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  • Albert Samuel Davis
    Albert Joseph Samuel Davis was one 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 lack of any social safety net combined to make it socially acceptable at that time …
  • Frederick Thomas Davis
    Frederick Thomas Davis was one 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 lack of any social safety net combined to make it socially acceptable at that time to …
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  • All or Nothing by Jessica
    Time 0:02:31 Transcript My mom is from the Philippines, and my dad is from Poland. They were pen pals, fell in love and moved to Canada to start fresh. It’s as simple as that. It’s pretty cute story actually, in many ways very romantic. But as I grew up I began to doubt if true love really does …

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