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  • Refuge Canada - The Life Jackets
    … Time 0:01:22 Transcript: In our section Escape by Sea in Refuge Canada we have these two life jackets that were worn by children who … Refuge Canada - The Life Jackets …
  • Francesco and Rosina Orlando
    … Ravaged by the 2nd World War, Italy had little to offer him in the way of employment. Canada offered him hope and dreams for the future. … Both Francesco and Rosina became proud Canadian citizens. It was the way Francesco wanted it. Since Canada offered him a great life, he had … decided to take that very big step of emigrating to Canada. I will always be grateful for their positive decision. Antonio Orlando, 2002 …
  • Alfonso Catenaro
    … and his oldest sister Restituta, whom he had never met before that day in May of 1953. His intention was to work in Canada and earn enough money to one day head back to Italy. But, he soon realised that the opportunities in …
  • Prokopowich
    … 1910 the Skala school was built, where he attended until the age of twelve. In 1919 he married Anna Schurko, born in 1901 to Stefan and … sons and one daughter passed away at a very young age. They raised twelve children: Mary, Mike, Stella, Tony, Denzel, Olga, Cassie, Sophie, …
  • A Taste of Our Home: The Flavours of Migration & Diversity in Canada Activity Book
    … of Migration & Diversity in Canada is an activity book created to accompany the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21’s travelling … you’ll see how food traditions from Indigenous Peoples to newcomers have been shared, adapted, and celebrated across generations. … cultural diversity Learn how food connects us to identity, family, and community Whether you’re visiting the exhibition, working in the …
  • Cpl Wilfred Claude Clouthier
    Wilfred and his wife, Nancy Clouthier pictured. Wilfred and his wife, Nancy Clouthier, on their wedding day Wilfred and friends during his years of service Wilfred and friends during his years of …
  • An Unexpected Treasure
    … Just the other day, to my surprise, I learned that I have been wearing a treasure … I have countless memories of my father wearing this sweatshirt with high-cut shorts, covered in dirt, milling around the tulips and … never told me that”, I replied. “I would have never thought that one day, my Canadian daughter would be coming over to my house to help me …
  • Vietnam Draft - Tom Corcoran
    … States Time 0:01:07 Transcript Tom Corcoran (TC): Yup. So I didn’t come back and as soon as I didn’t come back, I lost whatever college deferment I had as far as the … did. He said, “If you decide that you want to stay there, we’ll just come and visit you instead of you having to come and visit us,” which …
  • Odd One by Sosina
    … When I want to work with other Africans I am defined by the country I come from or by the tribe my last name comes from. There is so much division in our communities and organizations here in Canada to the point where people …
  • Dmitri and Anastasia Tarasuk Family
    … their lives motivated them to start a new life in Canada. Life in the Western Ukraine occupied by Poland was dangerous. The Russian … to St. Walburg, Saskatchewan, looking out the window at the rocky Nova Scotia, Anastasia cried and said "How can we ever farm in Canada?". Early days in Saskatchewan are for …

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