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… money from his cousin, Attillio Pecile, who lived in New York, USA at the time, for the voyage to Canada. His emigration was sponsored … Health and Welfare. In December he set out on the MS Vulcania for the 10-day trip from Genoa, Italy to Halifax, Canada, where he disembarked … December air. Mario and Attillio arrived in Timmins late on Christmas day; Uncle Isidoro sent Mario to stay at the local boarding house that …
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… Umeeda Switlo, John Halani, Daxa Popat, and Mario DeMello , have in common with other Ugandan Asians the experience of being told they had … Umedaly, Umeeda Switlo, and John Halani were all part of the Ismaili community in Uganda, representing about 30 per cent of Asians in the … born in Vancouver, British Columbia. After two years of graduate studies at the University of Saskatchewan, he began working with the …
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… my best after six languages, you know. Biography: Monybany Minyang Dau was born in Atar, Sudan in 1975. During the Second Sudanese Civil … Monybany Dau …
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… from French) YM : Yes (laughs), yes. Every time—the biggest file to complete is the permanent residency. There’s a medical section too: you … services; I had to go to the US to do the “tour de poteau,” then come back. So I could have taken the opportunity to go to see my family … to university in Bordeaux, France where she received two degrees in communications. She moved to Paris for work and stayed there for four …
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… Single Men and Women October 28, 1953 – Groote Beer Tuesday Oct 20th departure day finally arrived. My fiancée had the use of … the place for the nightly entertainment organized by the crew or by comedians and musicians among the passengers. The latter was usually … sunny but already quite cool. Eventually we boarded the train for the 2-day trip to Ontario. The steamlocomotive driven train comprised a …
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… of WWII when our parents met. Our dad, Wilfred Raymond Webb , born on Dec 14, 1918 in Bishopton, Quebec, was first stationed in England. It … the woman he would marry. And he did, on June 23, 1944. When the happy day came, our parents had only four days leave to get up to Aberdeen, … in line for chocolate and she still loves the sweet stuff to this day. It didn't take long after arriving to find out how enormous Canada …
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… of WWII when our parents met. Our dad, Wilfred Raymond Webb, born on Dec 14, 1918 in Bishopton, Quebec, was first stationed in England. It … the woman he would marry. And he did, on June 23, 1944. When the happy day came, our parents had only four days leave to get up to Aberdeen, … in line for chocolate and she still loves the sweet stuff to this day. It didn't take long after arriving to find out how enormous Canada …
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… many of the Dutch war brides explain that they saw the Canadian soldiers as their saviours, romance was inevitable. I have two Dutch war … twelve-hour days, seven days a week and frequently cared for German soldiers. Johanna Silvester was active with the Resistance in the … “Netherlands-Canada Settlement Scheme”. The experiences of Dutch newcomers ranged from being housed in a chicken coop by an abusive farmer …
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… the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and …
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… the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and …