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… at the Montreal train station. It was late in the evening when we finally embraced, happy to be together. Like everyone else, I experienced … course of the years we were blessed with three sons and a daughter, all educated and married, and nine grandchildren. We travel to Oratino, … is Ottawa, Canada. Wdding photo of Luigi and Maria - September 6 1958 All the family at Christmas 2009 …
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… from a famous University in Beijing in 1996, then she got a scholarship from University of Toronto for her master degree, so she left … then she got married. She missed us and we missed her. She said, ‘Mom, come, live with me! I applied for family reunion’. So my husband and I … out of her house to give me a big hug, tears kept running on our faces. Since we came here, my husband and I stay at home with cooking, …
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… In the Canadian Immigration Hall, we have a great interactive element where we … this activity is to get people to think about where these traditions come from and the intangible culture that immigrants bring with them …
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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 …
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… Since Bremerhaven was bombed continuously and our survival was questionable, my grandmother invited us to live with her in Malente in Schleswig Holstein. In fact, our house on Kaiser Strasse was completely destroyed after we left. After living in Malente for 11 … to Bremerhaven. It ‘s a port city. There is a 1 km long pier where 3 large ships could be docked including American troop ships and …
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… with a foreign language that I didn’t understand. With time, I put all my effort into learning English. I learned to manage myself and got … in this country, was nothing I could ever imagine. I am proud to call myself a Canadian. I have a beautiful family, blessed with three children and seven grandchildren. So, you know now, why I call it my lucky day. Thank you, Canada. This is my family in Italy. My …
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… to get, that was provided by Citizenship and Immigration Canada—all financial help for food, for apartment rent, for buying new clothes … was done by CIC. Emily Burton (EB): So then you had an apartment? MKG: Yeah, we got an apartment. For eighteen days, we simply, I still remember, for eighteen days we didn’t get a chance to cook our Nepalese food. That was the terrible part. That was …
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… Leaving Home by Sheila Laird I was an English War Bride. My husband was wounded and sent … and I was to report to a hostel in London, England. We were not allowed to communicate with anyone. Sailing orders came and we were … sent by train to Southampton. I arrived at the docks holding a two year old by the hand, a baby in a carry-cot, diapers, formula and all …
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… financial help for food, for apartment rent, for buying new clothes for the first time, like jackets and these things, once. They provided us everything, immigration. Our sponsor group from our community from the church were helping us to take us to the different places to do the paperwork. And, they also provided us some kitchen …
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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 …