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… August 1, 2024 to January 5, 2025 For many, Canada’s connection to slavery is the Underground Railroad. … in Canada through individual biographies and archival records. Learn how slavery came to be in Canada and find out who were Canada’s enslavers. Created with guest curator Dr. Afua … A History Exposed: The Enslavement of Black People in Canada …
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… Toronto. After losing track of each other after the voyage, a while later they reunited in Toronto by chance in an English-language class and were married on Sept. 3rd, 1960 in Toronto at St. Mary of the Angels Church. They had 3 children, Daniela Franco (1964), Tonia Franco (1966) and Claudio …
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… my Master’s in India. But I knew we were moving away. I was going to come as a foreign student’s spouse – and I knew this would limit me … many things. I didn’t know what the future was holding for me. But I also wanted to be with my husband. We were supposed to go home after … found a job in Lethbridge, Alberta, I said “now it’s time for me to complete my dream.” Over the next 15 years, I worked at the University …
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… Hike to Self-Rediscovery by Ardie …
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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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… 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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… 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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… 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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… general partner, PNI Maritimes GP Inc.) At the end of this month, 2024 will be over. This has been a milestone year for the Museum. 2024 … J.P. LeBlanc and Ruth Goldbloom OC. In the cartoon, MacKinnon captures something felt by many- the feeling of being welcomed in Canada – the feeling that the country represented a chance at …