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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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… Bellsmith Lina Douwasma Jack de Vries Peter van der Horden Connie A.H. Uyterlinde Family Stories Toon and Trees Maas Johannes Kreeft …
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… MARIA MARRONE Born: Maria Di Girolamo August 25, 1933 Fossacessia, Italy Immigration: 1956 Date … Napoli, Italy Date of Arrival: April 24, 1956, Fort Erie, Ontario Sailing Ship: SS Constitution Destination: Sudbury Ontario Occupation: … often staid, but never bitter. She got married at nineteen on a day that was as unassuming as the event itself—just she and her …
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… food. I met five other War Brides from different parts of England and we chummed around together during the voyage. After five years in Canada I sometimes wondered how these brides fared. Unfortunately I did … remember how elated he felt as they tied up at Pier 21 and stepped on Nova Scotian soil again. Bea (Moore) was about to board the train to …
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… and have lived there since. They had another son in 1966, Raffaele. We became Canadian Citizens in 1970. My father, Onofrio, worked as a …
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… of life before, fear, displacement, refuge and life in Canada so we wanted the residency inspired by it to create something for … studio potter Shauna MacLeod created 300 serving bowls formed with Nova Scotia red earthenware clay. Her bowls, literally, a piece of their new land, were given to newcomer refugees by ISANS upon their arrival in HRM. …
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… the Netherlands on March 13, 1948 and arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia on March 22, 1948. The family arrived on board the Kota … from Halifax to Ontario, to begin their new life, settling in South-western Ontario. After arriving in Canada seven more children were added to the family. Aleta 1948, Sadie 1950, Douglas 1951, Janette …
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… Born in 1918, Rita Hilda Mitchell (nee Yeomans) grew up in the Brixton area of London, England with her … Holland. He survived the war and returned to England, where the two were married on April 14, 1945. Reginald and Rita we're delighted with the arrival of their daughter, Marion, on April 1, …