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… insists on being on a first-name basis with royalty. She negotiates uncompromisingly when she’s offered a job. As a young person, alone in a new place, her confidence … father had a doctorate and worked as a professional and could do that code-switching where he’d slide from speaking in a down south down-home …
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… insists on being on a first-name basis with royalty. She negotiates uncompromisingly when she’s offered a job. As a young person, alone in a new place, her confidence … father had a doctorate and worked as a professional and could do that code-switching where he’d slide from speaking in a down south down-home …
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… Walter Kleinwort, 1929-1965 By Margarete (Kleinwort) Gillies At the age of 23, my father Walter Martin Kleinwort bade farewell to his parents, two brothers and two sisters from their Wedel … Although his family operated a successful rose nursery at which he had worked, my father with his sense of adventure wanted to make his …
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… latter classification was subject to exploitation by the rich.The poor had to slave for the rich being remunerated next to nothing. This … a stable, young and growing country, which was enticing immigrants to come to Canada and help to develop. Finally on April 14, 1928, Dad, his … along the way. Then Dad bought a homestead in Kinlock, Saskatchewan. How did you adjust to Life in Canada? The most important adjustment was …
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… Canada. They were thrilled. They were born in Canada and their family had moved back to their parent’s country in 1938. Percy and Grace were excited until they found out that they were going back alone. They would be evacuee children, … of Toronto and put through a lot of health tests. One boy on the ship had diphtheria and I was tested and found to be a diphtheria carrier. …
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… Asians given 90 days to leave the country following the expulsion order dictated by then President of Uganda, Idi Amin. In this gallery, … forced to flee the country. Stories of Upheaval The stories in this online gallery were recorded in a series of audio and video interviews … in common with other Ugandan Asians the experience of being told they had to leave their country, and the assistance of the Canadian …
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… 1940, after my father (with the Admiralty) came home from work and had a short discussion with my mother, asked me if I would like to go to CANADA. As I only had just turned 7 years of age, a few weeks before, and knew nothing about Canada, let alone where it was, I didn’t answer. I was then told it …
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… by destroyers bristling with guns, were getting organized in order to protect a convoy of troop ships soon to be heading across the … clear voice of Gracie Fields echoing throughout the harbour. It had to be the favourite of almost everyone, and the timing was most … song, as the ships started to move into their respective positions. "We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when, but I know we'll …
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… corn-based equivalent. Step 1: Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Coat a 30 x 25 cm (12” x 10”) cake pan with oil. Set aside. Step 2: In a bowl, … for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven. Using a small ladle, … drizzle the maple syrup mixture over the cake. The cake will slowly absorb all the liquid. Cool completely on a wire rack before serving. …
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… is never an easy choice for anyone. My decision to immigrate to Canada from Catania, Sicily, came after a brief period in Switzerland studying and working as a welder. Economically speaking southern Italy in 1968 was still facing slow growth after World War 2. Many of my maternal uncles had immigrated successfully to Canada (Winnipeg, Manitoba) and they …