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… Canadian soil. The Gray nuns were right there to greet us. Later that day we all boarded the train for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was a very … on board. On July 28 we arrived in Saskatoon on my father's birthday. This was to be our new home. We all really liked Saskatoon. The … a new language. Their children and grandchildren and generations to come should know what they sacrificed to bring us to this wonderful …
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… August 22, 2018 Halifax, NS Saputo Family commemorates arrival in Canada with $1M donation to the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Arriving from Sicily and … Saputo Hall is a hub of activity where public and educational programs come to life and visitors gather for exhibition openings and guided …
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… 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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… collaboration is an essential part of oral history research , and can take many forms, including outreach efforts, identifying the focus … as part of these outreach efforts. Below you will read about various Canadian Museum of Immigration (CMI) approaches to collaboration in … community organization with a focus on immigrant women, and a Canada-wide initiative of the Tibetan community. Settlement …
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… 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 …
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… the foot of Bay Street, High Park and the Zoo. Mom gave the best birthday parties (all my Canadian friends loved Italian cooking; it was not … that evening (shortage of beds) only to be readmitted the following day and died a few days later. This was 1987 and there was no bed. He taught us to be …
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Time 0:03:34 Transcript Growing up, my parents would always bring me along to the restaurant. I remember sitting at the back table and drawing pictures or peeling carrots in my own little world. I would always go there after school where I ate and did my homework. It was a lot of fun. The employees …
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Time 0:03:20 Transcript I was born and raised in Shanghai; I graduated from university in 1989, fortunately, I had my education free, and I was guaranteed job. My wife and I experienced China’s economy take off and we benefited from that growth, but not always. In 2011, we took one month and half …
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… a lot of different things. Sometimes they looked like strange. For example, the ways of shopping, driving a car, making new friends, …
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Time 0:03:34 Transcript When my younger son was 5 years old, he asked me, “What are you mom?” at that moment, I answered, “I am an artist.” And he affirmed, “Yes, you are good at that.” I was born and grew up in Buenos Aires, and there my artistic abilities were nurtured. Between the formation of a …