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… by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Perfect Landings was … popularization of recreational and figure skating at the turn of the twentieth century was in part possible thanks to the availability of … A Reflection on Curating Perfect Landings …
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… Olive Helen (Briggs) Ripley was born in Orpington, Kent, England on July 18, 1923. Her parents were Reginald … and friends behind in England, Olive familiarized herself to a new way of life: without shops to visit daily and very few neighbours close by. Ralston and Olive settled on the family farm and raised a family: …
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… Introduction CANADA HAS A LONG AND VARIED HISTORY of people arriving here because they were fleeing war, violence, or persecution. …
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… My mother, Ivy (Woods) Kelly was a war bride and we arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax on March 7, 1946 during a terrible … a good middle class home in a pretty place in England called Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex overlooking the English Channel. She had no idea what …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated September 28, 2020) Introduction: Adolescent Impressions of Immigrating to Canada An often overlooked aspect of Pier 21’s site history is the … across Canada. Whether they arrived as immigrants or refugees by way of family reunification, private sponsorship, or … Children of the Pier: Adolescent Experiences of Arrival and Process …
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… Bride Remembers Iris Cunneyworth was born to Charles and Daisy Stovell in Bedfordshire, England on May 6, 1921. She entered the world in her … the 1800's in the little village of Wrestlingworth. Her birth was followed by a brother Hedley and a sister Olive. In 1944, she married Bob …
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… By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian Introduction They took me to Woolco—which doesn’t exist now. Woolco was Scotia Square’s last department store. And we bought pots and pans. Since she realized I hadn’t cooked before, we … wasn’t very tasty. When she found out, she says, “You can’t afford to buy that stuff. It’s too expensive. You’re going to have to learn how …
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… Our greatest glory is not in never falling but by in rising every time we fall. Confucius The Story of My Life Om Sharma, June 2, 2008 I was … and did a couple of acting roles, but to my surprise things are not always what you think they are. It is a very long process and …
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… Time 0:03:49 Transcript Mom used to tell me the story where I was born. She told me I was born in Bhutan, which is a beautiful Himalayan country. I don’t remember living there, but I remember the day we left; when I was crying with … Pain of Hunger by Sudarson …
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… Citizenship and Belonging to a Country Time 0:02:27 Transcript ES: The day of the … to have a paper that says who we are. And to belong a country that accept me without questioning me. Let me free here. That you are here, that …