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  • Women at Risk Refugee Program - Kathleen Sigurdson
    … Becoming a Refugee Time 1:39 Transcript Kathleen Sigurdson (KS): Because … Women at Risk Refugee Program - Kathleen Sigurdson …
  • Toon and Trees Maas
    … Families September 30, 1952 - Groote Beer After returning from a five-year stay in Indonesia, Toon Maas courted Trees Holdrinet for a short … proud Canadian citizens as their tribute to Canada in this special year. They bore four children, Michael, George, Sheila and Tony who are … country and made a difference. This short history is meant to give you an idea of starting a new life and the eventual outcome of becoming …
  • Advantages for Immigrants in Canada with Happy Ending by Henry
    … Time 0:05:05 Transcript In 1958, I left Hong Kong for London, England, to study a nursing program. The program is the best nursing … nursing skills in world. The nurse can work can work in most of the Commonwealth countries. Having graduated as a registered nurse, and … Advantages for Immigrants in Canada with Happy Ending by Henry …
  • Digital Preservation in the Collection
    … Preservation is a way of keeping digital material alive so that they can be accessed long into the future, even as the technological tools … of a digital file becoming corrupt and the content being lost. Maybe you have had trouble finding a VHS player to watch an old movie or not … our catalogue to improve full-text searching ii . We have also been scanning some beautiful hand-written stories from the filing cabinets. …
  • Mary J. Coleiro
    … Mary J. Coleiro (mother) had just lost her husband in 1952 and in 1957 her youngest of four daughters married a Canadian … resident and moved to Toronto. The loss was too great to bear so a year later, in June 1958, she decided (at the age of 52) to leave her … and son-in-law. Since she had no sufficient means to make her dream come true, the three remaining daughters (all well employed, two school …
  • Quotes - Travelling
    … in the ship’s store and I wanted one. When I asked for one, mom told me she had no money for souvenirs. I knew I couldn’t argue with her so … the closet door shut, the latch fell down on the outside, locking me in. Realizing that no one knew where I was and in the event of the ship sinking, no one would come to my rescue, I panicked. Visions of water rushing in through the …
  • Lt. James William Hartley
    … William Hartley James (Jimmie) William Hartley was born in Ottawa, May 8, 1917. He joined the militia of the Ottawa Machine Gun Corps just … to his 16th birthday. When his family moved to Cornwall the following year, Jimmie enlisted in the militia of the Stormont, Dundas and …
  • Michelangelo Guzzardi
    … Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: Cristoforo Colombo Port of Entry: Pier 21 - … Age on Arrival: 21 Immigration is never an easy choice for anyone. My decision to immigrate to Canada from Catania, Sicily, came after a …
  • Audrey R.F. Beasley-Waddy
    … Leaving a loving family in Surrey, England, to join my Canadian serviceman husband in February 1946 was in one instance great joy and at the same time sadness as I realized it may be years before I would be able to return. Travelling in convoy …
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