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… of Arrival: November 22, 1949 Our journey to Canada, myself ( Arnold ja Heli ), Ilmar, and Miralda Rakfeldt and children, Helle, Tiia and Jaak Rakfeldt began on November 14, 1949 from Stockholm to Goteborg, … the train that very same night to their new destinations. Our family had overcome and obstacle before we could continue our journey. Our …
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… of 1996, Kit and his wife moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia after he was offered employment with the Nova Scotia Barrister Society to run their bar admission course. Reactions to a War Resister … Columbia where a group of Swarthmore graduates were starting a farming commune. Peter stayed for three years, later moving to Vancouver to …
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… the event begins just prior to our departure from the Netherlands. Dad had obtained a long-playing record of English lessons for those of us … watching our ‘container’ being lifted onto the boat. The first night out at sea was heavy with fog resulting in a near collision with … in a type of day-care, a large playroom from which we were not free to come and go as someone stood on guard at the door. I believe we talked …
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… The Museum would like to hear from anyone with a story related to Canadian immigration. Personal and family experiences of immigration are an important part of everything we do, and you can help the Story Collection grow by sharing yours. Criteria for … story meets the Museum’s mandate: “explore the theme of immigration to Canada in order to enhance public understanding of the experiences of …
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… “I know this door”, the thought was almost overwhelming. Somehow I has been mentally catapulted back in time almost 47 years and my … tried to walk through each door one found that some were easy to open, while others offered resistance. The ‘inside’ of each door had been decorated or modified to bring the visitor into the experience …
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… Harder Margaret …
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… in the Vietnam War divided the country, and some individuals chose to come to Canada. Men who were drafted and did not want to participate in … reasons, but were influenced by the overall climate of the war, as well as the Civil Rights Movement. In this online gallery, you will meet ten people who came to Canada from 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 … humanities at Laurentian University, and my husband quit his job in a company in order to start his own business. Then our life as immigrants …
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… January 1966 My story started out on January 6, 1966, when myself, my parents, two younger brothers … my parents wanted to give us kids a better way of life than what they had had as young children. When we left I remember leaving early in the … were checked and our luggage was put on board the ship. After a while we said goodbye to our friends and went on board. We were …
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… PhD, Historian Introduction: Up to the early 1980s, refugee claimants had the possibility of appealing a negative outcome to their refugee … Indian citizenship and one Guyanese citizen of Indian heritage) who had each claimed convention refugee status upon their arrival in … received from the Refugee Status Advisory Committee (RSAC) which had been created with the implementation of the 1976 Immigration Act. …