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… course of the twentieth century, Canada has had a mixed record in welcoming refugees, reacting generously to some while overlooking others. Refuge Canada provides the context for Canada’s …
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… by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 13, 2022) “I think a stalwart peasant in a … soil, whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations, with a stout wife and a half-dozen children, is good quality.” [1] This quote … escaped murderer, three or four wasters and ne’er-do-wells, some very poor shop-keepers, artisans or laborers and there might be one or two …
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… have been so horrible; but the memory cannot die, and yet, it makes me sad to think of them. And even in such a country, a country of tyranny, … and hatred, people have dreams of freedom and liberty, which, may come true to some of them but may not come to others. We had our dreams … how terrible it is to be ruled by a dictator. Danzig was called a free city, but it was under the authority of both Germany and Poland, …
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… ce point maritime à Halifax, des citoyens suisses ont amorcé un périple fondateur. Leur engagement a soutenu l'essor de rapports harmonieux entre leur pays d'origine et le Canada, posant les fondements d'un lien durable empreint d'amitié et de confiance …
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… evident, as young minds vividly projected exciting pictures of what lay ahead of them. Now and then, their thoughts traveled back over the … would be leaving behind; some perhaps, forever. Suddenly the air was filled with the beautiful clear voice of Gracie Fields echoing throughout … to date. The other Ministers were from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. The following morning Jack and I reported to Mr. Turnbull …
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… Home Children Canada Les “Home Children” au Canada In honour of the 100,000 British … âgés de six à quatorze ans, orphelins ou non, qui ont été expédiés par bateau au Canada entre 1869 et 1948, pour la plupart à titre de travailleurs domestiques et d’ouvriers … Home Children Canada • Les “Home Children” au Canada …
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… immigration stories, forever. Here are two stories from caring and compassionate Canadians like you who have taken the step of remembering … to honour the immigrant stories in my own family.” —Frances Swyripa, Legacy Donor Frances Swyripa My mother liked writing wills. She redid … Italian immigrants who came to Canada through Pier 21 in the 1950s, visited us in 2013 and reconnected with the experiences of her parents …
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… Embassy of the Republic of Turkey • Ambassade de la République de Turquie á Ottawa • T.C. Ottava Büyükelçiliği …
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… League of Ukrainian Canadian Women Ліґа Українок Канади La Ligue des Femmes Ukrainiennes-Canadiennes League of Ukrainian Canadians Ліґа Українок Канади La ligue des Ukrainienne-Canadienne Honoring Ukrainian political refugees and Displaced Persons who fled Soviet occupation after WWII and bravely sought …
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… One World, No Borders by Saeid …