• My New Home by Assia
    … I am your counsellor. He asked for our papers and he brought us to Welcome Place. At first, I didn’t even see the city well, because there … I am waiting to go to school. We are waiting for our house. I want to learn more, to meet other children and make some friends. Return to …
  • My Story from Africa to Canada by Azouber
    … 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 where he went. Then me …
  • William H. Holland
    … on September 25, 1952. He continued on to Kitchener, Ontario where he set up his medical practice. He served the Kitchener/Waterloo community …
  • Irene Coates and daughter Shirley
    … sleeping on iron bunks. We left two days later for Liverpool, a port city. We traveled in trains. We waited at dockside until almost night. …
  • Aant and Imkje DeGroot Family
    … by train from Halifax to Ontario, to begin their new life, settling in South-western Ontario. After arriving in Canada seven more children …
  • Nazary Kiperczuk
    … days later. Once processed by Canadian immigration, the Kiperczuks set out for Quebec, where their family expanded. The surname was …
  • A Lesson In-Dependence by Alwin
    … is small and beautiful and is surrounded by 5 volcanos which are visible in the horizon in many places around the country. My mom tells me it … get a job, her brother picked her up and drove to Detroit to apply to come to Canada. I admire the quality of independence in my mother. I … A Lesson In-Dependence by Alwin …
  • Antonio Giovannina e Michele
    … was no future for him in economically depressed Italy. My dad left the city of Cosenza in the region of Calabria early in 1950, a year after … the age of 29, Antonio left Wales in May, 1954. It was his hope that Canada would offer him the opportunity of re-uniting his family. He … long hours, yet he perservered. He was able to bring my mom & I to Canada by the fall of 1955. On November 11, 1955, my mother, …
  • Growing up Canadian by Rahim
    … my parents have used every interaction they’ve had with Canadians as learning experiences to continuously refine our proud Canadian … was continuing to grow back home in Kampala, Uganda. Shortly after completing their education and returning home, they gathered their …
  • Learning How to Eat a Banana in Quarantine at Pier 21
    … another section of the building. “I spoke Estonian, some remnants of a South German dialect and of English, the following, Hello, Thank You, …