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… Time 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 … after my daughter. In 1986 I got my papers. I sponsored my daughter to come to Canada. But my sister didn’t want to give her to me. … her the papers. I gave the address of my friend and then I fixed her passport and I go back to Canada. I bought her a one way ticket and …
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… homeland took place in Lhasa. Over 80,000 Tibetans were forced to flee to India, Nepal, and Bhutan. After more than a decade in India, the … the quality of caring about the collective welfare, a person who is community-minded. The choice of this expression as a project name is a … one of the earliest groups of non-European refugees– an important milestone in Canadian immigration history. Namchho Chhoyang with …
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… born and grew up in Koekange, a small town not far from Meppel in Drenthe, an eastern province of Holland. Frits was born in 1918, the fourth … to the border with the States, but when he asked about our family, he said he didn’t want little kids on his farm. Soon there was another … two girls. Opa and Oma Lopers and Oma and Opa Steenbergen were able to come along on the bus to Rotterdam to send us off. When we got to the …
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… Forbes Monroe (Forbes) was born in Ottawa, Ontario, January 29, 1921, the only child of Winifred Edna Forbes and Franklin Alexander Monroe. … be, Jessie Bernice (Bunny) Wight and they were married August 7, 1943. See photo. Following another brief transfer to Windsor, Ontario, Forbes …
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… the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and … was essentially a prohibition on Chinese immigration. Remembering War, peace, and conscientious objection to military service have long been … How War and Peace Have Shaped Migration to Canada …
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… the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and … was essentially a prohibition on Chinese immigration. Remembering War, peace, and conscientious objection to military service have long been … How War and Peace Have Shaped Migration to Canada …
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… Date: September 19, 1955 For some time I have wanted to document the story of our arrival in Canada. I believe it is important for our children to have a starting … at our departure. I was the first and only grandchild on the Iannetta side of the family and I can only imagine the heartbreak of taking your …
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… in Canada. In the pre Second World War years most Dutch immigrants settled in Ontario (15,000 between 1918 and 1939). They trickled in through … was invaded in May of 1940. Dutch immigrants in Immigration Hall Credit: Library and Archives Canada, C-36146 WWII took its toll on the … the ballast problem combined with a terrible storm at sea most of the passengers and half of the crew were so seasick that they could not …
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… in Canada, photographed in 1929 by his mentor, photographer John Garo. Credit: Yousuf Karsh wearing a turban/Library and Archives … figures of the twentieth century; Karsh captured iconic images of people like Muhammad Ali, Helen Keller, Glenn Gould, Jacqueline Kennedy, … first official citizens. Photo of Yousuf Karsh from his Canadian passport for 1943 to 1953, the years that he rose to international …
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… railway and the opening of Pier 21 in 1928, many people who arrived by sea in Halifax arrived by way of Pier 2 in Halifax’s North End. Over … and had plans in place by the end of the next month. [8] However, the search for replacement accommodation became even more pressing in the … Gateway Pier 2 was an important site of entry for many who arrived by sea to Canada during the period of time between the completion of the …