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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated August 21, 2020) Origins of Canada’s Refugee Determination System The origins of Canada’s refugee determination system can be traced back to 1922, when … Canadian officials hesitated to legitimize the travel certificate out of a fear that it was a “one-way document.” This was the case for a …
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… an industrial area in the south of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we had come through the war with little or no harm. My parents had done … With four chickens, we even traded eggs for such a thing as a spinning wheel. Mom was an avid knitter and seamstress. With a sheep and two …
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… an industrial area in the south of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we had come through the war with little or no harm. My parents had done … With four chickens, we even traded eggs for such a thing as a spinning wheel. Mom was an avid knitter and seamstress. With a sheep and two …
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… not bucking for a "daughter of the year" prize.) All my life, I've been a history buff whether it was Russian, American or Sports. I … Hairy Hill, Alberta. Due to high travel costs, the rest of the family had to emigrate to Canada over an extended period of time. The next … my grandmother and my uncle Jaroslaw Iwaniszyn (Larry Ewanishan), who got to travel for free because he was only a baby. Even though a year …
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… Following marriage, Cornelia and William lived in Ottawa for a short while, then over a period of about 20 years in Edwards, Ramseyville and … by a Canadian citizen to work on a farm near Barry's Bay. After he had worked there for about one year and had fulfilled all obligations … and one of the conditions of this sponsorship was that we marry within 30 days of my arrival in Canada. As a young woman I rarely traveled far …
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… January 1st, 1954, in Mendicino in the province of Cosenza, Italia. While searching for a better life for his family, my grandfather, … grandmother, Maria (Greco) Conte, to Canada. My father Giuseppe (aged 30), mother Teresina (aged 29), sister Tonina (aged 2), and me (aged … the Porto. That evening after we boarded the Vulcania, we said our good-byes. The size of the ship was so daunting to me because I was …
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… History, and I completed an experiential education placement with the Canadian Museum of Immigration in 2022. The placement was with CMI’s … or refugees. [1] Some lived in the Sault upon arriving in Canada, while others arrived there from elsewhere in Ontario. In the … divide “general insights and reflections” into two separate codes in order to focus on the interviewees' reflections on their journeys of …
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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 8, 2020) Introduction So you’re interested in researching a topic that deals with Canadian immigration and ethnic history? This short post will give you an overview of the field and suggest some starting points to help get your research underway. Early …
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… by Helena Lengacher, April 2016 I was born September 6, 1920, in Waterland-Oudeman situated in Oost-Vlanderan, Belgium to the proud … and Celina De Meyer. Not long after, at age three, my parents once again gave thanks to the arrival of a son, Arsene Heyneman, my one and … ever have. Although I did not necessarily realize it growing up, I had a very privileged life and remembered having servants to take care …
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… become a high school teacher. I hope that all my grandchildren have a good education. This is my wish... God Bless Them. My son, my wife and I left Naples aboard the Saturnia on the fifth of March. I had $888 of debts to pay to my father-in-law Nicola D'Agostino. He came … Giuseppe e Caterina e Maura Martino …