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… year, she transferred to the food handling division of the plant. Her day shifts were usually from 6am until 4:30pm. She worked brining, … to obtain permanent employment in a mussel plant —35 hours a week, Monday to Friday. The employer also provided an apartment close to the plant. Ruby …
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… Time 0:03:04 Transcript When I saw the doctor shaking his head, I got utterly confused and scared. He then … I had never been hospitalized before and I did not know what to do and who will be there for me when I cannot do anything for myself. After taking a deep breath, I remember how I … People Do Care by Eunice …
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… The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada Comité Canadian du Centenaire du … The Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada • Comité Canadian du Centenaire du …
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… 2022) The Historical Thinking Project ( www.historicalthinking.ca ) points to the importance of taking of historical perspectives as part … for the historical Acadians, amid a “single people”, there are many points of view. Some people felt that they could take an oath to the …
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… have been farmers for ten generations, with a stout wife and a half-dozen children, is good quality.” [1] This quote from Sir Clifford … he might find one escaped murderer, three or four wasters and ne’er-do-wells, some very poor shop-keepers, artisans or laborers and there … great openness or welcome for those who sought to come to Canada. Why does Sifton later expand this description to include the wife and …
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… John Hamilton Glawson 26 May 1923 – 2 August 2003 Member of Hartney Branch #26 & Brandon … came from. But instead, they went right to the dock. On the following day, June 16, 1942, Jack departed from Pier 21 in Halifax to Glasgow on … the Straits of Messina, landing at Reggio Calabria, the most southern point on the mainland of Italy. It was “very slow fighting,” as they …
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… THE DIARY OF A LITTLE FINNISH IMMIGRANT Dear Diary, The First Year in Canada July 11, 1951 I’m starting this diary today, because we’re … let me bring Vurre, my lamb’s wool dog, because it’s so old that it’s worn shiny in places. She said "I can get a new one in Canada. So I … to go to Canada by himself and that his family was supposed to come later, after he had got himself established. But Isi and Äiti told …
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… the time. What I was thinking at that time was: Where is the Canada? Does Canada look nice? Does Canada have lots of fun? Moving to Canada is my parent’s plan. Since that day they told me, I was thinking about many things, I don’t have choice because at that time I was so young. So I need to … Why Do I Move to Canada? by Bill …
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… day to get to a refugee camp. Yeah. Oral History 13.11.23BDS with Bwe Doh Soe Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Return to Refugee Experiences Gallery Photograph of Bwe Doh Soe with his mother, sisters and brother taken in 1997 upon … Hiding in the Jungle - Bwe Doh Soe …