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… "Buon Compleanno, Papà! … On your 70th birthday, we gift you this permanent … → Installation Dates Month Order and Payment Received by March 2026 February 5, 2026 June 2026 May 7, 2026 November 2026 September 24, 2026 December 2026 …
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… for someone arriving in Canada before 1865 are low, as there are no comprehensive lists. 1865 - 1935: Canada started keeping immigration … 1935) for all ports of entry. These do not include passenger lists. Commemorative Ship Photos: Available for purchase in person on the day …
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… of my favorite questions to ask visitors here at the museum is “what made you leave your home and decide to come to Canada?” Some respond that it is for new opportunities, to improve …
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… growth as a mechanical engineer, I was able to finish my fine arts studies and my teacher training, as well as having extensive experience in … humanities at Laurentian University, and my husband quit his job in a company in order to start his own business. Then our life as immigrants …
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… different from those of Korea. And getting a job was hard as a newcomer as well. Everything I felt in Canada for the first month made me … nice house. I think it is a creative job. I would like to tell the newcomers like me that you don’t have to worry about your new life in …
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… foreign language in Japan and for six months, I lived in Tokyo and studied Japanese. In high school, I studied Latin, French, German and Spanish. Even though I had high marks, I … I loved learning language. I heard the language all around me and was completely involved in Japanese life, so I learned quickly to get along …
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… at Westinghouse where he worked in Hamilton. Given that my purpose in coming to Canada was to financially help my parents, I had thought it … on her seventeenth birthday. As we got to know each other, I became completely captivated. During all this time, I had been surprised to … that if Canada didn’t meet my expectations I should not be ashamed to come home. One day, when the many British emigrés at Westinghouse …
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… limitations of my Japanese language skills more profoundly when my Dad died. It was difficult to talk about preparations for my Dad’s funeral, … my Dad was a Buddhist. Mum had a stroke in 2005, as a result of complications after some dental surgery. I kept thinking if only I had … He helped us through the grieving process. When both my parents died, I told them, but wasn’t able to fully express, how much I loved …
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… and thick coats, streets were piled up with snow like grey walls. Coming from Taiwan where we have six months of summer, I wondered how … had changed me then. Volunteering as a language tutor for an Indian newcomer family at the downtown public library, I clearly remembered how … that we were once a whole family. One night, my husband and my Skype communication came to a sudden stop and we could only text each other. …
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… the nationalities of the passengers and the important news of the day. I was one of 1100 passengers that came to Canada on that … John Devai, Olga Kimpel Devai …