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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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… multilayered than many individuals realize. The discipline of history can be viewed as a complex interplay between continuity and change. … when continuity is present. In our 2012 temporary exhibition, Shaping Canada: Exploring Our Cultural Landscapes , the case study of the … between continuity and change. In researching Lebanese immigration to Canada, and in particular Halifax, previously published scholarly …
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… Museum & Archives Lloydminster, AB December 2029 – February 2030 New Brunswick Black History Society Moncton, NB September – November 2029 Municipality of the … – March 2027 Museum of Industry Stellarton, NS October – December 2026 Senate of Canada Ottawa, ON June – September 2026 Kingston City …
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… …Our first house was near Botanical Gardens so guess where we went for walks on Sunday afternoons? …