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… things. But I never felt out-casted. Biography: Louanne Mae Aspillaga was born in Manila, Philippines in 1981. When Louanne was …
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… after 5 years at her own request due to marriage and emigrating to Canada. Due to the restrictions in the Indian Navy about marrying … Pat sent out many job applications to various companies in UK, all said to contact them again when Datta returned from India. But she also … Ontario and their reply was- if you can be in Canada by February 28th- you have a job! He returned to UK at Christmas and after getting …
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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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… of the cold land and the large amount of snow, where people were different and spoke a foreign language.” (Anonietta Lanni nee Venditti) Deciding to Leave ”I know that my father loved his family, his home and his country and the experience … was seen as the promise land where opportunity could be found…” (The D’Alessio Family) “Many times when I questioned them on their …
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Programs Online Age Group Program Delivery Costs A Taste of Our Home Activity Book Ages 12 - 15 Free, downloadable activity book Refuge Canada Ages 12 - 18 Free, downloadable lesson plan The Suitcase Activity Ages 9 - 15 Free, downloadable activity sheet Who we remember and who is forgotten Ages 11 …
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… Time 0:03:29 Transcript I grew up in a small island in India called Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Our family had four girls, and we were always discouraged by close relatives and the community for only having girl children. My aunts would say, why does … parents encouraged all four of us to have a good education and to be independent of our own life. I wanted others to look at our family and …
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… Christmas for my children.” So I start to work and, it wasn’t only cleaning house it was a lot of personal care. I didn’t know, I—I was—I … who came to live in Victoria. The people from Scotland I couldn’t understand, me without very limited English, and the way they spoke and I … to immigrate to Canada after talking to Pedro’s brother who had come to Winnipeg, Manitoba as a refugee shortly after the coup. Ruth, …
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… that he wanted more from his life. He knew one day he would have to leave the only place he’d ever known. Giovanni Guglietti (GG): The biggest problem was that I, I was the oldest. And I was pushing like crazy. We had to get out of Italy. N: At … was if my father could go first because you needed a relationship to come to Canada. You have to have a related person. My father, we found …
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… Time 0:04:28 Transcript When Israel attacked the people of Palestine, they took my parents town first. If they didn’t leave, they would be killed. Just before my parents crossed the border, my dad was shot in his leg. An organization helped them to cross …
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… and Peter Flinsenberg, immigrated from Holland in early 1952, aboard the Zuiderkruis (Southern Cross). They had four small children, myself … below deck. Our mother suffered seasickness for the entire ten-day trip. The Zuiderkruis docked at Pier 21 on February 12, 1952. I was … away at seventy-years young. Our father is now eighty-three and has said many times over the years he would never return to Holland. Canada …