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Animated by Grace An Music by Sigmund Washington Daniel came from Peru at the age of ten. He was born without his one arm and right leg. He started CREATIVE//SOCIAL. The organization uses data and online systems to manage customer service relations and business operations out of Calgary, Alberta. …
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… During the Pier 21 years (1928-1971) Dutch immigrants were the fifth … farmers and would work for the farmer for a year or two before buying their own land. The most popular program to aid Dutch … little farm but that they ended up in the city. In later life they did buy a cattle farm and build it into a successful business. At this …
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… two world wars and the turmoil, destruction, and hunger that followed. But my father had an excellent job and a promising career, and by 1951 things were really improving in Germany. Reconstruction of the bombed-out …
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… Canada by Helena Lengacher, April 2016 I was born September 6, 1920, in Waterland-Oudeman situated in Oost-Vlanderan, Belgium to the proud … My father was the Mayor of the town and owned the local brewery which supplied beer to all the neighbouring restaurants and …
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Animated by HP Black Music by Sigmund Washington Margaret Adu, Honorary Consul Ghana and former president of the Ghanaian Canadian Association of Calgary arrived in Alberta in 1993. Margaret is an award winning architect. She’s the founder and managing director of Aomega Group Inc.—a group of local …
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Animated by Dorielle Ashaki Retemyer Music by Sigmund Washington Bänoo Zan is a self-exiled poet, librettist, translator, teacher, editor and poetry curator with numerous published pieces and three books. Songs of Exile was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Letters to My Father was …
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Animated by Dorielle Ashaki Retemyer Music by Sigmund Washington Bänoo Zan is a self-exiled poet, librettist, translator, teacher, editor and poetry curator with numerous published pieces and three books. Songs of Exile was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Letters to My Father was …
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… at the Marquis Public School. Later education includes an Honours B.A. from the U. of S. in Saskatoon and an M.A. from the University of Toronto. I loved all my teachers, however, on I must mention. Had it not been for the dedication of Mr. … Christian renewal centre. After five years there, I moved on to North Bay, Ontario, to teach at Scollard Hall, an all boys' high school, …
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… and I immigrated to Canada in 1955, nine months after my father did. We traveled on the Groote Beer in May 1955. I was eight and my brothers … now, we were lucky we were not thrown overboard, as only ropes kept us in. My mother thought the Dutch money she had was not legal in Canada …
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Animated by HP Black Music by Sigmund Washington Leo Johnson spent eight years in refugee camps after fleeing war-torn Liberia in 1998. He arrived in Canada in 2006. Leo was a semi-finalist in CBC’s Next Great Prime Minister Competition. He’s also received the YMCA Peace Medal and the World …