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  • The Way to My Life by Ibrahim
    … because I go out around neighbourhood and no cold outside there. Everyday I go out my mother ask me to stay home but I like play outside. I like Canada now. At home we as whole family we watch TV … In the morning we wake together. Then me with my brother and sister come to Needs Centre. Happy with nice teachers in Needs Centre. That’s …
  • Would You Pass The Test?
    … I have had the pleasure of attending quite a few citizenship ceremonies in my life. If you have not been to one, I suggest you look into it. … pass the test, they must have 15 correct answers. This test is particularly interesting in our exhibit when Canadian born citizens try it. … are precious in museums. It is in this moment that they realise that becoming a citizen is not easy. That would-be-citizens are expected to …
  • Civil Rights Demonstration - Diane Kristensen
    … Life in the United States Time 0:00:46 Transcript I wasn't involved in any of the heavy duty demonstrations, the ones I was in were more the … it was so faded you can barely see, there were a couple of little old ladies sitting there and they're flashing the peace sign, um, and so, …
  • John Brian Sharples
    … so I could only read about the victory when the English papers finally reached Canada. The Nova Scotia was a passenger/freight ship with about 100 passengers. On the trip I recall an evening when we had a dance which was quite exceptional because … a day or two in Newfoundland while the freight was unloaded and I recall my disgust at the dirt accumulated on the store windows along the …
  • John Van Beers and Family
    … that we had seen the worst and things got better. The train with its small wooden benches would have been alright to sleep on, if the Engineer … house with lots a food, and a real bed to sleep in. The next morning all the neighbourhood kids came over to meet us. Even with my limited …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2018 – Shauna MacLeod
    … Refuge Canada explored the themes of life before, fear, displacement, refuge and life in Canada so we … Her bowls, literally, a piece of their new land, were given to newcomer refugees by ISANS upon their arrival in HRM. Studio Potter and … Artist-in-Residence 2018 – Shauna MacLeod …
  • My Story from Africa to Canada by Azouber
    … Time 0:01:52 Transcript Hello, that's me, Azouber, I'm going to tell you about my story. When I was in Sudan with my dad, my mom, my … by walking, running, running, running, running, running, all over the places. Then my mother was having a golden bracelet. She sold it in Chad. … My Story from Africa to Canada by Azouber …
  • Silvio, Teresa e Marisa Bozzo
    … Silvio, Teresa, e Marisa Bozzo / An Immigration Story It all began back in the beautiful, medieval town of Donnici Superiore, … Teresa raised four children (Marisa, Italo, Sandra, Linda) and eventually become the grandparents of six precious grandchildren (Mark, …
  • How a Chicken Pox Quarantine Brought one Family to Canada
    … Canada would have lost Margarita Bruehler nee Sosnowsky to Paraguay if her brother hadn’t come down with the chickenpox. Margarita’s early childhood memories are … accommodations in freight trains, barns and refugee camps, she recalled. Some of her memories have faded but she will never forget the … How a Chicken Pox Quarantine Brought one Family to Canada …

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