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Domenico Accettola …
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These are photos of Ellen Margaret Dunham, a war bride who served with the British Air Force, and George John LaRocque, who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in England. My parents met in Bournemouth and married in Dorchester, Dorset, U.K. on January 24, 1945. In 1946, my mother sailed on …
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August 19, 1945 This is the wedding photo of my parents, Barrie Wingrave, Canadian army and Lorill Wingrave, Royal Navy. Barrie passed through Pier 21 during WW2 both going to England and returning after the war. Lorill passed through Pier 21 in May 1946 with a bevy of War Brides. Mother is wearing …
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Time 0:02:27 Transcript When I hear that we are going to Canada, I just think that it is a joke or something like that. When my mom started picking our clothes and dresses I just think that I am dreaming. I came here in Canada in 24 January, 2013. Since I came to Canada, my life has changed. In …
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Time 0:01:52 Transcript Hello, that's me, Azouber, I'm going to tell you about my story. When I was in Sudan with my dad, my mom, my sister... 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 …
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Time 0:02:24 Transcript (Translated from French) I was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I remember when my mother was sent to Kenya because of an illness when I was 6, I felt very bad. Life was becoming hard for me, I led a miserable life, with little material or money or the hardship of …
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Time 0:05:19 Transcript (Translated from French) After working very hard for days and nights on my research project, I stood up in class and started doing my presentation. My English wasn’t fluent like everyone else, and my class mate started laughing at me. I felt so disrespected, despised and …
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Time 0:02:19 Transcript It wasn’t my decision to leave my country, it was because of illness. Sometimes my leg hurt a lot when I was a child in Burundi. I could not walk well but sometimes it was an illness in my left leg. I was operated in a hospital in June. My life was hard, walking with someone …
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Time 0:01:55 Transcript Growing up I never felt like I could identify with the people around me. When I was in grade two, my teacher singled me out as an Ethiopian girl by making me sit separately in the class. I was born and raised in Somalia- I never really felt different until he made me feel …
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Time 0:04:26 Transcript Life before we had to leave Iraq, before the war, was pretty good. My dad had a really good job, and he made good money. He worked for the United Nations as a forklift driver, he would stack food into trucks to be delivered to refugees. We had to leave our wealth, our house …