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Time 0:03:22 Transcript My memories of the ten day voyage were very mixed. I was excited to be on a ship but I saw so many sad people that I was confused. I remember people crying hard and waving handkerchiefs in the air. I looked over the side and saw big fish following the ship. I now realize …
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Introduction In the 1960s and 1970s, the United States witnessed profound social and political change. Involvement 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 a war they did not believe in came to …
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Immigration Building …
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Time 0:02:52 Transcript I didn't know how cold it would be in Canada until our arriving in the winter of 2007. In that December, we received winter storms almost every week; people wore heavy boots and thick coats, streets were piled up with snow like grey walls. Coming from Taiwan where we have …
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United States Immigration Service Offices …
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Immigration Policy …
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Time 0:04:49 Transcript My Father came from Iran to Kuwait in 1957 to start a business. So I was born & raised in Kuwait but with an Iranian passport. My family was Bahai, a religious minority in both Iran and Kuwait. As an Iranian resident in Kuwait I went to an Iranian school. At that time there …
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Administrative Barriers …
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Immigration Act, 1869 …
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Time 0:03:34 Transcript I was born in Somalia in 1981. By 1991 Somalia had a civil war. We ran to the nearest peaceful country which was Kenya. My parents brought us to a refugee camp in the north east province of Kenya. Our hopes in that camp were to be resettled to developed countries or for our …