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… of Vallelonga, Italy in April 1953. My father had immigrated to Canada four years earlier to begin working in order to save money to pay for … would never see her again. She also left her younger sister, aged 22 sick in bed; her sister then passed away one month after we arrived in … My grandmother passed away in 1959. My mother went back to Italy to visit in 1967. I have never been back. One day I hope to go and see the …
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… had disembarked from ships in Halifax when our families immigrated to Canada, we were interested to learn more. The Tourist Information … severely that we could not sleep in the upper beds assigned to us. All four of us slept in the two lower beds. A trip that was scheduled to … gangway into Pier 21. It was a memorable and emotional experience to visit the Pier forty-seven years later and gratefully acknowledge that …
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… What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media. Please be respectful of other visitors, staff and volunteers so as not to disrupt their experience or …
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… What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media. Please be respectful of other visitors, staff and volunteers so as not to disrupt their experience or …
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… What to know about capturing your Museum experience We encourage visitors to capture their visit and share on social media. Please be respectful of other visitors, staff and volunteers so as not to disrupt their experience or …
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… is both diverse and delicious. Generation after generation of newcomers have brought new recipes, ingredients and approaches, while … opens on May 10 and will remain at the Museum until January 2026. Access to the special exhibition is included with admission. Visitors should be prepared to finish their visit full of new …
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… to a home Frank shared with his parents and siblings. For the first four days, we slept in separate rooms and did not consummate our … we lived for eight years. We have returned to Italy countless times to visit my parents. My father however, passed away in May 2001, one day …
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… Transcript I loved the airport—it might sound silly, to you. But coming from an island, a very small airport, when you see something … see too many cars and seeing all those cars it’s just—I can never forget. And it was night-time. Those lights and that go on the other … Toronto. She helped organize a trip for older Portuguese immigrants to visit Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and played an important part in …
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… is both diverse and delicious. Generation after generation of newcomers have brought new recipes, ingredients and approaches, while … opens on May 10 and will remain at the Museum until January 2026. Access to the special exhibition is included with admission. Visitors should be prepared to finish their visit full of new …
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… me ‘Paki’. My reply was ‘it is not a polite word’ and I will have a visit with your school principal. Both my wife and I were born in … to our daughter that what happened to us in Uganda and the reason for immigrating to Canada. After meeting with the principal, nothing … I was born and brought up in Uganda. Immediately the question was “how come you are not black?” My answer was just like in Canada, Africa has …