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  • Vanessa Martins
    Getting Her First Job at the Grocery Store Time 0:02:48 Transcript (Translated from French) When I arrived at the supermarket, I saw a “cashiers wanted” sign and thought, “hmm, why not give it a shot, for my first job here,” because we had read a French woman’s blog saying how she also immigrated …
  • Vijay Bhosekar
    Seeing Diversity in Canada Time 0:00:54 Transcript 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? No skyscrapers in that area, I don’t know in that area you know. Yeah so it was seeing people, different people, …
  • Xianqin Yang
    Difficulty of Being a TA Time 0:02:42 Transcript XY: Um. My school started in January the eighth I believe. Um, the study was okay because I think that we were only required to take, three to five courses, of the courses they were fine, not difficult, and the research I am always interested in …
  • Yolaine Maudet
    Getting Permanent Resident Status Time 0:02:47 Transcript (Translated from French) YM : Yes (laughs), yes. Every time—the biggest file to complete is the permanent residency. There’s a medical section too: you see a doctor, etc... Since I’d been working in Quebec for about 2 years, I had no extra …
  • Yolanda Garcia
    First Day in Canada Time 0:02:30 Transcript … the first one was—it was so special like the feeling of being here and feel like uh, This is the place I would like to stay. So it—it was more special than important I would say uh. But it was remarkable because it start my life right so that day, so it …
  • Aljas Peep, arrived from Estonia, 1949
    I was also highly amazed at the way Corn Flakes was packed and served in individual cut-open boxes. Finally I was diagnosed as having measles and released from quarantine and "landed" on Apr 5,1949. A long train trip brought us to Ajax to what seemed to be a POW camp with barbed wire around it. …
  • 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 the way. …
  • First Taste of White Bread
    That evening, my Dad had bought some "Canadian sliced white bread", which was something new for us, which he made extra special by buttering the bread and sprinkling sugar on top... yum, it was good. The next morning we boarded another train, which was beautiful, and we arrived in Orillia on April …
  • Immigration from the United States to Canada During the Vietnam War
    Introduction In the 1960s and 1970s, the United States witnessed profound social and political change. Involvement in the Vietnam War divided the country, and some individuals chose to come to Canada. Men who were drafted and did not want to participate in a war they did not believe in came to …
  • Aamir Mirza
    Bringing His Family to Canada Time 0:04:05 Transcript I told all my family members that there is a lot of instability, political and places not secure in Pakistan right now because the whole region is, in under fire, war, and because of Afghanistan and Pakistan all those, troubles some time. It’s …

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