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  • The Otto Froese Family
    … The Otto Froese Family My son Robert and his wife Cindy attended a … day at Pier 21. It was exactly 50 years to the day that we arrived in Canada. My husband and children totally surprised me by having my … The Otto Froese Family …
  • Dennis Teitsma
    … Families Dutch Coalminer becomes National Parole Officer In 1946, at age 14, I was eager to get away from it all. Living in an industrial area in the south of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we had come through the war …
  • Dennis Teitsma Annie vd.Zee Teitsma
    … Dutch Coalminer becomes National Parole Officer In 1946, at age 14, I was eager to get away from it all. Living in an industrial area in the south of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we had come through the war …
  • Cescato Aldo, Renato
    … vita di emigrante, e cominciata un paio di anni dopo la fine della seconda guerra mondiale. Sono nato e ho vissuto nella Regione del Veneto … una Regione completamente agricola fino agli anni 1960. Da allora ha cominciato uno sviluppo industriale che non si e piú fermato, le … a fabbriche e case. Dal 1945 al 1948 cera un pó di lavoro nelle citta come Treviso - Mestre ricostruire cio che i bombardamenti avevano …
  • Pte. Charles Joseph Lutton
    … CHARLES JOSEPH LUTTON/"C" COMPANY THE IRISH REGIMENT OF CANADA 23/09/1939 - Militia 20/06/1940 - Active … – bright and warm. April 22, 1944 (S. ELIA FIUMERAPIDO / Map. 891266 Scale 1/50,000 Sheet 160 1) The Bn change over was completed by …
  • What Would You Do? Admit, Detain, or Deny Entry to Irregular Refugees on Canada’s East Coast
    … in practice at Canadian ports of entry and overseas. Immigration officials have to consider many factors in choosing to admit, detain or … precedents, and public opinion. As a result, an individual’s desire to come to Canada is only one of many factors that determine immigration. … the two historical case studies. It is framed around the question: How has the arrival of asylum seekers influenced Canadian immigration …
  • Language as a "Pull" Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    … population in our growing collection by conducting interviews in both official languages. [1] Our collection currently preserves and makes … of the people who decided to settle in a community where their official language is a minority one. [3] The selected interviews that … we have to know at least two languages. Its mother tongue and the official language being French. So, with that, I knew that language was …
  • Language as a Pull Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    … population in our growing collection by conducting interviews in both official languages. [1] Our collection currently preserves and makes … questions emerging from an initial exploration of these interviews is: why do some French-speaking people decide to settle in a majority … of the people who decided to settle in a community where their official language is a minority one. [3] The selected interviews that …
  • Antonio Colautti and Laura Colautti
    … April 2, 1955 (Laura) Age on Arrival: Antonio - 36, Laura - 31 My Mother used to tell this story often. Before coming to Canada she felt … along with her trunk of belongings. She recalls that at one point an official at the warehouse came by to assist her, and he reached to pick …
  • “Young Man, You Take Yourself Far Too Seriously”: The Memoirs of Immigration Officer Fenton Crosman
    … by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Canadian immigration history can be researched using a staggering … kinds, films and lantern slides…the range is humbling. Each resource has strengths and limitations for historians. One of the challenges of the official records produced by immigration officials generally is that …

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