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Time 0:02:15 Transcript Two weeks ago, Herv ask me if I want to talk about how I came to Canada.. At home I thought what to say… In my country when the Burmese attack our land we were so worried that we couldn’t even cry because if they heard us they will kill us. The reason why we came to Canada …
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Being quarantined at Pier 21 meant a rough start to their Canadian adventure for the Blom family. Shelly Blom was born in the Netherlands and in the spring of 1953 her parents decided to move. “My parents had decided to leave our home in Apeldoorn to seek out new opportunities for their young …
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… Mother, advisor, friend and advocate. She helped them to bring the best of their culture, experience, and family values to their new home … Medal of Merit for her work among the immigrants in Halifax. This was bestowed by Archbishop James Hayes, Archbishop of Halifax. As a …
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… a letter to his beloved parents, he asked for some help. As fate would have it, his mom was attending the birth of her granddaughter when the … friends, even strangers. Bobby often described those years as “the best [years] of his life”. Their incredible work ethic, passion for …
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Time 0:03:39 Transcript Here I am. Visiting my homeland 23 years later. I was born and raised in Germany. In East Germany, to be more specific. Germany was separate for 40 years, and I grew up in the socialism part. That part was the only part I knew. We were not allowed to get out of East Germany. …
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… Single Men and Women To my best recollection the name of the steamship that tied up in Halifax … Stuart Heintzelman. She was a merchant vessel. She sailed out of Bremerhaven, Germany, the voyage lasting eleven days, many of which were … days of seasickness, when I realized that the way to take my mind off my misery was to ask for a job in the ship’s gallery, where I was …
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Time 0:03:29 Transcript I grew up in a small island in India called Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Our family had four girls, and we were always discouraged by close relatives and the community for only having girl children. My aunts would say, why does she have to study, she is going to work in a …
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… (I.R.O) - a U.N. body. In 1951 I imigrated to Canada. There are four small episodes tied together with the arrival at pier 21 on May … the ship with cables. An I.R.O. ex-colleague of mine was standing beside me and with an apparent surprise in his voice exclaimed: "They are all first class officers!" Each emigrant was …
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… never board. Our vacation was to go to Centre Island, at the foot of Bay Street, High Park and the Zoo. Mom gave the best birthday parties (all my Canadian friends loved Italian cooking; …
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… a letter to his beloved parents, he asked for some help. As fate would have it, his mom was attending the birth of her granddaughter when the … friends, even strangers. Bobby often described those years as “the best [years] of his life”. Their incredible work ethic, passion for …