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… One of my favorite questions to ask visitors here at the museum is “what made you leave your home and decide to come to Canada?” Some respond that it is for new opportunities, to improve …
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… Time 0:02:23 Transcript My Oma was always very close with her sister. They had three brothers and their mother … old memories. I realized that even though my grandparents chose to come to Canada to pursue new opportunities, they also gave up a lot to … Sister by Heather …
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… Time 0:04:29 Transcript My father was a farmer. He suffered a lot because the yield was not good … with my father on his bicycle. That time my father told me that you become a researcher, not like me. After that I participate a lot in the science competition in school. I went to university in Trichy. After completing …
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… Time 0:03:48 Transcript When I lived in Niamey, my parents’ house was like a busy bird nest. Everybody was there. Now … Sometimes I go to visit – I tell people I am going home. But when I am coming back to Canada, I tell people I am going home. So where is home? … Run Away by Oumou …
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… with a water view, nothing to do except laze in the sun and read – yet I find myself confused, not sure whether to make Florida my permanent home. Is it time to move again? – and again for a man? I … Where Does My Heart Sing? by Marianne …
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… our apartment testing the weight of the satchels and decided that we can handle carrying them for hours. My mother’s cousin gave us a large … tea with lemons was boiling away and several women were spreading jam on slices of bread as fast as their arms could go. Someone was … to consider taking responsibility for us. He suggested we try to come to Canada or the USA. He sent us a little money to supplement the …
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… Time 0:02:51 Transcript Going for a visit to Iceland I go home, and coming back to Canada I come home. Few years ago my son said “mother make up your mind, where is home?” When … Then and Now by Gunnvor …
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… be going to the front line. James, on some of his furloughs would visit relatives and friends in Scotland and England. During one of … to live there to this day. For more information on the Gregg family visit: www.crowsnest-highway.ca under communities - Sparwood, B.C. …
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… First Day in Canada Time 0:02:30 Transcript … the first one was—it was so … Biography: Yolanda Garcia was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia. She completed an undergraduate degree in systems engineering from … English and French full-time at the YMCA in Waterloo, Ontario and then completed a program that helped new immigrants find work in their …
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… a very excited Margot Tarajos. She asked if we would be open for her visit 363 days later. Margot was two and a half on New Year’s Eve in … and gave my mother three rosaries -- one for each of us -- and welcomed us to Canada. The best ambassadors this country could ever have … you today 'I AM CANADIAN.'" I am very much looking forward to Margot's visit on the 31st; to joining her in celebrating her 60 th anniversary …