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  • Empress of Ireland - Painting the Mural
    … Interpreter Time 0:00:59 Transcript: So I painted a mural of Quebec City. As the ship was leaving, the Empress of Ireland was getting ready … that people were seeing. So it’s a recognizable silhouette of Quebec City, with the hills going up and then you see the fortress, the … have—more contemporary that you might recognize. But it starts to set you into the mood so that, as you go through the exhibit, you’re …
  • Erzsebet Guti
    … my father attended to his papers. A man in a uniform came over and said something but I didn’t understand him. When he left he smiled and …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2022 - Tamara Abdul Hadi
    … was a collective of 6 women photographers from and working in SWANA (South West Asian, North African Region). For her residency, Abdul Hadi … rights are in the workforce.” In this photo Gaurav sits at home on his bed, a place where he spends most of his time when he is not at work on …
  • Rosa and Giuseppe Ritorto
    … 1959 when I, along with my parents, 2 younger brothers and a sister said good-bye to our dear grandparents, aunt, uncle and little cousin … driver arrived, reserved by my father a few days before. We all climbed in and although we were squeezed together and could not move, we … to our cabins. After 9 days we finally arrived in Halifax, all of us a bit thinner! Following the many people ahead of us, our turn finally …
  • Pier 21 Club
    … new members. A famous Lebanese Poet, Gibran Khalil Gibran, once said, ‘I felt in my heart to give a little because I was given so …
  • Bison Stew from Parks Canada Heritage Gourmet Recipes
    Bison Stew from the Parks Canada Heritage Gourmet Recipes collection.  This recipe was tested by Chef Scott Warrick, Algonquin College School of Hospitality and Tourism. It is shared here with permission from Parks Canada. Bison Stew. Courtesy of Parks Canada. Step 1: Preheat the oil in a large pot …
  • Vietnam Draft - Tom Corcoran
    … States Time 0:01:07 Transcript Tom Corcoran (TC): Yup. So I didn’t come back and as soon as I didn’t come back, I lost whatever college deferment I had as far as the … did. He said, “If you decide that you want to stay there, we’ll just come and visit you instead of you having to come and visit us,” which …
  • Concetta, Laura and Teresa DiPietro
    … do this to us, I thought, but it had to be done to join my father in Canada. He had been away since 1956. For 10 days this was our home. For … was a consolation. This priest devoted himself to the children. He said mass on the Epiphany (January 6) but where was my "befana" who had … to the seats in the train, it was a big mess of dough. I also bought a can of peaches but we had nothing with which to open it. I cried and …
  • New Life in Canada by Pelaypaw
    … my friends. After the many bus rides and plane rides, we arrived at Welcome House. The house was very different from the houses in Thailand. I … on it all the time when I was bored. My family didn’t stay in welcome house for so long. In Langley my family stayed in one of my mom’s …
  • Fortunato Rao
    … for my mother and younger siblings. The conditions motivated me to set sail on the Saturnia for Canada, in search of “pane e lavoro” (bread and work). I arrived in … Tribunal because all along my passion was for worker’s rights. On the side, I was also the host of “Labour News” on Rogers Cable TV and also, …

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