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… doll here tells a story about two major groups of refugees who came to Canada. This doll is on loan from Dr. Tran-Davies, a medical doctor in Alberta. She came to Canada as a five-year-old girl in 1979 as part of the large group of … to people to help to settle to sponsor refugees and the way one group can help build on the success for another group. Return to …
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… & Rosina Colucci, in the small central Italian town of Sora, Frosinone. On February 11, 1960, Concetta along with her mother Rosina, her … With few belongings, they boarded the train to Toronto and settled in one over crowded family house in the area formerly known as Downsview. It was a home where everyone worked very hard but also made the time to enjoy their family and …
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… carrier which had the distinct feature of housing women & children in one area of the ship and men in another. This placed a difficult burden …
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… seeking shelter whenever the air raid sirens sounded. During one night of particularly heavy bombing, four members of her extended … war-time England – she particularly enjoyed having a car and a telephone. Her husband was able to return to his pre-war job at Goodyear in …
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… again. Nik, himself had achieved personal success in Latvia, as CEO of one of the largest textile companies in the Baltic area (Riga's …
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… interior, contributing diligently to Canadia´s cultural mosaic. Wir, die hier gelandet sind, haben am kulturellen mosaic Kanada’s mitgearbeitet. In dedication to the 50th anniversary of our post war Austrian immigrants. …
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… Kenneth Hawkins and his wife Betty on their wedding day, June 4, 1945 …
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… most worked as domestic servants and farm labourers. En l’honneur des cent mille enfants britanniques âgés de six à quatorze ans, orphelins ou non, qui ont été expédiés par bateau au Canada entre 1869 et 1948, pour la plupart à titre de travailleurs domestiques et d’ouvriers agricoles. …
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… my friends. After the many bus rides and plane rides, we arrived at Welcome House. The house was very different from the houses in Thailand. I … on it all the time when I was bored. My family didn’t stay in welcome house for so long. In Langley my family stayed in one of my mom’s …
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… ended, but the unknown of the new country faced me. Fear and worries accompanied me during the 28-hour train ride from Halifax to Montreal. …