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“Two days later I, my younger brother and sister was sent of to a small country school. Not speaking one work of English, we arrived with lunch pail in hand, children gathering around us , staring. We where the first of immigrants to arrive at this school. But as soon as my Dad found out that I …
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Photographs-Arriving in Canada …
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Santiago Forteza with his wife Sophie and daughter Fabiola after a team Canada match vs Wales in Halifax, August 27, 2022. Courtesy of Fabiola Forteza. Santiago Forteza arrived from Buenos Aires to Quebec City speaking no French . He’d come to do a Masters Degree at the Université Laval. It was …
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When ordering a ship photograph, be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). …
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By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian As we approach the centenary of the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, answering three key historical questions will help us understand and make meaning of the legislation: What was the 1923 Act that closed the door on Chinese immigration? How did the politics of …