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  • The Way to My Life by Ibrahim
    … The Way to My Life by Ibrahim …
  • The Way of Tea in Whitehorse by Lillian
    … group of Japanese Canadian immigrant women who meet to share the Way of Tea in Whitehorse and who are bonded together by their desire to … in the group. Neither my siblings nor I are fluent in Japanese. I always imagined that in other families, kids could talk to their parents … lessons of my parents. I am drawn to the tea ceremony because it’s my way back to my mother, and my roots. Return to Whitehorse …
  • Historic Pier 21
    … attracting high-profile visitors including the Prime Minister of the day, Sir Robert Borden. [2] Undertaken in 1915, just after the outbreak …
  • Daphne Munday Waye, daughter Carole
    … Daphne Munday Waye, daughter Carole …
  • Refugee: a Hero or Zero? by Sharmarke
    … soccer ball from socks and newspapers. I remember that I had to save coins and beg the bigger boys in the camp to take me to the cinema to … busy putting out the fires, the children were searching the ashes for coins. When the bulldozers came to shut down the refugee camp, I was …
  • “The only way to be safe is to leave the country.”
    … The following article describes a moment of physical violence. Why are you drawn to the stories of migrants in border regions? There are many things one can do with photography. Shooting sports or marine photography. There's … in front of his daughter- point blank in the head… And they said, “We have to get out of here. I have a young child.” And that story …
  • “The only way to be safe is to leave the country.”
    … photography. Shooting sports or marine photography. There's a million ways to use it. I think it comes from personal convictions and … different border regions, regardless of wherever they are? They're always running from something. Most countries are very afraid that if … things going on in the society. They have understood that the only way to be safe is to leave the country. One of the things that happens …
  • we would be freer (بنكون اكتر احرار)
    … September 13 to December 7, 2025 we would be freer (بنكون اكتر احرار) reflects on the relationship between native plants and peoples living under settler colonialism. Known … taste and bright colour, the sumac plant is used as a medicine, spice, dye, and more. Weaving together the voices of two women – one from the …
  • Signalman William J. Campbell
    … William John Campbell and Jean Vera Kathleen Campbell (nee Gerrard) Bill was born June 10, 1922 in Toronto. Jean was born … did his basic training in Kingston, Ontario, convoyed to Debert, Nova Scotia and in August 1942 sailed on the Sterling Castle from … – she wasn’t impressed as he was wearing a suit with no tie and gloves (in the July heat!!!). Bill was working as an Immigration Officer at …

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