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Time 0:02:44 Transcript When we arrived my understanding of what was happening was very unclear, I was only 8. All I knew, I was coming to Canada and My father had told me he had a teddy Bear for me so big in fact it was my size. I was so excited. When we exit the airport, my first view was the …
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Time 0:03:44 Transcript Last summer, I visited the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. I saw many immigrants’ suitcases and settlement stories - both positive and negative. I told my husband that it would be nice to donate my suitcase and my story. I left everything at home, like the …
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Time 0:02:28 Transcript I called Thailand refugee camp a home because I was born there. It wasn’t much, but it was a home. Before I was born my mom lived in Piobolu and my dad lived in Dawau. They met each other somehow in Piobolu, and came to Mae Ra Moe refugee camp, because Piobolu was burned. …
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Time 0:02:46 Transcript Before I lived in Canada, I lived in Thailand. I lived in a village called Mae Ra Mo. I remember the houses were made out of bamboo and the roofs were made out of banana leaves. I also remember growing vegetables. My parents used to tell me that in Burma the soldiers would …
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Time 0:03:32 Transcript I shivered as soon as I landed in Saskatoon airport on an early September afternoon although I had a woolen suit and an over coat in addition to two layers of undergarments. I was delighted to see the familiar face of the only person I knew from Bhubaneswar and thought all …
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Time 0:02:31 Transcript This is a long story. One day when my father came back from Canada, he said: “Oh~ Canada is a good place, I love there. Maybe we can think about to immigrant to there?” My mom knew nothing about Canada, so at first my mom was disagree with it, so then they talk about this …
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Time 0:02:16 Transcript Ever since I came to Canada I’ve always really admired the beauty of buildings, and I’ve always had a strong aspiration to become some sort of designer. I remember being at the top of the twin towers when I was little. I felt the weirdest sensation in my legs. They were …
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Time 0:02:24 Transcript We are on the big ship, the Vulcania, Mamma, my sister and me. I look at nonna down below. She holds her hankie to her face. We are too far apart to talk. So we just look at each other from behind crying eyes. Nonna is not coming with us … I feel sad … but in two weeks … …
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Time 0:03:34 Transcript I was born in Somalia in 1981. By 1991 Somalia had a civil war. We ran to the nearest peaceful country which was Kenya. My parents brought us to a refugee camp in the north east province of Kenya. Our hopes in that camp were to be resettled to developed countries or for our …
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… In Loving Memory of: John Oscar Moller Andersen So now what's left to … of the contributions of immigrants to Canada’s culture, economy and way of life. Today, Oscar and his story shares a rightful place in the … North America, the B.C. Waterfowl Society and the Friends of Semiahmoo Bay Society, among others. Many a day would find Oscar bird and animal …