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… doll here tells a story about two major groups of refugees who came to Canada. This doll is on loan from Dr. Tran-Davies, a medical doctor in … little 1970s doll as kind of a welcome to Canada gift. Dr. Tran-Davies has since become a very successful medical doctor with a huge family … to people to help to settle to sponsor refugees and the way one group can help build on the success for another group. Return to …
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… and musicians among the passengers. The latter was usually the best one of the comics was a returning missionary from Africa on his way to Quebec a real character with a seemingly unlimited … York. On entering the shed we were welcomed by a number of people, many belonging to the order of The Sisters of Service in their grey …
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… pictures, interviews and friends. Re-imagining the Pier 21 exhibit has given us a chance to bring some of the chapters in the site’s history to life by … video and clothing (and some items that our young visitors can play with). Ausma Levalds Rowberry Credit: Canadian Museum of …
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… Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Collection Policy The … Collection Policy guides collection management practices at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (the Museum). As stewards of … to local, national and global publics. The Museum recognizes that we cannot tell the comprehensive story of Canadian immigration history …
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… to build your own. In Canada there are more things than Thailand. I miss my cousins and my family in Thailand. I like Canada and I like … I go to ESL. They tell us sentences, and they explain it to us. That is how I learned to read English. At home I still speak Karen with mom, … didn’t like soccer because I didn’t know how to play. When I was grade one, I started playing soccer. Our ESL teacher, she made up a soccer …
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… to leave the camp because they wanted us to be out of the danger zone. They didn’t want us to get hurt or killed by the Burmese. My … 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 … they helped me a lot. I’ve been in Canada for five years now so my English got better and I have a lot of friends. Someday I want to go back …
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… Atlantic. I vomited, especially when crossing the Suez Canal. I felt alone even though there were two families traveling from the same town. … and the languages spoken. My courage waned; if I had had enough money in my pocket, I would have purchased a return ticket immediately. … of myself. I would not be returning to Italy. In order to afford one-way tickets for my family and a furnished home, I worked very hard …
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… Time 0:02:19 Transcript It wasn’t my decision to leave my country, it was because of illness. Sometimes my leg … was operated in a hospital in June. My life was hard, walking with someone next to me who helped me walk well. Life was hard for me at that … it was my first time getting sick. My mother started the process of coming to Canada because I was gravely ill. After a bit of time I came …
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… little bit and here was Halifax lights all—I don’t want to remember this, I cried. I always remember it, I was so relieved, to get safely here. And I—I’ll never forget coming into Halifax and then two soldiers came on and they took the … forces used Bordon as a military base. Gwendoline met and married one of the Canadian soldiers stationed there. Gwendoline’s husband …
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Seeing Diversity in Canada Time 0:00:54 Transcript They were all houses you know, I think it was probably that the community was all in different houses. There were no towers you know? No skyscrapers in that area, I don’t know in that area you know. Yeah so it was seeing people, different people, …