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… quiet, nobody spoke, and we just, thousands of students and other people too, and people were lining the streets, and I've got a picture and I, I would have … brought it but it was so faded you can barely see, there were a couple of little old ladies sitting there and they're flashing the peace …
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… In speaking with my mother Norina, I asked her what she could remember about coming to Canada 59 years earlier. She stated …
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… Anton Milcharek left Poland, sponsored by their daughter Sophie and her husband Anton Warelis of Ethelbert, Manitoba. They travelled by CNR … made their home in Roblin, Manitoba and raised their five daughters there. Rozalia passed away in 1939. Anton married Cassie Kostyshen on … 1994. Anton passed away in July, 2000. In memory of my great grandfather Stefan Milcharek and his family. Lovey Bosiuk (Warelis) …
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… Date of Arrival: July 1946 Gwladys Rees Aikens was born in Swansea, South Wales. She was educated in Wales and received her nursing training in England. At the beginning of WWII, she joined …
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… men shoot my sister and my brother. One day there was a war, people came with guns, shooting. So many people died. Then my father ran away, we didn't know where he went. Then me … and my brothers, we ran away. Then, police shot my sister on the leg. My other sister left and we went to Chad, by walking, running, …
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… of each countries natural beauty than of its man-made beauty! I was pulled to landscapes which were wild, vast and open, reflecting my inner need for space and freedom. I met several men during … the relationship was over. Then I met Albert on a bus in Los Angeles. I was on a different bus, but for some reason, I decided to get on …
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… boy named Peep Aljas spent his first days in Canada under quarantine. He was born in Estonia in 1941 during the first Soviet occupation. He … to immigrate to Canada to join his future stepfather who was already here as a contract farm labourer. Peep’s dominant memory of the early …
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… Canada through the Halifax harbour was like a beautiful and unforgettable picture - like a dream. We always wanted to visit Halifax again, … railway station as the men arrived for the first time in what would become their new home. Some 47 men from the ship were placed in Chatham … the building of the ship, the regulations and rules to be followed by passengers, the nationalities of the passengers and the important news …
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… Kyle worked with visitors on a project entitled " To Those Still At Sea… ". By creating a large scale silhouette sculptural painting of the … in 6 degree water, 1012 people lost their lives. To Those Still at Sea is the title of this work, a large collaborative painting that the … What could have been, what was and what happened. To Those Still at Sea a collaborative painting and video by Kyle Jackson, …
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… On July 24th, our first sight of Canada was Pier21 in Halifax, where we first stepped foot on Canadian soil. The Gray nuns were right … a new language. Their children and grandchildren and generations to come should know what they sacrificed to bring us to this wonderful … has three sons and four grandchildren. Harry is an electrician for the city of Guilph, is married, and has two Children. Sietze is married, …