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  • How Two Moroccan Newcomers Conquered Canadian Winter
    … home and home is snow . So we need to get used to that.” Otherwise, how could they teach their unborn children how to survive here, she reasoned. And so, they continued their … How Two Moroccan Newcomers Conquered Canadian Winter …
  • How Did I Get Here in My Life? by Barbara
    … an election coming up. We talked endlessly about what was going on, how we felt about it, and how North America and Japan were the same or different. When I moved … How Did I Get Here in My Life? by Barbara …
  • Learning How to Eat a Banana in Quarantine at Pier 21
    … under quarantine. He was born in Estonia in 1941 during the first Soviet occupation. He and his mother fled to Germany in 1944, just … “When we reached Halifax on, I believe March 27, I was carried off the ship to a quarantine hospital section right in Pier 21. Who knew what I had? “When I came to a few days later, I discovered that my mother was …
  • How Two Moroccan Newcomers Conquered Canadian Winter
    … home and home is snow . So we need to get used to that.” Otherwise, how could they teach their unborn children how to survive here, she reasoned. And so, they continued their … How Two Moroccan Newcomers Conquered Canadian Winter …
  • How War and Peace Have Shaped Migration to Canada
    … the sacrifice of those who served our country. But it also gives us a chance to reflect on war and its effects. Different impacts Lloyd and … outfits outside their family’s restaurant in Halifax to show their support for the war effort, in 1941. The military service of … How War and Peace Have Shaped Migration to Canada …
  • Long Journeys: The First Tibetans in Canada
    … 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 … of 228 people, the number of Tibetans in Canada has grown to over 9,300. 2021 Census. Thank you to the people in the video who warmly … [21.04.14NRKMTK] Gelek Gyathong, interviewed by Sonam Nylosang [21.05.26GG] Nyingko Tsering, interviewed by Jigme Tsering [21.00.00NT] …
  • Herbert and Ella
    … FAMILY HISTORY Herbert Karl Bohnhardt was born in Germany on April 30, 1904. At the age of 24 (1928) Herb left his home in Berka, Germany … Province of West Prussia, Germany. They immigrated to Canada in 1912 while Ella was a baby. On April 01, 1934 Herb and Ella were married in …
  • What Goes Around, Comes Around
    … on a Saturday morning. I told my husband that I would meet them at 9:30 a.m., show them around the exhibit and leave when they went into the … 10 a.m. multimedia film screening, thus returning the car to him by 10:30 a.m. Well, Peter, Brian and I started talking at 9:30 a.m. and didn’t stop …
  • Settling the West: Immigration to the Prairies from 1867 to 1914
    … (Updated January 28, 2022) Introduction: The Immigration Boom to the Canadian West From 1867 to 1914, the Canadian West became home to … The Dominion Lands Act of 1872 created free and fertile homesteads (of 160 acres) for settlers from land previously inhabited by … on the Prairies. By 1911, thirteen cities with populations over 5,000 had been established. [2] Immigration After 1896 with Clifford Sifton, …
  • How eating dirt shaped one man's relationship with food
    … stole crackers from market stalls. Or they fashioned slingshots out of whatever they could find and used them to shoot small birds to … a change in all aspects of his life, including the way he thought about food. "When I moved to Canada, the idea [that] you can eat food and … to understand that I am safe. This food is not going to go anywhere." How hunger shapes the relationship to food Prince's early childhood in …

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