me so hard, and he grabbed some … on, we heard that some of the people was got shot. Which is including one of a friends, you know. And it is just, it’s, everybody was, like, …
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… Hopkins, was born in Clarks Harbour, Nova Scotia July 25, 1920. He enlisted in the army in 1939 at the age of 19. He was one of the original members of the West Nova Scotia Regiment. His regiment was part of the 1st Canadian Division that landed on …
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… separated us. We made Sudbury, Ontario our home immediately. Neither one of us knew a word of English, however we had four lovely children, …