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    Stories in Italian Andrea Nicolosi and Maria Soccorsa Children's Stories Amerigo Lupinacci Elise Marini Robert Sapienza Family Stories Addolorata Salvatorelli-Di Falco Adolfo Di Mambro Antonino Masciotra Cesidio Mariani Domenico Stagliano Gabriella Frainetti nee Di Giovanni Giulio Cesare and …
  • Reborn by Sergio
    … in Bolivia. It is a developing country with many challenges to overcome. Often people did not agree with the decisions of the government … generation we have to pay the price, but this price is cheap in comparison to all the great things that we receive every day in Canada. …
  • B.J. Gerrits Family
    … My family is originally from Hardenberg in the Netherlands, and we immigrated to Canada in 1953. We … that year on the S.S. Waterman and arrived in Halifax on April 22nd, a day ahead of schedule. At the time, I was 10 years old, having been … to a man standing next to me: "Get that boy away from there" ["Haal die jongen daar weg"], which the woman then followed up with: "Where …
  • Peggy, Dorothy, Dick, Don
    … As a former British child war evacuee who came to Canada under the auspices of the Children's Overseas Reception Board … seemed to be falling as close as the next street. Late the following day, along with 351 other CORB evacuees, we embarked in the Orient …
  • The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada • Comité Canadian du Centenaire du Génocide des Arméniens • Հայկական Ցեղասպանութեան Հարիւրամեակի Գանատայի Մարմին
    … The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada Comité Canadian du Centenaire du Génocide des Arméniens Հայկական Ցեղասպանութեան Հարիւրամեակի Գանատայի Մարմին … perpétré par l'Empire Ottoman entre 1915 et 1923, sont arrivés au Canada grâce aux efforts de l'Armenian Relief Association et de …
  • What if the Magic of Christmas Could Travel With Us?
    … about how Christmas happened at my home, and my childhood memories. I come from Burundi, a small country in Central Africa. Christmas is the … most important time of year. Some people celebrate the end of year holidays with their family; others organize large gatherings, either for … Christmas with my two children, husband, and friends. On Christmas day, we always try to Skype with family back in Burundi. Here at The …
  • The Lerin Region Macedonian Cultural Association of Canada • МАКЕДОНСКО ПРОСВЕТНО ЗДУЖЕНИЕ НА ЛЕРИНСКАТА ОКОЛИЈА ВО КАНАДА
    … of all Macedonians from the Lerin Region of Macedonia who have made Canada their home from the early 1900s to the present. En l'honneur de tous les Macédoniens de la région de Lerin de la Macédoine qui se sont établis au Canada depuis le début des années 1900 jusqu'au présent. …
  • Leonardo Passera
    … I was born on August 29, 1936 in Tarcento, a town in the north-eastern Friuli region of Italy. My father was a carpenter who worked not only in Italy, but also in France … am able to rest and leisurely work in my garden. I met my wife-to-be, Vanda Gatto, through a Young Christian Workers Group at our church. We …
  • Berend Bergsma
    … Immigration Story of a 9 Year Old Boy in 1952 The best memory I have of coming to Canada and Pier 21 is that my dad … we landed at Pier 21 in the late afternoon, we had to wait one more day on the ship before we could disembark. My Dad made all of us … We were week at sea. There were a lot of people on the ship the first day, but as the days passed, less and less people were in the dining …
  • Marie Ori Burns
    … She sailed out of Bremerhaven, Germany, the voyage lasting eleven days, many of which were violently stormy. They were, to a novice … My voyage over the Atlantic at the start brought me three miserable days of seasickness, when I realized that the way to take my mind off … that of passing out trays to the ship’s passengers for three meals a day. I "forgot" to be seasick. The food was splendid and the crew was …

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