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…In early March, 1970, I attended a meeting on co-op housing in Sackville, and came home a member of a Co-op shortly after that, we were assigned a building lot, allocated $14,000, and we were on our own. … Stanley Jones, England …
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For 150 years, millions of people have come from far and wide to call Canada home. And while they each experience the challenges and opportunities this country provides differently, a common theme binds many of these stories together: the desire to build a better future for themselves and their …
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I look back on how Canada has changed me and my values. I think the hardest part of emigrating was changing the way I believed things should be done. I was brought up to understand that the British knew how to do things correctly. – Adrienne Brown nee Drought, 1961 … Canada has changed me and my …
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We have had our share of sorrows, but also lots of joy. Life has been wonderful here in this marvelous country. I am thankful and grateful that I have had the opportunity to live here. Canada, in my opinion, the greatest country and the most generous, fine people to be found. – Kathleen Udell nee …
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June 21 to September 14, 2017 Legacies 150 is a series of 13 interactive photo essays. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, these first person perspectives on the themes of legacy and inheritance were created for the 150th anniversary of confederation. Two essays examining Canada’s …
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March 8 to May 3, 2017 This exhibition, which opens on International Women’s Day, celebrates and explores identity from immigrant and migrant women’s perspectives. Using art as a tool for community building, the project sought to create an opportunity for immigrant and migrant women to collaborate. …
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Famèe Furlane Toronto LIBARS DI SCUGNÎ LA In Honour of the Friulans who courageously left their beloved Friuli and who, with hard work and determination were able to realize their dreams and contribute to Canada, this great country that welcomed them. … Famèe Furlane …
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Melitta and Alfred Starke - 1960 Starke Family - 1977 Melitta Starke and Grandchildren - 2002 Melitta Kaefer Starke - 1953 Melitta Starke and Grandchildren 2011 … Alfred and Melitta …
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Einar was 18 years old when he arrived in Halifax, on the 17 th of April, 1927. He sailed on the Drottningham. … Einar Malmqvist …
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Michael P. and M. Dorothy (Middleton) McGrillen Michael and Dorothy decided to immigrate to Canada because of the opportunities available to them in a country not devastated by war. They lived in Birmingham, England during the Second World War. Birmingham sustained heavy bombing during the War. …