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  • Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian Like Canada, soccer is beautiful…anyone can do anything. There are no restrictions, and if there are restrictions, they can be challenged, like in a soccer match. Like Canada, soccer can make … Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration …
  • Chilean Exiles, 1973 to Now
    … and social organisations including unions, student groups, and community associations. [3] Some Chilean exiles came to Canada fleeing … was very empty. All the streets were empty. And I remember was two soldiers in the top of a bridge I used to, but it never come into my mind … studying electrical engineering and industrial safety. During his studies, Jorge became politically involved and was a part of the …
  • Sergeant Elmo Hugh Munroe
    … and blessed with an incredible memory. When Dad talked about the "old days" we were transported to other times and places through his … born in the northeastern state of Maine, USA on April 10, 1921, just a day after his parents crossed the international border from New … and fished for a living. Dad had lots of stories to relate about those days and I was always struck by how much he enjoyed them despite their …
  • Donato, Imperia e Gianni E
    Donato, Imperia e Gianni E …
  • Janos Maté
    … the Czechoslovak Republic, whose birthday happened be on the very same day. Following the Munich Pact between British Prime Minister Neville … we asked father if we would have to go to school the next day. "Of course," he replied. Early next morning, father got ready to …
  • Olesya Aleksandrova
    … Yogurt Day and Gathering Furniture Time 0:01:42 Transcript OA: Oh we didn’t … was lost. So the only thing I recognized was yogurt. (laughs) So first day was yogurt day. (laughs) CB: On your first day was that all you and your daughter …
  • Helena Lengacher
    … Lengacher, April 2016 I was born September 6, 1920, in Waterland-Oudeman situated in Oost-Vlanderan, Belgium to the proud parents of Rene … War II, German forces invaded my country on May 10, 1940. In just 18 days of fierce fighting, the Belgium military was pushed back into a … thinking to myself, why me, why am I to live when others would die? By early September 1944 the fighting seemed to escalate to a level …
  • Stories
    Stories in Italian Andrea Nicolosi and Maria Soccorsa Children's Stories Amerigo Lupinacci Elise Marini Robert Sapienza Family Stories Addolorata Salvatorelli-Di Falco Adolfo Di Mambro Antonino Masciotra Cesidio Mariani Domenico Stagliano Gabriella Frainetti nee Di Giovanni Giulio Cesare and …
  • Reborn by Sergio
    … in Bolivia. It is a developing country with many challenges to overcome. Often people did not agree with the decisions of the government … generation we have to pay the price, but this price is cheap in comparison to all the great things that we receive every day in Canada. …
  • Elfriede Gruber and George Novotny
    … Second World War was a difficult time for many, and for young "inlanders" like me there was the added frustration of not knowing what the … being fought. But there I was, 21 years of age, and finally I had the chance to get my sea legs. It was just before Christmas, 1950, when my … were complete and I could leave Europe to start my new life in Canada. The United States, first choice for all of my fellow refugees, …

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