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… people here in the Yukon, I began to believe in myself. I learned to become a professional child care worker and after years I decided to go …
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… I told him when he is ready that I am always here. I feel I have accomplished my goals. My family in the Philippines is very proud of what I have accomplished in Canada. Whenever I visit them, they take me around and …
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… either black or white. I was both and I was none. I needed to leave. Coming to Canada as a war refugee, I wasn’t happy about parting with my … contributed to the society, had my child. I had a strong desire to completely integrate myself into society. After 17 years, I call Canada …
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… a friend, they were in the Soo, making $2.75 an hour. That got me to come to Sault Sainte Marie. I looked for this place on the west side. I ended up in the company yard, and I seen a man, big Churchill cigar in his mouth, and I … me. Right away, he stood up and said Mr. Rosset, you got a job in this company. He spoke my dialect. He said he pays his top wages $2.25 an …
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… Alumni Type: War Bride Country of Origin: England Ship Name: Aquitania Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax Date … of that year, they sailed for England. World War II was well under way and the British needed all the military help they could get. They … where they settled down and had two more sons. John Squarok passed away in 1993. …
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… Charles Midgley was born in York, England in 1882. By age 20 he had become the head gardener for a big estate. At the same time his desire … on the land. Some simple tools may have been available but this was accomplished through hard manual labour and all this done at times during … family were very industrious and persistent people. My grandmother died the year before I was born but I had the good fortune of knowing …
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… British immigrants. Actively pursuing British settlement was seen as a way of ensuring the predominance of British values in Canadian society. …
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… of the Maritimes . Four East, 1991. Acharya, Madhaui and Tom Yew. “Martin Makes Amends for ‘dark chapter in our History'.” Toronto Star , … and Michael Vickers, “100 years of Immigration in Canada”, as in Canadian Social Trends , Statistics Canada: Catalogue No. 11-008, Autumn … Press, 1999. Gabaccia, Donna R. and Franca Iacovetta. Women, Gender, and Transnational Lives: Italian Workers of the World . Toronto: …
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… In the summer of 1956, while working at her parent’s bar in the town of … to immigrate to Canada because her birthday is on July 1st – Canada Day. As well, her dad, Luigi Zuttioni, was an Italian soldier during … of National Health and Welfare in Rome and was granted a visa to come to Canada. With the airline ticket that Mario had bought her in …
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During his six month residency at the Museum, Kyle worked with visitors on a project entitled " To Those Still At Sea… ". By creating a large scale silhouette sculptural painting of the Empress of Ireland , Kyle illuminated the 102 nd year anniversary of the lives lost on the greatest maritime …