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  • Language as a "Pull" Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    … French-speaking immigrants” to Francophone minority Communities (FCMs) in Canada. [2] Almost half of the interviews in French, in the … Ben moved to Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, to pursue his university studies; Saïda initially went to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she … into his choices. In this first clip, available elsewhere on our website , he describes how his parents financed his university studies …
  • Tibetan Immigration to Canada
    … Quebec, Alberta and Manitoba. The federal government decided that the future acceptance of Tibetan refugees would depend on the successful … ed. Paul Robert Magocsi (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999), 1268-1269. Dirks, Canada’s Refugee Policy , 236. Given, “Tibetans,” … See Programs/Services section of the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre website: http://www.tcccgc.org . Citizenship and Immigration Canada, “ …
  • Language as a Pull Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    … French-speaking immigrants” to Francophone minority Communities (FCMs) in Canada. [2] Almost half of the interviews in French, in the … Ben moved to Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, to pursue his university studies; Saïda initially went to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she … into his choices. In this first clip, available elsewhere on our website , he describes how his parents financed his university studies …
  • Hunger and Hope: Irish Famine Migration to Canada
    … the Irish Catholic community in Canada numbered approximately 260,000 people, with onward migration accounting for this decrease. [4] … brought to the island from the Americas became a staple of the Irish diet and helped to sustain many poor Irish families during the winter … “Eating people is wrong, and other essays on famine, its past, and its future,” ResearchGate (January 2015), 1. See …
  • Keith and Joan Baldwin, daughter Judi
    … Jeffery. The crossing was uneventful but we do remember that, as each day elapsed, England seemed farther and farther away! Our arrival in Halifax was a typical March day: cold and wet so we were not too inspired. We vividly remember the … could see no future for our family. When I left the U.K. at the age of 26 I had the dubious distinction of never having paid any income tax, …
  • Signalman William J. Campbell
    … her feel welcome to Canada. Jean was impressed with the abundance of food in Canada, the opposite of rationing and food shortages she experienced in England. Jean and Bill moved from …
  • Jack de Vries
    … to answer an add from New Guinea, or work on cruise ships in charge of food, in line with her profession. She had learned English, which … number each trip, you were on stand by so to speak. We had about 12 days notice to board ship. Only 12 days to complete the necessary … all of us. The poor man was to have his birthday celebration the next day. As we tried to check in we discovered not all paperwork was in …
  • Pietro Di Ioia
    … Told by his daughter: Maria Teresa Di Ioia PART ONE Reasons for immigrating to Canada: To look for work in … My dad had rented a little apartment on the second floor of the house on Papineau Ave. near his cousin, Francisco Di loia who had … to give thanks to God for the great blessing of family and for the chance to start a new life in this great land we call Canada. In …
  • Sietske Flietstra Bellsmith
    … my brothers, sisters and I were told we were moving to a place called Canada and would live on a huge ship for about nine days to get there. Wow! From that moment on, what had been ‘normal’ … into the background. Chaos took its place! Strangers walked into our house taking our furniture away with them. Suitcases and trunks …
  • Does Anyone Have Any Questions?
    … the scope of what we talk about here at the Museum. The history of Canadian immigration is a vast and immensely complicated thing. It’s a … will just sit there in your mind, to the exclusion of anything else we’re discussing. I should say that I am fine with unanswered … asks questions or one where they do? Questions help to break the ice, to help strangers in a group feel comfortable around one another. …

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