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… Lithuania annexed the Vilna area. Russians and the KGB took over our City of Pinsk, where there were 80,000 inhabitants, 35-40,000, of these … well as several buildings on the edge of the town went up in flames, set by the Russians. The shells flew over the town in the direction of …
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… Francis about art-making, finding solutions and what it means to be welcomed by Mi’kmaq. Virick Francis, photo by Isabel Francis Photo. When … are really magnified at the border now because of the ash-boring beetle. Even though I told them the beetle doesn't recognize borders. I … salmon. I want to paint one side as they are and leave the opposite side natural, all in ash. And I want to incorporate spruce gum too …
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… Francis about art-making, finding solutions and what it means to be welcomed by Mi’kmaq. Virick Francis, photo by Isabel Francis Photo. When … are really magnified at the border now because of the ash-boring beetle. Even though I told them the beetle doesn't recognize borders. I … salmon. I want to paint one side as they are and leave the opposite side natural, all in ash. And I want to incorporate spruce gum too …
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… so I started to research Winnipeg—I thought I was moving to Winnipeg, let me note, my parents did not clarify that I was moving to Steinbach. … I’m immersed in the language.” And you know when you read the web sites for communities it is a marketing piece (laughs). So it was sold to me a …
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… Coming to Canada This is not only my tale of coming to Canada, but also that of … that the war was coming to an end and that transportation would be delayed with the re-patriation of the armed forces, plus their … women and children, including Joyce and Jill, also got aboard and we set off through a thick fog - a real London pea-souper - led by a man …
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… “Les Tabliers,” grade 3 students at Saint-Gérard school in Ottawa in … Immigration in Canada explores and celebrates francophone newcomers and the vitality of the communities that welcome them. From past …
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… Time 0:25:18 Music plays while a camera pans over the Museum’s exhibit spaces. Words on screen: … stands for. Tolerance, respect for other cultures. When I applied to come to this country, it was like a light inside of the darkness.My … Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. This place is a National Historic Site. During a brief 43-year window, nearly a million people arrived in …
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… I saw the declaration of war spelt out on the moving letters on the top of the clock. I should have been overwhelmed with dread at the news … this was the trip of a lifetime, my first bit of independence and the chance to study art in summer school in this huge cosmopolitan city. I felt the British could get on without me for another three …
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… I was born in a small city of Sora (Province) Frosinone, Italy in 1940. I have one brother … and my fondest memories was myself, at a very young age working by her side and learning how to run our store, at the same time also attending … oldest sister Pierina was born in 1939 and she was learning how to become a seamstress. My brother Joe was born in 1943 and he was learning …
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… The Trip to the Land of Milk and Honey The Recollection by Simon (Sid) C. Treur I arrived with my parents from, The Hague in The … in a large wooden box, to our final destination in Canada. The first stop on this journey was a stop at Cobh, Ireland. This stop was to have … activities for the family. Our first rented apartment was on the East side across from 3000 Bathurst Street. This was above a store, which …