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Time 0:04:26 Transcript Life before we had to leave Iraq, before the war, was pretty good. My dad had a really good job, and he made good money. He worked for the United Nations as a forklift driver, he would stack food into trucks to be delivered to refugees. We had to leave our wealth, our house …
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Time 0:04:08 Transcript I was born and grew up in China worked there, retired there and it never came into my mind that I would live in Canada someday. All things were changed because of my daughter. She graduated from a famous University in Beijing in 1996, then she got a scholarship from …
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Time 0:02:41 Transcript In January 1945 my mother’s family, as Germans, fled Poland westward into Germany, trying to stay ahead of the advancing Soviet armies invading from the east. My mother’s family had to pick up everything and flee on a moment’s notice three times. Life was not easy in the …
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Time 0:03:34 Transcript When my younger son was 5 years old, he asked me, “What are you mom?” at that moment, I answered, “I am an artist.” And he affirmed, “Yes, you are good at that.” I was born and grew up in Buenos Aires, and there my artistic abilities were nurtured. Between the formation of a …
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Time 0:03:06 Transcript Even though I've been in St. John's for more than a year, I'm still missing my home in China. I now can be called a CFA which is come from away. Spring Festival is coming. Chinese people usually get together with their families. When I was small, I would wait until a certain …
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Time 0:02:42 Transcript Where are you from? Sounds simple? But it’s not. It was 1992, a year that brought a war to the country that I called my own – Yugoslavia. It was an ethnic war of enormous proportions. I became a foreigner in my own city. I was 21. I grew up happy, surrounded by love and care …
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Time 0:02:48 Transcript This very morning, I was explaining the meaning of the word ‘distance’ to my English Language students. The Chinese & Saudi Arabian students were fascinated by the many different meanings. We discussed how distance can be the number of kilometers between Halifax and their …
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Time 0:03:13 Transcript I grew up in the capital of Peru. When I was little, I watched my neighbours selling many things in the street to support their families, but their children had uncertain futures because of poverty. My father always shared the things that he had – food, books, his knowledge, …
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Time 0:02:19 Transcript The night before I left to travel the world for nine months, my oldest sister, Colleen gave me a small bundle of 36 numbered envelopes to keep me company. Inside were notes of encouragement and questions to inspire letters home. They were a welcome reminder of someone who …
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Time 0:02:21 Transcript My grade nine gym teacher said I was one of the fastest girls she has seen in years. When she encouraged me to join the soccer team, my anxiety started building almost instantly. All I could think was what my mom would think. I knew from my older sister that my mom was not …