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… Memories of my immigration to Canada I was 14 years old on the 15th of March, 1959 when I, along with my parents, 2 younger brothers and a sister said good-bye to our dear grandparents, aunt, uncle and little cousin …
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… Time 0:04:52 Transcript It was 2:00 a.m. Our family was rudely awakened by two Russian soldiers armed with rifles and were told to pack a few things, and we would return in a few … My uncle was in the Soo since after WWI. He made the papers for us to come to Canada. We said our good-byes and sailed to Canada in the hopes …
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… for a green card in the United States, they applied to come to Canada as refugees. The family qualified for refugee status due to the danger they would face if they returned to El Salvador. Through the … church in Winkler, Manitoba, the family was able to come to Canada in December 1988. Although Grace was 19 when she arrived in Canada, …
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… Time 0:02:21 Transcript My grade nine gym teacher said I was one of the fastest girls she has seen in … my mom was not accepting of girls joining teams. My mom’s thought of coming to Canada was to leave the violence in Somalia for a safer place temporarily. Little did …
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… Canadian soldier Frank Englehart whittled this for his wife Marjorie in 1944 or 1945. [A2024.9.1 Canadian … Pier 21 collection] A heart of glass A one-of-a-kind artifact was added to the Museum's collection last year and is on display in the War …
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… Canadian soldier Frank Englehart whittled this for his wife Marjorie in 1944 or 1945. [A2024.9.1 Canadian … Pier 21 collection] A heart of glass A one-of-a-kind artifact was added to the Museum's collection last year and is on display in the War …
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… Time 0:03:06 Transcript Coming back to Mexico after two years living in Canada was exciting, we … one follow us, praying that I was not kidnapped. My friend Laura she left her house and she never came back, her car was found burned, … to the school, laughing and enjoying the trip without any adult supervising because they are safe walking in the streets I knew that is …
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… of 85,000 child migrants who came to Canada from Britain in the late 19th and early 20th century. His story is a sad one, but typical of a time when family and child poverty and the …
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… country to another, from one country to another, you are expecting challenges. You expected the worse and I was prepared for that. But the one … I was prepared that thing will be difficult for me if I in the competition with a Canadian born in a job he may get it first before I get it despite my qualification, and I knew that, I was prepare for that. But …
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… Italy in 1949-50. This is the story of Antonio Romanello, born on the 16th of June, 1915 of Giovanni Romanello and Elisa Rigato and of Elvira Romanello, nee Zaffalon, born on the 13th of May, 1915 of Luigi Zaffalon and Luigia Beninatto. Both were born in and …