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… on the Pacific Northwest coast and has nourished and healed Indigenous communities living there for countless generations. This recipe for salmonberry crisps comes from land-based educator and poet 'Cúagilákv (Jess Housty), who …
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… in 2006. Leo was a semi-finalist in CBC’s Next Great Prime Minister Competition. He’s also received the YMCA Peace Medal and the World … the country’s first public library since 1989. He’s also developing a community innovation center. Leo is the founder of Empowerment Squared, an organization which serves thousands of newcomer youth and families. Return to Soft Landing Soft Landing is a …
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… in 2006. Leo was a semi-finalist in CBC’s Next Great Prime Minister Competition. He’s also received the YMCA Peace Medal and the World … the country’s first public library since 1989. He’s also developing a community innovation center. Leo is the founder of Empowerment Squared, an organization which serves thousands of newcomer youth and families. Return to Soft Landing Soft Landing is a …
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The Milcharek family arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Frederik VIII on June 27, 1930. Stefan, Rozalia, Adam and Anton Milcharek left Poland, sponsored by their daughter Sophie and her husband Anton Warelis of Ethelbert, Manitoba. They travelled by CNR train to Manitoba. Once …
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… Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: The Netherlands Ship Name: SS Volendam Port of Entry: Halifax Date of … the country. In 1958 he purchased a fifty-acre farm in Innisfil, just south of Barrie, ON. He soon found that it was more profitable to sell …
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… My dad spoke very little of his family. Few facts are known to me, he lived in a village in Hungary close to the Romanian border, his home … and had a baby girl (me), he borrowed money from his mother and set off to Canada. His brothers and sisters thought he had gone mad. My …
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… My father, Arthur Fisher (Pte. #M105058), was born in Hay Lakes, Alberta, … well-respected blacksmith. My father enlisted in the army on November 26, 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta. Pte. Fisher underwent basic training in … Private Arthur Fisher …
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… Date of Arrival: July 1946 Gwladys Rees Aikens was born in Swansea, South Wales. She was educated in Wales and received her nursing …
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March 4 to June 24, 2026 A Community Presents exhibition created with the Canadian Romani Alliance. This landmark exhibition shares the longstanding presence and contributions of Roma in Canada . It is the first national exhibition about Roma , a distinct and diverse peoples and the largest ethnic …
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… was born on August 14, 1926 in Canterbury, Kent, England. During the war, she, her mother and her two siblings were briefly evacuated, but they … she did have support in Canada, where she and her neighbour, Betty, set up a war brides club. Ms. Thomas’ 1st husband (Jack Book) died in …