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… Time 0:04:18 Transcript Perhaps growing up in a military lifestyle gave me the courage to face new environments and an adventurous spirit to explore the world. And yet, never in my wildest dreams had I imagined that one day I would be travelling halfway … going through a broken marriage and losing my parents, I had very little hope of ever having a good life in India as a single woman. So I …
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… grew up in China worked there, retired there and it never came into my mind that I would live in Canada someday. All things were changed because of my daughter. She graduated from a famous University in Beijing in 1996, … from University of Toronto for her master degree, so she left us. My daughter got her first job in Toronto in 2000, then she got married. …
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… Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Holland Date of Arrival: Thursday, May 29, 1952 Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax, NS Leonardus Streng (Len) … very vulnerable country as proven in May of 1940. Neither Dad nor Mom wanted to re-live the war, nor did they want their children to live it … Mom and Dad packed all their belongings, sold their business and said goodbye to family and friends. The Streng family left Rotterdam on …
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… Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Holland Date of Arrival: Thursday, May 29, 1952 Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax, NS Leonardus Streng (Len) … war. He felt Holland was still a very vulnerable country as proven in May of 1940. Neither Dad nor Mom wanted to re-live the war, nor did … goodbye to family and friends. The Streng family left Rotterdam on May 21,1952 on the ship Zibajak headed for Canada. They headed for the …
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… Haitian boy and girl so I had Haitian siblings and together we went to Canada. Living in Canada was hard - it was like a fairy tale, but I was the strange beast … The Life of a Can-Haitian by Fraser …
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… being separated from his extended family including his grandparents with whom he had lived his entire life. It meant leaving behind … he knew in Zaleszyczyki, Poland. It meant a rough but exciting 8 day voyage on the ship The Pilsudski with his mother and sister - … What did Morris Ladenheim eventually learn about those who did not come to Canada? He learned of the murder of his grandparents by the …
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… Refuge Canada Tent raises awareness of the complex issues surrounding the history of refugees in Canada. Drawing … Primary Language Mississippi Textile Museum Almonte, ON November 2026 – January 2027 French-first Vaughan Public Libraries Vaughan, ON …
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Citizenship and Belonging to a Country Time 0:02:27 Transcript ES: The day of the ceremony—first they give you a test and then after they say if you pass or not, and we pass the test, and then after we went to the ceremony that for us is for something new because well we have to be in front of all …