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  • Maria and Frank D'Ambrosio
    It was winter 1958 and my husband Frank, myself and our 1½ year old daughter, Pierina, arrived in Halifax at Pier 21 after our long journey from Italy. I remember tasting the soft white bread for the first time. We were on the train headed for our two day train ride to Toronto. When the server came …
  • The Way of Tea in Whitehorse by Lillian
    Time 0:03:31 Transcript There’s a vibrant group of Japanese Canadian immigrant women who meet to share the Way of Tea in Whitehorse and who are bonded together by their desire to maintain some of their cultural practices. I enjoy being part of this group, but I struggle with understanding their …
  • Where Does My Heart Sing? by Marianne
    Time 0:02:56 Transcript I am now living a dream life to most. A beautiful condominium in Florida with a water view, nothing to do except laze in the sun and read – yet I find myself confused, not sure whether to make Florida my permanent home. Is it time to move again? – and again for a man? I was …
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  • Jean Shephard Laffin
    PIER 21 : Recollections by Jean Laffin (Nee Shephard), War Bride 1944 My association with Canadians started before the Second World War began. When I was still going to school, my Mother belonged to a women’s group called, The Women’s Own. They had their meetings on Wednesday afternoons. We …
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