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… my Dad told me I would not go beyond grade 8. I was not able to complete my school assignment because we didn’t have the money to pay … I finished my education in Kenya and came to Canada to further my studies. Initially, it was scary in a new country without close family and …
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… my Master’s in India. But I knew we were moving away. I was going to come as a foreign student’s spouse – and I knew this would limit me … found a job in Lethbridge, Alberta, I said “now it’s time for me to complete my dream.” Over the next 15 years, I worked at the University … my undergrad, Master’s, and PHD. It took me from 1976 until 2004 to complete my dream of education. I am still working towards my dream …
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… Time 0:03:59 Transcript I was born in Trinidad my mother died in childbirth and I was told I was the child. My grandmother …
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… In the Canadian Immigration Hall, we have a great interactive element where we … ask visitors to share with us their family traditions and customs. The point of this activity is to get people to think about where these traditions come from and the intangible culture that immigrants bring with them …
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… was 1847. Famine , a sculpture by Rowan Gillespie located in Dublin’s City Centre, depicts people walking towards the harbour, to be carried … not all remained there, this would temporarily have nearly doubled the city’s population of 20,000. Tension and hostility Many immigrants were …
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… was 1847. Famine , a sculpture by Rowan Gillespie located in Dublin’s City Centre, depicts people walking towards the harbour, to be carried … not all remained there, this would temporarily have nearly doubled the city’s population of 20,000. Tension and hostility Many immigrants were …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Netherlands Ship Name: Groote Beer Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: … at that time. They both had to break off the courtship on each other's side. A couple of friends from the Bataven (the athletics association …
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Gerardo Catherina …
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… stories. Stories of arrivals, of departures, of new beginnings. Among the stories are incredible, and often harrowing, accounts of escape. … different places and time periods. They both ended with a new life in Canada . And although they are not part of our exhibitions, they are … of the story, as he tells it: Jaivet lived in Maungdaw, Myanmar, a city made up of Rohingya Muslims. The residents thought of the city as …
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… stories. Stories of arrivals, of departures, of new beginnings. Among the stories are incredible, and often harrowing, accounts of escape. … different places and time periods. They both ended with a new life in Canada . And although they are not part of our exhibitions, they are … of the story, as he tells it: Jaivet lived in Maungdaw, Myanmar, a city made up of Rohingya Muslims. The residents thought of the city as …