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… SS Nea Hellas, with their two daughters Halia and Orysia. They travelled on to Montreal, where they settled and in 1950 had another … retirement age, and were active volunteers in the Ukrainian Canadian community. Wasyl passed away in 1993 at the age of 81; Natalia passed …
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… Halifax and their homeland and how it can also be the socially acceptable physical space between two persons, particularly as determined by … can also be understood as a social disconnection between people. I come from 2 stories: my parents didn’t grow up in the same country. My …
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… bring me along to the restaurant. I remember sitting at the back table and drawing pictures or peeling carrots in my own little world. I would always go there after school where I ate and did my …
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… Courtesy of Jeanne Beker. Many people in Canada and beyond know the name Jeanne Beker, who from 1985 to … a displaced persons camp in Austria, they came to Canada. This trunk accompanied them on their voyage across the Atlantic after the Second …
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… Time 0:03:06 Transcript Coming back to Mexico after two years living in Canada was exciting, we … one follow us, praying that I was not kidnapped. My friend Laura she left her house and she never came back, her car was found burned, … Finding Peace by Selene …
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… older, I found work in the hotel industry as a waiter, bartender, butler and manager. One September I came to Canada on vacation with the … home -- and never did. Living in Toronto provided me with many new challenges. The first time I experience racism it was like an out of body …
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… month and half to find a good school for my boy, through all our possible channels. You needed connections to get a good school for your … his familiar city, he missed his friends…… very long talking….I was silent at end of that talking. I asked myself and I asked my wife, “Did …
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… a scholarship from University of Toronto for her master degree, so she left us. My daughter got her first job in Toronto in 2000, then she got married. She missed us and we missed her. She said, ‘Mom, come, live with me! I applied for family reunion’. So my husband and I …
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… As a teenager, my parents did not allow me to date boys. I rebelled. I became pregnant at the age of 18. When my belly started to grow, … I told him when he is ready that I am always here. I feel I have accomplished my goals. My family in the Philippines is very proud of what … Lesson Learned by Yvonne …
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… Czechoslovakia. After the 1948 communist coup d'etat I escaped in 1949 to Germany where I worked as a bookkeeper for the International Refugee … Nelly docked at Pier 21 in the early morning, we all came to the shore side of the ship and watched the action below. We heard the dock … Canadian bread. Today I like it, but only as a breakfast toast with jam. But considering the sheer number of immigrants Pier 21 had to …