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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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… 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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… so badly wanted to fit in that I subjected myself to the horror of sleeping-over with two different groups, in order to solidify my inclusion in at least one. Except this discomfort around belonging was also something deeper. It was part of the … in steps. First, I went only 50 kms away. Then, in 2003, my family visited Europe, which opened my passport and unlocked my nerve. When my …
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… Haitian boy and girl so I had Haitian siblings and together we went to Canada. Living in Canada was hard - it was like a fairy tale, but I was the strange beast … The Life of a Can-Haitian by Fraser …
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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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… Traditional Icelandic names tend to have meaning so my name means “ripples in a stream”. I grew up as a third generation Canadian of Icelandic … Afi Johann had built his first little house on next farm. He visited his neighbours and met their new guest. The next day, he came back and said to Thora: “You may as well come home with me.” She needed a place and he needed a wife. They were …
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… We are family of four from Akureyri in Iceland. We had a beautiful little house on hill in Akureyri. I always wanted to move to a different … lost all our savings that took years to build up. But, we had our own company that we could sell and we had money to leave, lots of people …
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… were always together, on normal days. On holidays, we would have big celebrations all day- breakfast would be at grandma’s, lunch at grandpas … with me; I can’t get it package and get it shipped to me. Canada has become from there to permanently here. After living for four years here; … Unforgettable by Hewan …
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… in Canada and something he dearly missed. As he so passionately said, “it’s the simple things in life that bring us the greatest joy.” …