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… histories. It is a central part of historical work. It seems facile to say, but it’s important to always remember that people in the past …
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… Sid B. Kelley …
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… streets were piled up with snow like grey walls. Coming from Taiwan where we have six months of summer, I wondered how could we survive such … though I hardly knew anyone of them. I knew it was extremely cold out there, but while in the library, I was wrapped by whole hearted warmth … time to sleep; quite often I woke up in the midnight and wondered where I was. It was difficult to remember that we were once a whole …
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… the examination of the role of customs as a vital part of a newcomer’s experience in Canada through the firsthand accounts of a former … Canada Customs officer at Pier 21 and of immigrants who passed through here. First-Hand Accounts of the Customs Experience at Pier 21 As a … a new life devoid of oppression and deprivation. As may be imagined, there was very little work for the customs staff and we knew that we …
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… Born in Amsterdam on August 8, 1927 to Wihelmina Heijstee - van der Heijden and Richardes Heijstee, the middle … children. Always the adventurer and looking for a place to escape from poor economic conditions of post-war Netherlands, William decided to … only $50 in his pocket. Arrived on June 24, 1951 at the port in Québec City. Experienced a week of sickness while crossing the North Atlantic …
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… George, Stella, George Jr …
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Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy Ship Name: Conte Biancamano Date of Arrival: November 11, 1954 Left Italy 2 November 1954, All Souls Day, arrived in Canada 11 November 1954, Veterans Day. The war had left all farmlands barren, nothing to harvest. After the war landowners were taxed …
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… World War II had finally ended and horizons of hope beckoned beyond the mountains and coastlines of Italy. Having been sponsored by Uncle … to begin establishing himself in this new land. On June 14, 1950, 26 year old Dina and 22 months old Giovanino (John) disembarked at Pier … another ship. My mother remembers the cold, North Atlantic weather. She recalls port officials in Halifax as kind and caring people. They …
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… Historian (Updated October 16, 2020) Introduction In January 1971, the Ugandan government of President Milton Obote was overthrown in a … line up for five hours and then by the time you get anywhere near they say ‘Oh no, it’s closed now. Come tomorrow.’ So people were really, really completely … Canada’s Oppressed Minority Policy and the Resettlement of Ugandan Asians, 1972-1973 …
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… Heading for a Good Life in Canada By Carla White When Theodorus Jacobs … his wife Maria to Canada on March 5, 1954, he thought to himself, “welcome home”. This wasn’t the first time Theo would set voyage from the Netherlands upon the Groote Beer (Great Bear), but … Theodore and Maria Jacobs …