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  • Mark, Edna and Keith Brain
    … BRAIN, Keith - Immigration Story Written by father Mark Brain Mark, Edna and Keith Brain’s Journey to Canada November 8, 1948. My wife Edna and I and our eleven months old son, Keith, left the … for Edna and five and a half of those years of Air Force food for me, we were lucky if we had meat twice a week and bacon and eggs once. …
  • Nation Builders
    … In 2005, the Pier 21 Foundation launched the Nation Builders Campaign, an … who choose Canada as their home, will be remembered for generations to come. Our Nation Builders symbolize what it means to be Canadian. The … Ruth embodies the spirit of “giving back” to Canada. Recognized by John and Judy Bragg, Gay and John Evans, The Homburg Charitable …
  • History
    … The mass immigrations of Italians to Canada from 1870-1914, 1920-1930 and 1950-1970 are part of the broader history of the Italian Diaspora, a migratory movement …
  • Vice-Admiral Douglas S. Boyle
    …   Dad’s Story Our father, Douglas Seaman Boyle, was born November 29, 1923 in the … Rocky Mountain town of Revelstoke, British Columbia. His middle name, prophetic as it turned out to be, was his mother’s family name. … II.) Completing her training to be a nurse at Bangour was 20 year old Janet Thomson , from the nearby mining town of Bathgate. According to …
  • Refugee Experiences Gallery
    … CANADA HAS A LONG AND VARIED HISTORY of people arriving here because they were fleeing war, violence, or persecution. Loyalists, supporters … refugees with protection and emergency relief. Many people who have come to Canada as refugees have spent time in a UNHCR camp, including …
  • Nelda and Rudy Buttignol
    … I arrived as a 4 year-old with my mother at Pier 21 in 1955. …
  • Berthold Schaefers, arrived from Germany, 1952
    … Coming to Canada was the best thing that could have happened to me. "Thank You Canada!" for the opportunity and the many flavours along …
  • Rudolf Dasberg, Netherlands 1948
    … Rudolf Dasberg, Netherlands 1948 …
  • Hans W. van der Werff
    … Arrived in Canada as an Engineer and settled in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Met my mother and I was born on July 7th, 1956. Currently living in Duncan BC with 2nd wife. …
  • Jack Devries, Netherlands 1952
    … agreed time to work and save as a family was up. I began saving for my wedding. …

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