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… The Janssen Family by Johanna Keyzers On February 12, 1952, Antoon Janssen, with his wife Dora and 5 children, Ricki, Josephine, Henry, Jerry and Maria, left the Netherlands on a long and arduous … change their lives, and the lives of their children, forever. This 10 day voyage began aboard the immigration ship Zuiderkruis on which they …
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… Newcomers from cities across Canada created a two to five-minute video … was added: digital stories. Working with facilitators from Community Story Strategies, we offered digital storytelling workshops across Canada. Newcomers from ten cities in six provinces and one territory participated …
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… before proposing a marriage and immigration abroad. Toon and Trees (the common Dutch form of their names) were married in a civil ceremony … Dutch tradition) before the Catholic Church on September 20, 1952. Two days later, Mr. & Mrs. Maas boarded the Groote Beer in Rotterdam for … officials, to move onto Flin Flon, Manitoba for employment. At this point Toon, with a railway ticket issued by the Canadian Embassy in The …
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… what kind of food is that. The food was awful. When I came to Welcome house. I thought to myself WOW THIS HOUSE IS BIG, but then someone told us it was like an apartment. The welcome house had 3 floors. Then after staying at welcome house for a few weeks or months, they told us that we were going …
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Time 0:03:08 Transcript In Canada its different than Thailand, because in Thailand we don’t wear shoes. In Thailand there are no toys you have to build your own. In Canada there are more things than Thailand. I miss my cousins and my family in Thailand. I like Canada and I like Thailand. Sometimes …
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Seeing Diversity in Canada Time 0:00:54 Transcript They were all houses you know, I think it was probably that the community was all in different houses. There were no towers you know? No skyscrapers in that area, I don’t know in that area you know. Yeah so it was seeing people, different people, …
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… it, I was so relieved, to get safely here. And I—I’ll never forget coming into Halifax and then two soldiers came on and they took the boys and they took them to a big … as a military base. Gwendoline met and married one of the Canadian soldiers stationed there. Gwendoline’s husband returned to Canada in early …
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… and white photograph of a group of adults and one baby dining aboard the passenger ship the Saturnia. The photograph shows two women seated … stopped at the following ports: New York, Boston, Halifax-Ponta Delgada, Lisbon, Casablanca, Gibraltar, Palma De Mallorca, Barcelona, … was transferred to the Italian Line in early 1935. Prior to World War II the ship was used to transport troops for the Italian Government to …
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… my mother told me that our land is almost takes over by the Burmese soldiers. My family started to move in Canada. When I am in Canada …
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… itself been a trial. Under Nazi occupation, my father, Herman, had become involved in Resistance activities, a risk which was finally … Beer pull away from the dock, my mother cried. She had not chosen to come to Canada to be "put in jail." I think we can all relate to the … Quarantine at Pier 21 Made Coming to Canada feel like being put in Jail …