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… managed to obtain passage back to Ireland where I was born on Nov. 11, 1934. My father had loved Canada and deeply regretted having to … before. We could get established, then send for the rest of the family. I immediately and excitedly agreed. But, just weeks before our … at Westinghouse where he worked in Hamilton. Given that my purpose in coming to Canada was to financially help my parents, I had thought it …
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… April 1955 Our trip was never without excitement; we left our hometown of Sambiasc Clabria in late March, as we were to travel to Canada on the Vulcania on April 1, 1955 departing from the Port of Naples. Well, …
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… through the Canadian immigration. But I didn’t speak a word of English. I landed in Montreal they told me I was supposed to work in an … were my own voice when I was singing. So I walked to Brockville – 22 miles. My trade was as a mechanic, and I heard from a friend, they were in the Soo, making $2.75 an hour. That got me to come to Sault Sainte Marie. I looked for this place on the west side. I …
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… stage, the story of my life can be divided into four chapters: Chapter 1: Born in Cameroon in a family of more than 40 children and 8 different mothers. Chapter 2: I get … about me being alone on the Trans-Canada Highway, Daphnée decided to accompany me in my adventure. I was thrilled because deep down I was …
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… Time 0:04:50 Transcript I was born in Bremerhaven on January 23, 1941 to Karoline and Theo Muller, two doting parents. Everything was on … in Schleswig Holstein. In fact, our house on Kaiser Strasse was completely destroyed after we left. After living in Malente for 11 … wise, was going to be on Vancouver Island. We found the hamlet, Mill Bay. It took us 2 years full time to build. We wanted to call her …
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… to marry Icelanders. When my cousin arranged a blind date for a Christmas social and I found out he was Ukrainian. I gasped! My date said, … I got up to waltz..and so began my new life. When I told my family we were dating, they were distressed. My side said, "Don`t tell me … In some aspects our cultures seemed very different. Determined to overcome these issues we worked together to create a melded family. …
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… Time 0:05:19 Transcript (Translated from French) After working very hard for days … I wondered how will I survive in this camp because I was not with my family. One day I approached a man who sold tea and coffee at the camp … me a job. Three months later, I was in the restaurant working when the commandant and two other men came to take me away. I asked them in …
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Lenga lenga is a leafy green and common vegetable grown in Central and Eastern Africa. It can be grown in a garden and incorporated into stews or eaten as a side dish. This recipe comes from Imelde Nduwimana who came to Canada ten years ago from Burundi after living in a refugee camp in Tanzania …
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Growing up in 1930s Saskatchewan with Ukrainian parents, Mary Didur started making perogies when she was five or six years old. She said, “the recipe has gone through so many changes…Each time it has changed hands, it has been improved. My mother probably got her recipe from her mother, in …