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… 1923 à 1930, plus de 150 orphelins du Génocide des Arméniens, perpétré par l'Empire Ottoman entre 1915 et 1923, sont arrivés au Canada grâce … de l'Armenian Relief Association et de l'Église Unie du Canada. Pour beaucoup d'entr eux, Halifax fut le port d'entrée avant de rendre au Refuge agricole des garçons …
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… 22 to March 30, 2013 Dawit L. Petros, Sign, 2001, Digital print. Credit: Dawit L. Petros and Dr Kenneth Montague / The Wedge Collection What does it mean to be African Canadian? Explore the topic of … experiences of African Canadians. The exhibition also featured a local component, incorporating works produced by African Nova Scotian artists …
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… I met my "husband to be," Albin Carl Norlander outside the YMCA in Sheffield whilst he was on a visit to relatives of an … paneled cabin equipped with four bunks and rope cribs attached to the side of each bunk and its own private bathroom. Throughout the ensuing … to the purser's office with the money contents stolen. I finally shed the tears that had not fallen since leaving home. I was able to …
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… was among the soldiers who tried to help the citizens of a devastated city. He was then stationed in Scotland in the summer of 1943, where he … at the Palais de Dance where our dad saw her from across the room and said, that was the woman he would marry. And he did, on June 23, 1944. …
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… was among the soldiers who tried to help the citizens of a devastated city. He was then stationed in Scotland in the summer of 1943, where he … at the Palais de Dance where our dad saw her from across the room and said, that was the woman he would marry. And he did, on June 23, 1944. …
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… in front of Grandma’s house. I couldn’t believe it. There was a for sale sign in front of the ginkgo tree that I remembered from 1947. I made … loved the bright orange lifebuoy soap. Grandma’s house was warm and welcoming. She was too. And I was shocked when I was six and she suddenly …
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… Our journey to Canada began with a dream of opportunity and space to raise a large … were storms to endure as well. At one point I was sleeping on the top bunk and woke up soaked in seawater, the porthole had leaked. We … The trip last five days in all. The first glimpse of land and city lights filled everybody with excitement and nobody was seasick …
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… Bannia Social Club Club Sociale di Bannia Rendre hommage aux immigrants de Bannia, en Italie, qui ont quitté leur famille et ont trouvé leur destin au Canada, créant un avenir meilleur pour leurs enfants et le Canada. … Bannia Social Club • Club Sociale di Bannia …
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… Why in the world would any young woman of 22 join the army, especially in the first years of World War II? I did! I'm not sure why; … jeeps (one of which I drove up and then down the steps at the Old City Hall in Toronto during a Victory Loan gathering of thousands of … the 139 C.W.A.C. who went overseas. And it was no romantic thing! They said, "You're not going to London. You're going to No. 1 Static Base …