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  • It's a Small World by Carmela
    … new baby, but my troubles were definitely not over. My inability to communicate made it all so difficult, and I was feeling lonely even … roots. My painful beginning became the inspiration for my lifelong commitment to language education, which I have been promoting for more …
  • Morris Ladenheim
    … he knew in Zaleszyczyki, Poland. It meant a rough but exciting 8 day voyage on the ship The Pilsudski with his mother and sister - … What did Morris Ladenheim eventually learn about those who did not come to Canada? He learned of the murder of his grandparents by the …
  • Ingeborg Dietrich Ruohoniemi
    … 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 … then took me to my new home and place of employment. The adults in the house spoke broken German, but the three children did not, and that …
  • Looking for Identity by Keyvan
    … came and in front of all the students told the Bahai’s to stop coming to school from tomorrow. At this moment I felt I lost my … except start to work hard to establish a comfortable life for my future in Kuwait. which I was succeed to have very professional … and I started to worry for our two boys. I began to think about their future. Where they are going to go for their higher education? How they …
  • A Welcome Sign?
    … MacKinnon captures something felt by many- the feeling of being welcomed in Canada – the feeling that the country represented a chance at … above where passengers disembarked, were written the words “Welcome Home to Canada.” The Welcome Home to Canada sign, visible from the deck of a ship as it arrives …
  • A mystery, archival film footage, an old suitcase, and a 75th anniversary
    … called Canadian Notebook , released in 1952. The film focuses on newcomer families working in four corners of Canada and in four major … The family moved around for a few years working on farms in various communities before finally settling in the village of River John, where …
  • Filena Bruno Fiorita and Family
    … for his wife, my mother, Filena Bruno Fiorita and my 3 siblings to come to Canada. Filena was already 41 years old and my siblings, Maria, … Silvio. Dan remembers being covered in coal soot. My father rented a house in Park Extension, a neighbourhood where many immigrants settled. … anticipated letters from her relatives which at that time took many days to arrive. Filena also prepared and sent parcels with staples like …
  • An Incomplete Portrait of Canada
    … destinations all over Canada. This picture of European immigrants welcomed into Canada stands in contrast to those who Canada excluded … These include images of ships arriving at Pier 21, images of newcomers to Canada sledding for the first time and images of ribbon … Pier 21 (DI2016.478.1) The sum of these pictures is an immensely rich, complicated and necessarily incomplete portrait of a nation. Incomplete …
  • A Welcome Sign?
    … MacKinnon captures something felt by many- the feeling of being welcomed in Canada – the feeling that the country represented a chance at … above where passengers disembarked, were written the words “Welcome Home to Canada.” The Welcome Home to Canada sign, visible from the deck of a ship as it arrives …
  • An Incomplete Portrait of Canada
    … destinations all over Canada. This picture of European immigrants welcomed into Canada stands in contrast to those who Canada excluded … These include images of ships arriving at Pier 21, images of newcomers to Canada sledding for the first time and images of ribbon … Pier 21 (DI2016.478.1) The sum of these pictures is an immensely rich, complicated and necessarily incomplete portrait of a nation. Incomplete …

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