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  • Daniel and Els Vander Hoek Family
    … It was difficult to find a landlord in Chatham willing to rent his house to a family with eight children so my Dad told the landlord he … Daniel and Els Vander Hoek Family …
  • Port of Entry, Process and Gatekeepers – A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec during the Great Depression
    … hall which was covered by sparred boards covering years of filth. The food given to the detainees was also deplorable, where one of the men … that some its members were forced to spend their own funds to purchase food in order to survive. [4] In an effort to appease concerned … that each detainee was entitled to a clean bed and properly cooked food, many immigrants found that their surroundings were not congenial. …
  • My Mother and I: Our Journey
    … here to Canada, because my daughter was already here. I thought that coming as a family was the right thing to do. Olena Stepanova, … when we moved here in my mind was, for instance, that my daughter was coming to live with me, and we were again a big family like we were … Screen text Daughters Yuminary Bryson, Venezuela: The MBA, it wasn’t easy. It was—it was a hard program in general, but you know, I was here …
  • The Ilgvaris Vilumsons Family
    … sector and we were well treated, even schooling was provided. The food was sparse and the adults were forced to supplement our diet by … found a small snapshot of my family at the railing of the ship two days before we docked in Halifax. I also discovered the ship was the … flies nearly did us in. Then, of course, the winter was something else. In spite of this, we learned to enjoy the North very much and …
  • Giovanni Diodato Guglietti
    … father had settled in just a year earlier. Giovanni boarded the ‘Nea Hellas' with simple belongings and enthusiastically imagined what Pier … and future wife, Concetta DeGasperis . They were married on August 26, 1961 and soon started a family of their own welcoming in to the …
  • 1968: Pier 21 and the Prague Spring Refugees
    … Czechoslovak leaders that if their reforms continued, they would come with grave consequences. Moscow demanded that the Communist Party … the 1960s Many of the Prague Spring refugees, who had applied to come to Canada at Canadian embassies across Europe, arrived by … horizon. There were ramblings in Moscow that the Soviets are ready to come to ‘help’ us to make sure that we follow the ‘right way’ of …
  • Kookoo Sabzi - Naz Deravian
    … quickly turn mushy). Add the green onions and the rest of the ingredients except for the eggs and the oil to the green herbs and give a stir to combine. Add the eggs and mix well to combine. The batter should have the consistency of thick yogurt or …
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    … Covid pandemic. Why would I have left my home if I didn’t have to? To come somewhere where I don’t know anyone? That was then. Now, I … family.” Ibrahim Sahary “I left Egypt in 2017. As a journalist and a community organizer I could not stay any longer, I had already been … The hardship for me was here. I thought when I came here it will be easy, it was tough. My life there was better.” Klsoom “We are from …
  • Jozef, Maria Majocha and Family
    … to continue living in Poland as a pauper, therefore life somewhere else looked promising and Canada offered a vision for a future. Through … a stable, young and growing country, which was enticing immigrants to come to Canada and help to develop. Finally on April 14, 1928, Dad, his … and children. With this information, we fit in well amongst people. Food wise it was much better in Canada, as on the farm we had a garden, …

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