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  • Hunger and Hope: Irish Famine Migration to Canada
    … Canadians claimed only to be of Irish origin. [2] The Irish Canadian community comprises 11.9 percent of Canada’s total population. [3] … the Irish Catholic community in Canada numbered approximately 260,000 people, with onward migration accounting for this decrease. [4] … largely commercial farming class with sufficient means undertook the voyage to a new land. They were not motivated by poverty and hunger as …
  • Betty May Lovitt and son Victor
    … Betty May Lovitt and son Victor …
  • Cornelis Mooy, wife, nine children
    … Cornelis Mooy and family immigrated to Canada from Holland and arrived in April … Cornelis Mooy, wife, nine children …
  • Bringing My Daughter to Canada by Linda
    … 0:02:56 Transcript I came here to Canada in 1984 as a nanny. I left my daughter in the Phillipines. I was going abroad to give my daughter a good education. Every month, I sent my sister ten thousand pesos to look after my daughter. In 1986 I got … Bringing My Daughter to Canada by Linda …
  • My Bright Future in Canada by Saysayeh
    … I am on a soccer team here called the Douglas Park Dragons. Most of my teammates are from `Thailand, which is really cool. I play forward, … I learned how to play marbles in Thailand, and have shared it with all my new friends. There is not a lot of dragon flies in Canada, so we … My Bright Future in Canada by Saysayeh …
  • My Boy, He is Seventeen by Lu
    … in Shanghai; I graduated from university in 1989, fortunately, I had my education free, and I was guaranteed job. My wife and I experienced China’s economy take off and we benefited from that growth, but not always. In 2011, … My Boy, He is Seventeen by Lu …
  • Bill,Eva,George,Tom,Mae
    … Scotia, Canada on the Queen Frederica (S.S. Vasilissa Friederiki) on May 18th, 1956 from Piraeus, Greece. Eva said that George and Tom … Eva “a hell of a time.” Eva and Bill, as did many others, desired to come to Canada for a better life. The news on the radio and newspaper … wars their village suffered through, most impactful being World War II from 1939 to 1945 with the Nazi occupation of Greece and the civil …
  • My Fight for Ogoni Freedom by Saturday
    … government of Nigeria. I was arrested and detained for several months. My people paid them some money to set me free. Even when I was freed, I … again to threaten me. In the process I went into hiding. I had to find my way into the republic of Benin. It was when I got to Benin that I … No money to buy soap, to buy food, to buy anything. I didn’t see my parents for so many years. When they passed away, I wasn’t able to …
  • My Mother and I: Our Journey
    … Time: 15:47 Transcript I go by Charisma Grace, but my official name is Genieve Walker. My full name is Olena Stepanova. My name is Joelle Buchanan. My name is Kateryna Stepanova. Omaira Eva … My Mother and I: Our Journey …
  • My Father’s Music - Ilse Thompson
    … Becoming a Refugee CMIP 21 · My Father’s Music Time 0:03:48 Transcript Ilse Thompson (IT): And, um, we had a wonderful time. But then the day came when I met my girlfriend on the street. A girlfriend, my best friend, on the … My Father’s Music - Ilse Thompson …

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