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… John Conlan was born in Clonlara, Co. Clare, Ireland on April 2, 1912. He became an electrician while working in Ardnacrusha on the Shannon … Georgic for the trans-Atlantic journey to Canada. He spent 3 weeks at sea and endured several storms during the journey. On May 22, 1952 he …
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… As we are all immigrants in this life, we search for a safe haven where to rest, replenish and then move on to our final destination. George was this lighthouse, …
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… was born March 28, 1916 in Prata D’Ansidonia, a small commune just south of L’Aquila in Abruzzo, Italia. He was the second of three boys born to Pasquale and Maria Antina … first cousin Edevice Diprospero (also travelling to be re-united with her own husband) was sailing with Violetta and helped care for little …
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… I am your counsellor. He asked for our papers and he brought us to Welcome Place. At first, I didn’t even see the city well, because there … I am waiting to go to school. We are waiting for our house. I want to learn more, to meet other children and make some friends. Return to …
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… In the Canadian Immigration Hall, we have a great interactive element where we … this activity is to get people to think about where these traditions come from and the intangible culture that immigrants bring with them when they come to Canada. These are the aspects of culture that people don’t pack …
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… The girl was named Elisabeth Martha Zufall, but in the beginning, she was mostly called Liesel. She grew up and was educated as an … worked for Siemens & Halske in Berlin. When the Russians entered the city, she fled to the West German part. The political situation in …
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… country. I don’t remember living there, but I remember the day we left; when I was crying with hunger. My parents are carrying nothing. … grade seven and eight they taught me about the history of Bhutan. We learned about the changes to the citizenship act in 1985. The government banned going to temples, and teaching the Nepali language. All the books written in Nepali …
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… Tamara Abdul Hadi has an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver and has taught … Rawiya Collective, which was a collective of 6 women photographers from and working in SWANA (South West Asian, North African Region). For her residency, Abdul Hadi …
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… We both arrived by ship from The Netherlands in the same year. Cor arrived with his brother Nico on the … (Former Dutch East Indies). Having been in Indonesia, he wanted to see more of this world and decided to emigrate to Canada. Two of his …
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… I asked, “Who is going to take care of you when I’m gone?” We also said goodbye to our family members in our village of Campodimele, as … the Atlantic Ocean. We were not prepared for the choppy waters and the seasickness that was a constant companion to each of us with the … remember feeling trapped, unable to freely move around, and anxious to see our final destination. We arrived at Union station late at night …