-
… anything, it was an empty apartment. No spoons no plates, nothing. So we bought first our thing was in Walmart we bought spoons and … Slavic University in 1995. She graduated in 2002 and went on to complete a master’s degree focusing on the medical system in Kyrgyzstan. While completing her degree, Olesya opened a private medical clinic, and …
-
… house. It was filled with family portraits and china that had come from England as well as her paintings of Nova Scotia. She served … day in 1944, she was walking in Hyde Park with her dog. A few handsome Canadian soldiers walked past, and she coyly unleashed her dog and yelled to the …
-
… March 1948. Travelled by train through Germany and Holland. Took a boat from Holland across the English Channel. Arrived in Harvick Port. … to the communists. He died on his way to a concentration camp. Then I had to flee across the Ukraine, White Russia, Poland, and Germany with my mother, brothers and sisters, always hoping to some day come to a free country. Coming out of war ravaged Europe, Canada was …
-
… to the train station. We hoped that the worst was behind us. Not so, this was winter and the train carriages were not heated. We … those rail cars was just as cold. We put on every piece of clothing we had in our suitcases. Finally, after three days we arrived in Long Lac, …
-
… Family story written by daughter Jane David Gordon Pettifer, his wife Sheila Doreen (Bradwell) and three children: … near Selwyn in Lakefield/Bridgenorth area of the Kawarthas. My parents had both served in the British Army during WWII and never regretted the … men would retrieve the rockets, and the "higher-ups" would see if they had done what was wanted. We were all thrilled one day when Wing …
-
… Lucia Vasco nee.Vulpo and her son Giovanni (John) Vasco related a story about their family's voyage … and so she was sick for the entire journey. However, men and women had separate quarters and so her husband, Frederico could not help care … managed to get behind the life-boat and grab John. He did not say anything or warn John that he was there, because John would have …
-
… I look back on how Canada has changed me and my values. I think the hardest part of … should be done. I was brought up to understand that the British knew how to do things correctly. – Adrienne Brown nee Drought, 1961 …
-
… RACCONTO DI VITA: CANDIDA FRANCA IACCINO (dedico questa mia storia ai miei … 42 anni assieme alla mia famiglia: mio marito Carmine, i miei figli Joe (Giosino), Gilda, Susie, mio genero Vito, l'altro genero, Rudy non … di tante lacrime e tristezza. La città di Halifax è bellissima la sua storia è commovente (tutti coloro che sono sbarcati da quel Porto …
-
… we were obliged to return to the “Reich”. We ended up in the “Gau” of Mecklenburg, not far from the Elbe river, where I went to … away was the town of Luebtheen, with a population of 5000 people, with some fine buildings and many linden trees. The market square was in the … in a wooden shed, which figured somewhat in my life. On Sundays I had to accompany my grandmother to that faraway church. Her right hand …
-
… professionals and skilled tradespeople. This article examines how these refugees navigated language training and barriers to employment, including professional accreditation, and examines how this experience shaped bureaucratic and public views of refugee …