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… Leaving the United States Time 0:01:14 Transcript Leaving the US was difficult, like I said, besides family and friends, neighborhood, what your familiar with. You know, it was … little apprehensive still when I cross the border to the US and when I come home. There's that sigh of relief as you come across to Canadian …
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… March 9 to November 15, 2019 What is family, anyway? Can you pick your family or is it determined by biology? Is family the … and change, gatherings and generations -- the exhibition celebrates Canadian identity by exploring families and family history, linking … the joy and complexities of bonds and belonging. Family: It’s NOT all relative. This exhibition was originally produced by the Royal BC …
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The White Paper on Immigration was a policy document commissioned by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson to review immigration legislation and make recommendations on its restructuring. A major review of policy was deemed necessary in response to the changing Canadian …
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The immigration regulations introduced in 1967 established new standards for assessing potential immigrants and determining admissibility. According to the new provisions, independent immigrants were assigned points in specific categories relating to their ability to successfully settle in Canada. …
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… to Canada.. At home I thought what to say… In my country when the Burmese attack our land we were so worried that we couldn’t even cry because if they heard … us. The reason why we came to Canada is not because we just like to come. We came because our life is in danger and sometime the Burmese … Life in the Refugee Camp, Families and Friends with Hope by Duke …
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… 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 … When I was first arriving to Canada, Canada is a totally different place than what I had expected, everything look repeat and bored. I … after I had made some friends in the school and of course they're Chinese and have the same background as me. Even though it had been a year …
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… Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:50 Transcript Yeah, so, I left. I was with uh, … which is a beautiful city in the Alps, just a beautiful, beautiful place. It is that to this day, everybody knows about it. But remember, this was after the war and Budapest was grey and full of uh, full of ruins. And, of course in the …
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… Time 0:03:34 Transcript I was born in Somalia in 1981. By 1991 Somalia had a civil war. We ran to the nearest peaceful country which was Kenya. My parents brought us to a … every day when I woke up in the houses made of twisted trees with plastic on top. Most people at the camp want to be resettled but it’s …