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… Paudyn 1921-2008 Richard was born in Warsaw on November 27th 1921. He was baptized in St. Andrew Catholic Church in Warsaw. His parents were Wanda (nee Blichewicz) and Stefan Paudyn. The …
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… Families April 1, 1953 - Waterman Times were hard in Holland then and although Pete worked hard to make a living for us, it was hard … Pete who immediately vetoed the whole idea. He was not going to uproot his family and that was that. About one year later my brother and his … who would employ Pete lived in Ontario. Our date for departure was set for March 24th, 1953 so we had about six weeks to get ready. In all …
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Time 0:02:53 Transcript I was born and raised in Mexico City, one of the busiest, most crowded cities in the world! A city that, today, I am proud to refer as my mother land! When I finished my university I moved to Veracruz where I spent the best years of my early adult life. I came to Canada as …
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… born and grew up in Koekange, a small town not far from Meppel in Drenthe, an eastern province of Holland. Frits was born in 1918, the fourth … to the border with the States, but when he asked about our family, he said he didn’t want little kids on his farm. Soon there was another letter from Canada, with word about a …
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… In 1959, a national uprising by Tibetans against the Chinese occupation of their homeland took … the quality of caring about the collective welfare, a person who is community-minded. The choice of this expression as a project name is a … [21.04.14NRKMTK] Gelek Gyathong, interviewed by Sonam Nylosang [21.05.26GG] Nyingko Tsering, interviewed by Jigme Tsering [21.00.00NT] …
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… Museum’s Accessibility Plan and information on how to provide feedback can be found on this web page . → NaviLens To improve accessibility, … Museum uses NaviLens technology. Download the free NaviLens App . You can scan nearly 100 codes around our museum. This will guide you with audio …
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… Exhibition is the Museum’s summer 2014 exhibit, brought to us by the Canadian War Museum. It is a glowing success, attracting about 6,000 … their own notion of peace on a coloured square piece of paper, has been very popular. The interpreters collect the tiles and use them … the work of a future diplomat. Angelique I like this tile because it has a lot of meaning to me. I grew up in Burundi where peace is not …
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… March 12 to October 16, 2022 Witness the famed photographer’s iconic work and learn about his origins as an Armenian refugee to Canada in 1924. This special … Helen Keller and Muhammad Ali, along with iconic Canadians Karen Kain, Marshall McLuhan, and famed African Nova Scotian concert singer … The World of Yousuf Karsh: A Private Essence …
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… project by the Museum’s Artist-in-Residence, Aquil Virani. Read what he has to say about what makes a hero, what makes for an ideal immigrant, and his hopes for the future. Your project is called “Our Immigrant … art and activism. Can you talk about activism in the context of this project? Activism for me is a broad umbrella term for the ways in …
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… project by the Museum’s Artist-in-Residence, Aquil Virani. Read what he has to say about what makes a hero, what makes for an ideal immigrant, and his hopes for the future. Your project is called “Our Immigrant … art and activism. Can you talk about activism in the context of this project? Activism for me is a broad umbrella term for the ways in …