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  • The Gold Rush in British Columbia and the Yukon
    … wealthy American ladies, Mary Hitchcock and Edith Van Buren, who had come to Dawson City not to make their fortune, but to experience … their impact on Aboriginal peoples all shaped the region for years to come. The excitement of the Klondike Gold Rush attracted a wide variety … only an estimated 30,000 actually made it to Dawson City. [14] Newcomers looking to strike it rich found themselves living in tents in …
  • Candida Franca Iaccino
    … RACCONTO DI VITA: CANDIDA FRANCA IACCINO (dedico questa mia storia ai miei … (Canada Day) 2003 ho visitato Pier 21, è stata una grandissima emozione. Sono sbarcata il novembre del 1960 con la nave Olympia, all'età di … eri tu ch'eri aperta alla chiamata dello Spirito Santo, conservo come reliquia la sua ultima lettera. Infatti anche la mia venuta in …
  • Vanessa Martins
    … “OK.” She called him over and I explained how I’d just arrived in Canada. I don’t think he quite understood I’d just, just arrived! “You’re … because I don’t fear challenges. I’ve never been a cashier, but I’ll manage.” He said: “OK, We’ll see... I’ll let you know in 3 days.” So he … months later, she began working in a bookstore. Her husband Clayton completed his doctorate and now works in a Montreal laboratory. At the …
  • Refugee Experiences Gallery
    … Introduction CANADA HAS A LONG AND VARIED HISTORY of people arriving here because they were … refugees with protection and emergency relief. Many people who have come to Canada as refugees have spent time in a UNHCR camp, including … to Canada as refugees, and former immigration officers. People have come from many different countries, including the former Yugoslavia, …
  • Nicholas Bosiuk
    … Our great-grandfather Nicholas (Mikolaj) Bosiuk was born on September 26, 1903 in Zelena, Skalot, Poland (now Ukraine). Sponsored by Wasyl … Ethelbert, Manitoba, he was able to immigrate to Canada. After bidding his family and friends goodbye, he dressed into the nearly new clothes …
  • My Father’s Music - Ilse Thompson
    … Becoming a Refugee CMIP 21 · My Father’s Music Time 0:03:48 Transcript … say hello. She was busy walking to wherever she was going. She was not allowed to speak to Jewish children. Steve Schwinghamer (SS): How … were you when that happened? IT: Well, I was, I always forget. This is not in this book, it's in another book I wrote but, um, well, I was …
  • Recommended Resources
    … Canada”, as in Canadian Social Trends , Statistics Canada: Catalogue No. 11-008, Autumn 2000.  Di Cocco, Caroline, et al. One by One: … Contract Workers from Italy.” Journal of American Ethnic History 11, no. 1 (Fall 1991): 50. Iacovetta Franca, Roberto Perin, and Angelo … . Thunder Bay: Canadian Historical Association, 1988. Ramirez, Bruno. The Italians in Canada . Ottawa: Candian Historical Association, …
  • Canadian Slovenian Community and The Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia • Kanadska slovenska skupnost in Veleposlaništvo Republike Slovenije
    … Canadian Slovenian Community and The Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Kanadska slovenska skupnost in Veleposlaništvo Republike Slovenije To all Slovenian women and men who made here their first steps on Canadian soil and brought their Slovenian culture to Canada. Vsem … Canadian Slovenian Community and The Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia …
  • SLOVAK CANADIAN HERITAGE MUSEUM • LE MUSÉE CANADIEN-SLOVAQUE DU PATRIMOINE • MÚZEUM SLOVENSKO-KANADSKÉHO KULTÚRNEHO DEDIČSTVA
    … SLOVAK CANADIAN HERITAGE MUSEUM LE MUSÉE CANADIEN-SLOVAQUE DU PATRIMOINE MÚZEUM SLOVENSKO-KANADSKÉHO KULTÚRNEHO … SLOVAK CANADIAN HERITAGE MUSEUM • LE MUSÉE CANADIEN-SLOVAQUE DU PATRIMOINE • MÚZEUM SLOVENSKO-KANADSKÉHO KULTÚRNEHO …
  • Anything to Declare? Part 1 - Immigration and Customs since Confederation
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 2, 2020) Introduction Travellers approaching … items were later removed as dutiable items. [1] In Border Circular No. 10 issued in 1911, Canadian customs officers were expected to be …

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