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  • Heterosexism in Canadian Immigration Policy, 1952-1978
    … research. I use “queer” occasionally as shorthand for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, very advisedly: I am reminded that many of my friends would … the immigration branch received and pursued intelligence on targeted visitors and immigrants from its own intelligence resources and from … consensual acts with another adult, leaving him with a life sentence. [26] Following the White Paper and the Criminal Code update, a 1970 …
  • Memories of Home by Pawknyaw
    … a home  because I was born there. It wasn’t much, but it was a home. Before I was born my mom lived in Piobolu and my dad lived in Dawau. They … camp, because Piobolu was burned. I remember the day I found out I was coming to Canada. I didn’t know what to think. My dad thought coming to … not having enough money for my big brother medical care and hearing news about relative dying because of Burmese or disease. There were …
  • Sietske Flietstra Bellsmith
    … my brothers, sisters and I were told we were moving to a place called Canada and would live on a huge ship for about nine days to get there. … and always left in tears. My best friend invited me to dinner to say a formal farewell. Our family doctor examined all of us and stuck … wanted to take a last family picture. I can’t ever remember smiling so much; my cheeks were so sore for ages. All I wanted was to explore …
  • Early Political and Public Responses to Canada’s Official Multiculturalism Policy, 1971-1972
    … became a widely-used metaphor for cultural pluralism in modern Canada, the use of such terms to describe Canadian diversity can be traced back to the early interwar period. Against the backdrop … Early Political and Public Responses to Canada’s Official Multiculturalism Policy, 1971-1972 …
  • Pain of Hunger by Sudarson
    … were burned. The citizens opposed it, and the government used armed forces to push people out of the country. More than 70,000 people fled. … it hurts me still. The Government of Bhutan and Nepal did meeting for 15 times to solve the problems of refugee but they are not successes. One day I heard news on a radio saying; UNHCR and other sponsor country for Bhutanese …
  • A Sympathetic Interest in the Plight of Refugees: World Refugee Year in Canada
    … Introduction: Origins of World Refugee Year In the spring of 1958, four young individuals affiliated with the Bow Group, a conservative … of the UN International Geophysical Year the previous year, the four individuals proposed a year dedicated to a united endeavour to … no. 15, Canadian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly (Fourteenth Session), “Statement by Mrs. Alene Holt, Canadian …
  • Charles J. Lutton
    … Port of Entry: Saint John, New Brunswick Date of Arrival: February 26, 1928 Age on Arrival: 24 CHARLES JOSEPH LUTTON/"C" COMPANY THE IRISH … – bright and warm. April 22, 1944 (S. ELIA FIUMERAPIDO / Map. 891266 Scale 1/50,000 Sheet 160 1) The Bn change over was completed by …
  • Sarah Sharpe Platana
    … which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder … with 156 Squadron RAF Pathfinder Group. He is buried along with four of his crew of Lancaster PA984 in the communal cemetery in the … but apprehensively, laid her wreath as the Silver Cross mother. The newspaper in a story just prior to that Remembrance Day reported the …
  • Flying Officer Daniel D. Platana
    … which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder … with 156 Squadron RAF Pathfinder Group. He is buried along with four of his crew of Lancaster PA984 in the communal cemetery in the … but apprehensively, laid her wreath as the Silver Cross mother. The newspaper in a story just prior to that Remembrance Day reported the …
  • LACW Sarah Sharpe Platana
    … which has always been of particular significance to me, and never more so than this year. The past significance has always been the reminder … with 156 Squadron RAF Pathfinder Group. He is buried along with four of his crew of Lancaster PA984 in the communal cemetery in the … but apprehensively, laid her wreath as the Silver Cross mother. The newspaper in a story just prior to that Remembrance Day reported the …

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