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… my 4 year brother and I were excited but my mother was terrified, as well as the the rest of the adult passengers in the economy class, … skies, howling wind storm, and buckets of rain. My Mother said: "My God, what forsaken place has your father brought us to?" You see, my Father was waiting for us in Toronto, he had preceded us by 2 years to make enough money to call us over, my …
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… One day, my daughter came home and asked me the question, dad, why do some of the students in my school call me ‘Paki’. My reply was ‘it is not a polite word’ and I will have a visit with your school principal. Both my wife and I were … I was born and brought up in Uganda. Immediately the question was “how come you are not black?” My answer was just like in Canada, Africa has …
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… In 1953, when you came to Canada, you had to have the following: 1. - Passport 2. - German I.D. 3. - Single … with the great hope of a better life. In East Germany, we had to go through four check points and our passports had to be sent ahead to … ice. This was Halifax. All I could think was: What had I done? When we got off the ship at Pier 21, no one knew what to do or where to go. …
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… Germany. I returned home in December 1945 in the company of 75 officers and men. We left Liverpool on a converted ore carrier on the 12th. The ship had mechanical trouble this side of Ireland and had to return to … and one was in the Army. My eldest brother, in the Air Force, flew out of Shearwater and on to Ottawa. He was a photographer up and down …
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… mother and father, my little sister Tina, age 3 and myself, age 10. We had no idea what the future held for us, only that Dad wanted to get us out of England in case there was another war. Dad served in the Royal Marines for 25 years (including all the World War II years) while Mum tried desperately to keep us girls safe from all the bombing. …
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… Suffering from famine and in dispute with their English landlord, they had been evicted from their homes. Accompanied by a bailiff, they … one of the biggest groups of migrants in Canadian history . A fungus had ruined the Irish potato crop. To escape starvation and disease, … With nearly 4.6 million claiming Irish heritage , Irish culture has had a vast influence on Quebecois and Canadian society. …
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… Suffering from famine and in dispute with their English landlord, they had been evicted from their homes. Accompanied by a bailiff, they … one of the biggest groups of migrants in Canadian history . A fungus had ruined the Irish potato crop. To escape starvation and disease, … With nearly 4.6 million claiming Irish heritage , Irish culture has had a vast influence on Quebecois and Canadian society. …
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… is both diverse and delicious. Generation after generation of newcomers have brought new recipes, ingredients and approaches, while … little bit of who we are changes. Just as food helps our bodies grow, so our identity grows when we try food from different cultural … opens on May 10 and will remain at the Museum until January 2026. Access to the special exhibition is included with admission. …
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… is both diverse and delicious. Generation after generation of newcomers have brought new recipes, ingredients and approaches, while … little bit of who we are changes. Just as food helps our bodies grow, so our identity grows when we try food from different cultural … opens on May 10 and will remain at the Museum until January 2026. Access to the special exhibition is included with admission. …
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… day, the Cuccaro family returned home to find that a Croatian family had moved into their apartment. This was an effort, on the part of the … they moved to a company town just outside of Naples where Antonio got a management job in a plywood factory. In 1950, Mauro Cuccaro was … for the trip. When the family landed in Halifax, Antonio went off in search of some bread. When he returned with the white bread that …