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… A man drives down Terminal Road towards Pier 21. He is wearing a blue shirt; next to him his wife holds a bouquet of flowers. He is nervous and excited. He is coming home in a sense and he cannot stop thinking about what brought him …
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… daughter Fiona. While waiting for the late evening train to Liverpool, we met fellow travellers Margaret and Alfie Mclean. They were a great … near it, so when the train stopped at the station, we rushed out to buy milk, bread, and cheese. Gazing out the windows of the train, we …
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… The day after I got on the train to go to the ship the railroad went on strike in Scotland. They took us to military barracks for about … disorganization everywhere. I volunteered to be an escort for a little boy named Johnie, age 3. He was coming to Canada to be with his father …
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Time 0:02:23 Transcript My Oma was always very close with her sister. They had three brothers and their mother died when they were young, so they stuck together and supported one another as they were growing up. When she got married, my Oma made the decision to move with her new husband to Canada. …
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Time 0:02:52 Transcript I didn't know how cold it would be in Canada until our arriving in the winter of 2007. In that December, we received winter storms almost every week; people wore heavy boots and thick coats, streets were piled up with snow like grey walls. Coming from Taiwan where we have …
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… Voy y vuelvo by Abel …
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… Vulcania, docked at Pier 21. The anxiety and excitement of our arrival were palpable among all the passengers, but especially me – excitement … rest of the family couldn’t face seeing us leave and opted to say good bye at their house. We all knew that it was very likely that we …
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Time 0:04:55 Transcript You know, when you are working, life is so busy, you don’t have time to reflect. But once you’ve retired there is so much time. Actually I don’t know what to do. I have no projects, no deadlines, no place to go. I need to do something with mindfulness, but my mind feels like …
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by Western University's MA Public History Program Students The migration of the New England Planters was the first significant migration to the Atlantic colonies in British North America. In the wake of the deportation of the Acadians in 1755, newly cultivated lands opened up in Nova Scotia, which …
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… I was standing in the yard with my father and others, paratroopers were jumping out of planes. Two planes were shot down before 8:00 a.m. … First I needed my parents’ consent. I had to be healthy, have money to buy my transportation, etc. In a few weeks my parents gave me their …