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  • A Good Life by Metta
    Time 0:03:42 Transcript There was nothing to do in Arnes so when I finished grade 11, I went to Winnipeg and I stayed with my best friend Mary Daniels family. Ruth, Mary’s mother, was a war bride and she took me round all over to find a job but nobody had any openings. When we were just about home …
  • Visitors' Voices: The Canada: Day 1 Luggage Tags
    … As part of our travelling Canada: Day 1 exhibit, we asked visitors to share their thoughts on immigration to Canada by writing on luggage tags. … Visitors' Voices: The Canada: Day 1 Luggage Tags …
  • Leonard K. Read
    … David and Michael, came from the same village in England. They set out together looking for adventure and the opportunities that … Read. All four men had completed their National Service and were ready for the next stage in their lives. The four passed the journey … ship spent two days cruising around the mouth of the Harbour. The boys didn't mind at all because the food was still good and most of the …
  • Sarah Sharpe Platana
    … I began these reflections on November 11, 1997, Remembrance Day, a day which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder of the …
  • Flying Officer Daniel D. Platana
    … I began these reflections on November 11, 1997, Remembrance Day, a day which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder of the …
  • LACW Sarah Sharpe Platana
    … I began these reflections on November 11, 1997, Remembrance Day, a day which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder of the …
  • Janos Maté
    … Families 1956 From Stalin to Kellogg’s Cornflakes By: Janos Maté Had it not been for Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin my … that time. The immediate impetus to leave came from relatives in West Germany who phoned to say, "what are you waiting for?", but the … anti-Semitic slogans that began to appear on the walls throughout the city, and an acquaintance saying to father that "while he was a good …
  • Francesco Geraldo Sabbadin
    … I was 19 years old when I left "Italia" from the port of Napoli on July 15,1956. Why I left … and mother died within 15 days of each other. They left 7 of us. Four boys and three girls, the oldest was 12 years olf and the youngest was … this period in my life. We owe our life to two aunts on my father's side. They provided for us and kept us together as a family. This was …
  • Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian Like Canada, soccer is beautiful…anyone can do anything. There are no restrictions, and if there are … like this too. [1] Joe Pereira, Portuguese Canadian Introduction Sport has long been a tool for culture production and exchange; now, many … Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration …

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