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  • Stanley, Martha, Gloria, Janet Jones
    … and arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on January 17, 1954. We had lived in South End on Sea and then Colchester Essex before coming to Canada. The …
  • Growing up Canadian by Rahim
    … Time 0:02:19 Transcript Integrating into Canadian society has always been important to my family. For as long as I can … was continuing to grow back home in Kampala, Uganda. Shortly after completing their education and returning home, they gathered their … life in a new country they knew nothing about. The open immigration offered by the Canadian government was like a warm welcoming mother’s …
  • The Victor and Betty Last Family
    … them were their daughters Susan and Margaret and their sons Richard Hugh and Robert Jeremy. …
  • Refuge Canada - The Ink Blotter
    … is underneath the ink blotter is a secret message for help. We’ve had it translated from the German and it essentially reads, “Dear. Dr. Herzer would it possible for God’s sake for you to arrange citizenship for me and my husband. We’ll do anything. We’ll work on a farm. We’ll pay for our own …
  • Blank Page by Paulina
    … just six months ago… To get the worked visa in Chile it was not so hard. There I had documents, papers, experience and language that … page that needed to be re-written, to be filled… I had to find people willing to collaborate in that process of re-writing, willing to trust … a place where to live or give you a job. My life in Chile was safe, comfortable. It was an academic life. I worked in a publishing house, …
  • Leaving Uganda: “My Whole Life in 1972” - Umeeda Switlo
    … Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:12 Transcript Hi, my name is Umeeda Switlo. … Uganda my name was Umeeda Umedaly. I brought this suitcase with me so that you could share with me this time, almost forty years ago, over … Canada. This is it. This is where my whole life was in 1972. And I also found with me this identification certificate from Uganda. And it …
  • Major Waves of Immigration through Pier 21: War Brides and Their Children
    This blog entry has been expanded upon by its author Jan Raska PhD and can now be found under Research, Immigration History: …
  • Photographs-Coming to Canada
    … Photographs-Coming to Canada …
  • Artifacts-Ship and Train Memorabilia
    Artifacts-Ship and Train Memorabilia …
  • Students for Change - Richard Tshimanga
    … Becoming a Refugee CMIP 21 · Students for Change Time 1:51 Transcript … expensive. And I was not always able to pay? pay, because I had no income, no resources and all that. I later incorporated politics into it. …

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