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… I'm still missing my home in China. I now can be called a CFA which is come from away. Spring Festival is coming. Chinese people usually get … until a certain time to go to my grandparents to give them a kowtow, so that they would give me pocket money, which is wrapped in a red envelope. I would argue with my grandmother to put more coins in the dumplings so that I will not be upset about not having the …
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… May to October 31 Open: Seven days a week , 9:30 am to 5:30 pm November to April 30 Open: Wednesday to Sunday , 10:00 am to 5:00 pm More ways to explore …
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… where Jean was working as part of the war effort. Prior to this she had worked on the London buses, but because she found the shift work … hard, she moved to the munitions factory. Bill and Jean dated for a while. During this time Bill was sent on war schemes around various … was here that Jean boarded a train for Sarnia, Ontario. Not realizing how big Canada was Jean hoped that Bill would be in Halifax to meet …
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… My name is William (Bill) Gouweleeuw from Parry Sound, Ontario. Recently my wife and I were on a bus trip (15 days) … I wanted to try to co-operate by putting in my nickel's worth as to ‘how, why, and what for' I wanted to come to Canada. I worked for my father as a Market Gardener for eleven …
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… by Daniel Meister, PhD Introduction: The Context of Colonialism “Let us take possession of Canada. Let our cry be CANADA … were viewed by many Canadians as the most desirable settlers, so these numbers were reassuring to them. [2] Many British people … they wanted to see their colonies settled with British immigrants in order to keep them firmly within the Empire. Of course, there were …
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… Coast Guards refused the boat to dock as Kenya was overwhelmed by so many refugees. We stayed on the boat for weeks until they finally … 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 … came to shut down the refugee camp, I was smuggled across the border to Ethiopia. In this new country, I was able to begin my first …
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… Roberts-Pichette and find myself writing in the hopes that someone out there can help us with a question. Patricia wrote to me back in 2011 while researching her book on the Middlemore home children. During our …
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… Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated July 21, 2021) “Conditions are so much different out here from what you have in the East” Immigration Facilities at … immigration structures. Difficult Beginnings Although the city had already dealt with massive groups of migrant labourers after the …
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… here at the museum is “what made you leave your home and decide to come to Canada?” Some respond that it is for new opportunities, to … mother looked at me - she was in tears. “Do you know where Canada is? How long do you think it will take you to come back home?” I replied, …
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… for my father as a Market Gardener for eleven years. During the war we had lots of damage done to our business. There were three boys in our … way of having a future in Holland. During that time, I had my feelers out in different countries – France, South Africa, Australia, and … I remembered that after the war was over, the Canadians were looking good to me. Then, two boys in my neighbourhood invited me to their home …