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… Born Melchior Franciscus van der Laan, the youngest of five children. The oldest being my brother Han, 17 years my … truly, fondly known as Mels. Although very young at the time, I still can see the invading troops marching down the Dijk where I lived. I … in Halifax, NS and proceeded through Pier 21 and then on to Vernon, BC. Han worked for a Bill Osborne for awhile. The conditions were …
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… passengers were promptly landed, and another seven followed after a day, based on their having established domicile in Canada before. [1] … be a returning Canadian as follows: “Mr Davie (counsel) (Q): What did you tell the Immigration Officer on the boat? Mr Singh (A): A man at Hong Kong told me to say what I said on the boat. Q: Is …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 8, 2020) Introduction So you’re interested in researching a topic that deals with Canadian … post will give you an overview of the field and suggest some starting points to help get your research underway. Early Scholarship: … Germans, Greeks, Italians and Poles who erect their own community halls, parishes, businesses and banks maintain a high rate of …
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… By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian Like Canada, soccer is beautiful…anyone can do anything. There are no … be challenged, like in a soccer match. Like Canada, soccer can make you equal. If there are others on your team that are stronger than you, they will support you, they will help you. Canadian society is …
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… As part of our travelling Canada: Day 1 exhibit, we asked visitors to share their thoughts on immigration to Canada by writing on luggage tags. … parents and closest brother crossed the border on a hot, sunny August day at North Portal, Saskatchewan. We were landed immigrants, Americans … Visitors' Voices: The Canada: Day 1 Luggage Tags …
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… W.B. Williston of Cochrane, Ontario: “The public rightly ask, that you remove from this place, the Russian and other European people, who … parents being permanent residents in Canada; another, the return of young boys brought to Canada to failing farms. [10] One city relief …
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… contributor John Moses, Delaware & Upper Mohawk bands, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, and Director, Repatriation and Indigenous … History Departures During parts of its history, Pier 21 was as much a point of departure as it was a destination . As a member of the … Points of Departure: Indigenous military service, Trooper Jesse Moses, …
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… Single Men and Women February 26, 1950 – Beaverbrae I have been asked numerous times why I left home … paintings, bicycles, horses, food and anything of value. For a radio, you could be shot. The last year and a half of the war was really … no food. People in the cities were desperate. We were expecting the allies to free us in late 1944, but the heavy fighting the Canadian …
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… Foreign Legion, elder sister evacuated by Americans to their zone, younger sister put into a detention camp by Soviets. We were liberated … (based on mini-diary and memory) Sun 4 Nov 1951: Hopefully the last day at this crowded (8,000 people!) refugee camp where I don't know a soul, where you are not allowed visitors, and where all you can do is wait and write your good-bye letters: Mon 5 Nov 1951: …
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… by this institution is governed by the Privacy Act . This means that you will be informed of the purpose for which your personal information is being collected and how to exercise your … servers automatically collect certain information about a visit to a website, including the visitor’s Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP …