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  • Antoon and Dora Janssen
    … change their lives, and the lives of their children, forever. This 10 day voyage began aboard the immigration ship Zuiderkruis on which they … to start a new life. He met an old friend, Nellie Van Loon, sold the house on Brock Street and moved to Whitby, Ontario. In 1991 Dad learned …
  • My Story from Africa to Canada by Azouber
    … day there was a war, people came with guns, shooting. So many people died. Then my father ran away, we didn't know where he went. Then me …
  • Chuck, Frances and Francie O'Leary
    My husband and I met on a blind date, not set up on our behalf but for my sister's friend who was not allowed to see her date alone. I don't think either of us was very taken but 5 years later we married and had 52 years of married bliss before he was taken from me. Pier 21 was especially good for …
  • Toon and Trees Maas
    … married in a civil ceremony on Oosterhout on September 16, 1952. Two days later Mr and Mrs Mass boarded the Groote Beer in Rotterdam for Canada. Their eight days or so was rather eventful, as the newly married couple was … and talked the immigration official into letting him go out for the day to seek employment in Halifax. Within hours he had landed a …
  • Silvio, Teresa e Marisa Bozzo
    … Bozzo / An Immigration Story It all began back in the beautiful, medieval town of Donnici Superiore, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy when Silvio … on January 28, 1951. During the Christmas season the happy couple welcomed their firstborn, Marisa, On December 2, 1951. The following … their final destination of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario where they were welcomed by Teresa’s parents and two siblings (Antonio, Assunta (née …
  • Sapper Thomas Maksymchuk
    … other structures to keep men and equpment moving across Europe. One day Thomas was ordered to appear before his Commanding Officer who had …
  • Tips and Tricks: Band-aid Solutions for the Event Planner
    … and pulled out, placing the tape on the back side of socks that have a hole to make it less noticeable and using duct tape as a lint roller … works like a charm!). The next item on my list would be sandpaper . It can be used in a pinch as an emery board, to remove fuzzy pills on a … at the ready.  I love being an event professional because each day is different with new clients, events, problems to solve and the …
  • Vijay Bhosekar
    … They were all houses you know, I think it was probably that the community was all in different houses. There were no towers you know? … go back to school in order to find work in his field in Canada. Vijay completed a post-graduate certificate in environmental studies at Sheridan College in 2007. He officially left his position at …
  • Toon and Trees Maas
    … Dutch tradition) before the Catholic Church on September 20, 1952. Two days later, Mr. & Mrs. Maas boarded the Groote Beer in Rotterdam for Canada. Their crossing of eight days, or so, was rather eventful as the newly married couple was … and talked the immigration official into letting him go out for the day to seek employment in Halifax. Within hours he had landed a …
  • My Life is Awesome by Htoohtooeh
    Time 0:03:08 Transcript In Canada its different than Thailand, because in Thailand we don’t wear shoes. In Thailand there are no toys you have to build your own. In Canada there are more things than Thailand. I miss my cousins and my family in Thailand. I like Canada and I like Thailand. Sometimes …

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