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… Apeldoorn to seek out new opportunities for their young family in Canada,” wrote Shelly. “With the escalation of the Cold War, the atmosphere … itself been a trial. Under Nazi occupation, my father, Herman, had become involved in Resistance activities, a risk which was finally … Beer pull away from the dock, my mother cried. She had not chosen to come to Canada to be "put in jail." I think we can all relate to the …
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Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 1:08 Transcript So, we took a plane from Miami to Detroit. And then at Detroit, we just waited for my dad’s cousin to pick us up, and then he drove us to Windsor. And then when we came to Windsor, we claimed refugee status but they uh didn’t deal with a lot of …
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… 1. Accessible Canada Act – Accessibility Documents 1.1 Accessibility Plan 2026-2028 (PDF) 1.2 Accessibility Plan 2023-2025 (PDF) 1.3 Feedback … using Facebook Messenger @Canadian Museum of Immigration/Musée canadien de l'immigration . Anonymous Feedback Anonymous feedback may be …
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… summer to help the family budget. Like many immigrant children, I attended St. Ann's Elementary School and then went on to Cathedral Boys High … from Western's law school in 1974. In May, I started working as a student at the Hamilton law firm of Agro, Cooper, Zaffiro, Parent, Orzel & … were establishing themselves in Canada. Italians certainly have come a long way from their humble beginnings in Canada. My only hope is …
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… Peter Biesheuvel and his son Brian visited the Museum early on a Saturday morning. I told my husband that I would meet them at 9:30 a.m., … a.m. Well, Peter, Brian and I started talking at 9:30 a.m. and didn’t stop until noon! Of Peter’s many wonderful stories about his early years … of Area Manager of the Agriculture Division of the Quaker Oats Company. It was a very desirable job but Peter was only one of several …
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… Courtesy of Jeanne Beker. Many people in Canada and beyond know the name Jeanne Beker, who from 1985 to 2012 hosted … about her life and the book. The event is part of the Museum’s Canada’s Storytellers Series. In Heart on My Sleeve , Beker uses individual … a displaced persons camp in Austria, they came to Canada. This trunk accompanied them on their voyage across the Atlantic after the Second …
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… Courtesy of Jeanne Beker. Many people in Canada and beyond know the name Jeanne Beker, who from 1985 to 2012 hosted … about her life and the book. The event is part of the Museum’s Canada’s Storytellers Series. In Heart on My Sleeve , Beker uses individual … a displaced persons camp in Austria, they came to Canada. This trunk accompanied them on their voyage across the Atlantic after the Second …
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… Photographs capture time. They tell fragments of stories. The Museum is full of photographs. In our permanent exhibitions, a huge floor-to-ceiling …
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… fell sea sick for two days, oh that was so terrible, I thought I would die. We finally arrived in Halifax late evening. As we approached the …