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… So, the club that we belonged to, you could go and play a multitude of sports. They’re very affordable. So, in that hometown, the way … they were electing a new executive and I ran for the executive… I made it on board. And I been on the board since 1973. I’ve been the president for many, many years and worked in different roles. …
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… Sea sickness was a major problem. The captain had told us eat lots of food, especially a large bowl of porridge for breakfast, to put a … your stomachs, and you won't be seasick. I did and was fine for the 14 day trip! Lifeboat drills and life belts were very important. We even … of us, the healthy ones, walked the promenade deck several times a day, and stood at the rail watching the ships surrounding us on an …
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… Time 0:04:26 Transcript Life before we had to leave Iraq, before the war, was … spot to be helped by the United Nations. After a year, my grandpa died, because he had no one to take care of him. We got accepted to … in a factory as a labourer. It was a hard job for him, but he never complained. I also worked there too, for one summer. When metal is …
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… were many rules and regulations dealing with war recovery programs. To ease the burden and speed up this recovery, the Dutch government … promote emigration. Countries preferred by many emigrants were Canada, the U.S.A., New Zealand and South Africa. I had several reasons for …
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… The Trip It was on the 24th of September 1965, the day I turned 10 years old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small town some 150 km south of Rome. We left our aunt’s house very early in the morning to go to Naples where the ship Queen … All we had was the clothes we packed, a few knickknacks from the old house, a borrowed 10$ in my father pocket and lots of hope. My uncle …
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… of 17 when his father passed away. He immigrated to Canada on November 26, 1955 at the young age of 19 via the Olympia with only a few cents … over the family’s riches hoping that she too would be prosperous one day. She immigrated to Canada on November 2, 1958 at the young age of … children together. Both Jim and Eleni worked long hours in the food and hotel industries to ensure that their children received an …
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… “Two days later I, my younger brother and sister was sent of to a small … be expected, the transition to a new country was not necessarily an easy one. The change was particularly hard for mom and dad who were, to … under the principal’s desk when mom brought us to school that first day. I do remember crying while mom towed me down the hall to the …
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Life in Canada Time 1:45 Transcript Well, I, right now, I feel like I’m becoming more like a half of Canadian I guess, because I get, because I’ve been here long enough to adopt the culture now, so. But, maybe if you were asking those questions earlier, like two years or three, I would answer …
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… became a widely-used metaphor for cultural pluralism in modern Canada, the use of such terms to describe Canadian diversity can be traced back to the early interwar period. Against the backdrop … Early Political and Public Responses to Canada’s Official Multiculturalism Policy, 1971-1972 …
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… and gave my mother three rosaries -- one for each of us -- and welcomed us to Canada. The best ambassadors this country could ever have … "There is no beer in Canada." No Beer! My dad tried to buy us some food; remember he spoke no English, not even a little bit. He came back … with rye bread and lots of cold cuts. Life is good! When we got to the house on 31 Commonwealth Avenue in Scarborough we had a welcome party. …