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  • The First Step is Always the Hardest by Kelvin
    … Time 0:02:09 Transcript My name is Kelvin Ng, I am an immigrant from Hong Kong which is a famous and well … grade 5, in that time I don’t have the basic knowledge of what really happen, it just feel like a very far away thing to me in that … As the time pass I soon turn in to the age of 10 and the time has come. I miss everything I had in Hong Kong, but I know life is like a …
  • Choices by Phillippa
    … house. It was filled with family portraits and china that had come from England as well as her paintings of Nova Scotia. She served tea in the afternoon, … had maintained her British accent. My Grandmother loved to hear me talk about my dreams to travel the world, to explore and to learn. When …
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Your Story
    … How can I share my story? You can share your story by filling out the … to help you think about what you may want to include in your story. If all of the themes or questions don’t apply to you, that’s okay. This is … Museum will preserve your donation for future generations to read. For more information on how the Museum will care for your story and to …
  • Vincenza Furfaro and Family
    … in San Giorgio forced Annunziato to move his family to Acquaro, a small village in the general region where he earned a meager monthly … stipend mainlining the road that passed through it. In Acquaro, four more children were born. Rocco 1941, Antonio 1943, Vincenzo 1947 and … war Italy and made the decision to emigrate to Canada. Choosing to come to Canada made the most sense given that both had family already …
  • Datta and Pat Saungikar
    … Elgin. After leaving the airstaion and UK, he kept writing and eventually made it back to the UK to form up a squadron and embark on the … after 5 years at her own request due to marriage and emigrating to Canada. Due to the restrictions in the Indian Navy about marrying … Evelyn in 1965 and a son Neil 1967. They had been ad great joy and more than fulfilled our hopes and dreams. Lyn has her MBA and …
  • Hike to Self-Rediscovery by Ardie
    … Time 0:02:44 Transcript I planned my life to have a career in media communication and with my mind set I spent my life to achieve that goal. I had several opportunities to join group that allowed me to see … My view changed when I went for camping in Tombstone National Park to celebrate my birthday instead of a typical party. My friends and I hiked …
  • Eileen Way
    … a half later permission was granted and we started our journey in the fall of 1949. I was twenty-two years of age. We left Ireland and headed … I had never seen so much food so nicely prepared and presented in all my life. We danced every night and I met many other young people … of logs waiting to go to the mills, and when the train stopped, at a small town, to do a little shopping and having to speak French. I knew a …
  • What Goes Around, Comes Around
    … Peter Biesheuvel and his son Brian visited the Museum early on a Saturday morning. I … the car to him by 10:30 a.m. Well, Peter, Brian and I started talking at 9:30 a.m. and didn’t stop until noon! Of Peter’s many … of Area Manager of the Agriculture Division of the Quaker Oats Company. It was a very desirable job but Peter was only one of several …
  • Manmohan, Usha, Deepa and Vivek
    … Usha, on their sofa. “Next house.” It’s a statement dropped as casually as most people talk about the weather. The passage of time has … the Soods got transferred first to Kenya and then emigrated to Canada, arriving in 1969. “They packed up what they could and basically came here with nothing except us,” says Deepa Sood who was four …
  • Operation Parasol: Urgent need, swift action
    … about…Stenkovec from the airplane. Here is so nice. The people is really nice. It’s very good people, very good place. But home is home.” … last modified December 16, 2015. “We want to make sure they had all their needs taken care of…many of them…were exposed to…some …

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