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  • Two Ways to Dig into the History of the Black Battalion (1916-1920)
    … Black, Senior Writer Published on 01/02/2022 Credit: Courtesy of Esther Clark Wright Archives at Acadia University The world nearly forgot the existence of No. 2 Construction Battalion, … faced discrimination and exclusion. The British War Office did not want to train Black combat units in case they decided to rise up …
  • Antonio, Lina e Bettina Mancini
    … MANCINI, Antonio (1923-1999) (My Dad) As there was no work in Italy at the time, in October 1948, … complete all necessary documents to allow him to travel to Ontario to join his relative, he was not required to fulfill his employment …
  • 我的昨日拾光 In My Yesterday
    … previously unknown family history and how it led her to create In My Yesterday . Created in partnership with the Canadian Museum of … 我的昨日拾光 In My Yesterday …
  • My Heroes by Liliana
    … 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 … My Heroes by Liliana …
  • My Suitcase by Nina
    … 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 immigrants who came … My Suitcase by Nina …
  • My Dream by Yudah
    … time the Karen youth in Langley did a singing competition. I signed my name on a list and they pick me. On that day I sang and I got a second place. I was so happy and my family happy for me too. Most days, I don’t think much about home. But last month, all my memories came back again. I dreamed that I went back to Thailand to …
  • Audrey R.F. Beasley-Waddy
    … Leaving a loving family in Surrey, England, to join my Canadian serviceman husband in February 1946 was in one instance great joy and at the same time sadness as I realized it may be years before I would be able to return. Travelling in convoy … crossing which lasted for eleven days as we had encountered a great deal of fog and rough weather. The Letitia was not a large ship, …
  • Protomanni Silvio, Santa, Naz, Lou
    … Protomanni Silvio, Santa, Naz, Lou …
  • Giuseppe, Rosa, Louie e Elena Tantalo
    … Giuseppe, Rosa, Louie e Elena Tantalo …
  • Agnes Lea Nelly Dhont Hickey
    … Agnes Lea Nelly Dhont Hickey …

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