• Beatrice Ross Whiteley
    … to live, in the late seventies, led to her return to Canada in 1981. We came with the War Brides, but to join my father who had come as an immigrant. As an RAF aircrew trainee, he had been a member … to make a new start here. My father had to come to Canada in 1946 via Sweden and New York in Cargo Freighters because of the shortage of …
  • Gunther and Elisabeth Sparkuhl
    … was born in 1924 in Zarrentin in northern Germany. Elisabeth Sparkuhl (née Hund) was born in 1929 in Speyer in the Rhineland. They met after the Second World War and were married in Speyer in 1949. They had two children, Joachim born in … to be a distinct possibility. It seemed a good time to be elsewhere. I can recall my parents listening unhappily to news broadcasts on a large …
  • One Person’s Quarantine Room Divider is Another Person’s Fort
    … “…my dad met us in Montreal…Ah, the excitement! I got off and we went to another cousin that we stayed with,” Vita explained. “They had … things I recall, I guess because…there are certain freedoms that you can’t describe that…worries were taken off your shoulder.” And was Vita …
  • Antonietta Gallelli
    … excitement I felt at the prospect of venturing to a new land, all the way on the other side of the ocean, and my desire for adventure, (I was … After docking in several Mediterranean ports to pick up passengers, we arrived in Lisbon, the last European city before crossing the … that I fantasized about the new land. On the fourth of August, 1955, we sighted land - Halifax. By now, my anticipation was so great that …
  • What is Impossible with Man is Possible with God by Jules
    … of the Congo (Kinshasa) due to poor politics and war. I saw the bodies of people killed by gunfire and machetes who lived with us in the …
  • The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada • Comité Canadian du Centenaire du Génocide des Arméniens • Հայկական Ցեղասպանութեան Հարիւրամեակի Գանատայի Մարմին
    … The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada Comité Canadian du Centenaire du Génocide des Arméniens Հայկական Ցեղասպանութեան Հարիւրամեակի Գանատայի Մարմին … à Georgetown, en Ontario. Sponsor: George Armoyan & Family, Halifax, Nova Scotia … The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada • Comité Canadian du Centenaire du …
  • Women at Risk Refugee Program - Kathleen Sigurdson
    … Becoming a Refugee Time 1:39 Transcript Kathleen Sigurdson (KS): Because … that live in the camp and have been living there for years. They come over by boat from Somalia, it’s quite treacherous actually. And … vulnerable to exploitation by other people, so they would sort of recommend certain cases and then we would interview them. Oral History …
  • Sister by Heather
    … very close with her sister. They had three brothers and their mother died when they were young, so they stuck together and supported one … old memories. I realized that even though my grandparents chose to come to Canada to pursue new opportunities, they also gave up a lot to …
  • Letters Home by Matt
    … Colleen gave me a small bundle of 36 numbered envelopes to keep me company. Inside were notes of encouragement and questions to inspire letters home. They were a welcome reminder of someone who cared. What would Dad like where you are? … give you the quick up and down.” In the Ukraine, the alphabet was incomprehensible to me and I had great difficulty finding a place to …
  • Family Stories with Irish Roots: Remembering the Great Famine
    … onboard the ship The Naomi that sailed from Liverpool to Quebec. Daniel, aged twelve and his nine-year-old sister, Catherine, were the … he could save the money to put himself through medical school. After becoming a doctor, he travelled to England in 1914 for further studies. When the first world war broke out, he offered to stay and treat …