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  • Guilt About Leaving - Robert Porter
    … that I knew, you know, I had friends that were going off to war, maybe die, might be injured, traumatized by what they've seen and done. You … little apprehensive still when I cross the border to the US and when I come home. There's that sigh of relief as you come across to Canadian immigration and you're, you're back, you're …
  • Toon and Trees Maas
    … Dutch tradition) before the Catholic Church on September 20, 1952. Two days later, Mr. & Mrs. Maas boarded the Groote Beer in Rotterdam for … in Canada. Trees had, however, decided that the sight of dreary, grey, 1950s Halifax was not for her and offered to go back to Europe with the … Motors will be remembered by many foreign car enthusiasts from the 1960-70s in Halifax. In 1967 they became very proud Canadian citizens …
  • My Life is Awesome by Htoohtooeh
    Time 0:03:08 Transcript In Canada its different than Thailand, because in Thailand we don’t wear shoes. In Thailand there are no toys you have to build your own. In Canada there are more things than Thailand. I miss my cousins and my family in Thailand. I like Canada and I like Thailand. Sometimes …
  • The Journey Begins by Ludee
    … what kind of food is that. The food was awful. When I came to Welcome house. I thought to myself WOW THIS HOUSE IS BIG, but then someone told us it was like an apartment. The welcome house had 3 floors. Then after staying at welcome house for a few weeks or months, they told us that we were going …
  • Antonio Giovannina e Michele
    … the age of 29, Antonio left Wales in May, 1954. It was his hope that Canada would offer him the opportunity of re-uniting his family. He … port of Naples. We arrived at Pier 21 on November 22, 1955. After a 2 day train trip, we were re-united with my father in Toronto on November … at Pier 21. I will never forget that; I appreciate this even more so today then when I was a 6 year old boy. Canada's promise of a better & …
  • Private Gordon B. Allen
    … and one month. He served for four and one-half years until November 1945. On enrolment, he was part of the 2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Artillery … 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. In September 1941, Gordon boarded the Louis Pasteur at Pier 21 bound for Scotland. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, they sailed up the River Clyde to Greenock where they debarked. They later traveled by train to …
  • Fifi - Winnipeg by Fifi
    … it was my first time getting sick. My mother started the process of coming to Canada because I was gravely ill. After a bit of time I came … Canada was a country without suffering. If you are under 18, you must come to the NEEDS Centre, until you find a school. In 2010, I continued …
  • Tips and Tricks: Band-aid Solutions for the Event Planner
    … works like a charm!). The next item on my list would be sandpaper . It can be used in a pinch as an emery board, to remove fuzzy pills on a … If your venue isn’t carpeted, a little scuff on those new stilettos can prevent a slip and fall! Fishing line also has its many uses. It is … at the ready.  I love being an event professional because each day is different with new clients, events, problems to solve and the …
  • Gwendoline Goodey
    … it, I was so relieved, to get safely here. And I—I’ll never forget coming into Halifax and then two soldiers came on and they took the boys and they took them to a big … as a military base. Gwendoline met and married one of the Canadian soldiers stationed there. Gwendoline’s husband returned to Canada in early …
  • Vijay Bhosekar
    … They were all houses you know, I think it was probably that the community was all in different houses. There were no towers you know? … go back to school in order to find work in his field in Canada. Vijay completed a post-graduate certificate in environmental studies at Sheridan College in 2007. He officially left his position at …

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