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… their valuables for safekeeping and to avoid customs officials. While Canada welcomed immigrants to bring money with them, home governments outlawed their citizens from leaving with large sums of capital which … He also hid money in the large loose feather tick. This gave us a good start in Canada.” [1] During the Second World War, Canadian …
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… Antonio went to Brussels, Belgium to work in the coal mines. While there, a few years later Canada issued a call for immigration as they required workers to work on farms in Western Canada, so he decided to apply on his own to immigrate to Canada. Having been … he was met by the farmer he would be working for. After a week or so, not very impressed with life in the Canadian West, he enlisted the …
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… by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Canadian immigration history can be researched using a staggering variety of sources . There are … political, cultural, and physical contexts for immigrant reception, as well as reflecting immigrants’ responses to official interventions. [1] …
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… Ralph and Sheila Fuller with their sons Keith and Denis arrived in Canada at Pier 21 on April 4, 1950. We … sea to the North was too rough for their normal route at a speed of 26 knots. Ralph had a job waiting with George A. Chase in Sussex, N.B. The family grew … Ralph, Sheila, Keith, Denis Fuller …
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… was comprised of my wife Joan, our daughter Judith and expecting our son Jeffery. The crossing was uneventful but we do remember that, as … reasons for leaving the U.K. were economic, social and political. I had spent five years indentured as a chartered accountant with very … into national service with the RAF for two years. Coal and petrol (at least) were still rationed, socialism was running out of control …
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… City’s migrating local populace and incoming European immigrants had a major impact on the development of the city’s institutions, trade … days, the group claimed that their bedding sheets were changed once, while the blankets were only fumigated once a year to which the … travellers noted that “their present condition certainly bears this out […] such a state of affairs is simply disgusting.” When it came to …
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… to find new farm land. Attending an immigration course, Dad learned about opportunities in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Brazil. They … would require a six-week journey by boat. They knew of others who had chosen Canada and they recognized Canadians as their liberators during the war so they had a great respect for them. Canada required only a ten-day …
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… words. My new school had higher standards. Because I wanted to be a good student, I had to study every night and all day to achieve the … other to achieve more in school. A short time later my grandmother sponsored us to move to Canada. The transition for me was not that easy. I … I became a more social individual, and I wanted to give back to the community. Currently, I am a part-time student at the University of …
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… restaurants in small towns that Ann Hui discovered dishes like chop suey, or moo goo gai pan, or sweet and sour chicken balls. Hui had … As Hui explains, most of the food served in what she calls “chop suey” Chinese restaurants originated in North America at the end of the … a series of Globe and Mail articles, and ultimately, the book Chop Suey Nation. Ann Hui's cross-country road trip took her all the way to …
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… restaurants in small towns that Ann Hui discovered dishes like chop suey, or moo goo gai pan, or sweet and sour chicken balls. Hui had … As Hui explains, most of the food served in what she calls “chop suey” Chinese restaurants originated in North America at the end of the … a series of Globe and Mail articles, and ultimately, the book Chop Suey Nation. Ann Hui's cross-country road trip took her all the way to …