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… to Pier 21 for the first time since first landing in Canada. The visit to Pier 21 was a moving primary experience for me as I did not … recollection of that first arrival back in 1954. This year, 2005, being the Year of the Veteran, and the 60th anniversary of the end of …
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… one person in the nest. My mother is by herself. Sometimes I go to visit – I tell people I am going home. But when I am coming back to Canada, I tell people I am going home. So where is home? … me as a girl – he just looked at me as his child and he wants the best for me. At this time not a lot of girls are educated. Sometimes, they …
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… shortages? How did this affect your daily activities? How was your community affected by the conflict? Do you remember the conflict coming … leave and go to Canada? What was involved in the process of leaving? For example, was there official paperwork, interviews and/or … in Canada? Has it made a difference for you? Have you gone back to visit your country of origin? If so, what was this like? Reflection …
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… Time 0:02:51 Transcript Going for a visit to Iceland I go home, and coming back to Canada I come …
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… 3 suitcases and a few handbags. Our luggage consisted of 2 dresses for myself and 2 for my sister, 2 pairs of shorts and shirts for each … but we became used to it just like everyone else there. My father had come to Canada 6 years earlier and had a very good and secure job with … and my son had the opportunity to go to Halifax and they both went to visit the now-famous Pier 21. They were there during the summer and …
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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 … mosaic on the wall in the exhibit. Over 600 people have contributed so far, and the number continues to grow every day. The folks at the Canadian War Museum really knew what they were doing when they designed …
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… could not take it any longer. Counting my money, I decided to get a night's real rest and got off the train, walked across the street and … a night and I took a room, which had running water. On a recent visit to Winnipeg, I actually found the hotel still standing amidst … picked up by someone, and it would not even have been a theft. Twenty-four hours later, I re-boarded the daily trans-continental CPR Train …
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… Preservation is a way of keeping digital material alive so that they can be accessed long into the future, even as the technological tools … the frustration of a digital file becoming corrupt and the content being lost. Maybe you have had trouble finding a VHS player to watch an … our catalogue to improve full-text searching ii . We have also been scanning some beautiful hand-written stories from the filing cabinets. …
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… were then directed to the train which took them to Toronto. The train ride was two days long, across the cold, snow covered Atlantic … traditions include annual sauce making, family vacations and a visit from “Santa Nonno” on Christmas Eve. Vito is eternally grateful … to his parents for having the courage to leave their homeland to come to Canada to build a better life for Vito and future generations. …