• Arriving in Canada: Arepas in Mississauga - Monica Valencia
    … Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:08 Transcript So, we took a plane from Miami to … And his mother-in-law, his mo—yeah, his mother-in-law—she had arepas for us. So arepas is like flatbread made out of corn from Colombia with cheese— like … Arriving in Canada: Arepas in Mississauga - Monica Valencia …
  • Childhood Memories by Claude
    … Kenya because of an illness when I was 6, I felt very bad. Life was becoming hard for me, I led a miserable life, with little material or money or the hardship of going a long …
  • Maciejewski, Stanley, Sophia
    … 14, 1948 Author: Jennie Humbert, daughter Stanislaw Maciejewski, my father was born on a farm close to Poznan, Poland in a village called …
  • The Gerald William Wilson Family
    … Joan Wilson . Gerald's daughter Sandra . Gerald and Joan Wilson A telegram that Joan sent to Gerald Gerald William Wilson Gerald William …
  • Royson Ng
    … thing is you’re open-minded, okay. Uh you have to look at Canada do welcome you, okay. You have to come, again, not thinking what you had, … him to be medicine—want to do medicine, okay. And the third one is eleven-years-old, so still a long way to go. But what—what he’s going to … continued his work in clock repair. Royson eventually found a job in sales at Future Shop and moved up the ranks to become a regional …
  • Kavitha Ramachandran
    … you to do land in that job. Just sitting at home or talking to people I think—it doesn’t help and nobody’s going to pay my bills. If … to be happening very soon—so I wouldn’t say it’s a dream, but it’s my passion to pursue PhD in North America. So I’m going to be … service management. In India, Kavitha worked both as a high school teacher and as a dietitian at a national fitness centre. Kavitha had a …
  • Refugee Experiences Gallery
    … Introduction CANADA HAS A LONG AND VARIED HISTORY of people arriving here because they were fleeing war, violence, or persecution. … refugees with protection and emergency relief. Many people who have come to Canada as refugees have spent time in a UNHCR camp, including … membership in a particular social group. It included explicit reference to people discriminated against on the basis of gender or …
  • Brenda Rudd MacArthur
    … A War Bride, Brenda arrived with her son aboard the Mauretania …
  • Bas, Paulina van der Horden Family
    … Their son, Peter, shares his story here > …
  • Gillian Diane Smith
    … in Canada through Pier 21 in September 1943 at the age of 15 months. She was cared for by a War Bride on the ship but was left at Pier 21 when they arrived. The Red Cross accompanied her the rest of the way to Toronto. …