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… is both diverse and delicious. Generation after generation of newcomers have brought new recipes, ingredients and approaches, while … opens on May 10 and will remain at the Museum until January 2026. Access to the special exhibition is included with admission. Visitors should be prepared to finish their visit full of new …
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… - on my behalf. I married my husband Frank, before we had even met. He was living in Ottawa, Canada, having arrived here in 1950. He became … to a home Frank shared with his parents and siblings. For the first four days, we slept in separate rooms and did not consummate our …
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… Transcript I loved the airport—it might sound silly, to you. But coming from an island, a very small airport, when you see something … see too many cars and seeing all those cars it’s just—I can never forget. And it was night-time. Those lights and that go on the other … Toronto. She helped organize a trip for older Portuguese immigrants to visit Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and played an important part in …
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… is both diverse and delicious. Generation after generation of newcomers have brought new recipes, ingredients and approaches, while … opens on May 10 and will remain at the Museum until January 2026. Access to the special exhibition is included with admission. Visitors should be prepared to finish their visit full of new …
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… me ‘Paki’. My reply was ‘it is not a polite word’ and I will have a visit with your school principal. Both my wife and I were born in … to our daughter that what happened to us in Uganda and the reason for immigrating to Canada. After meeting with the principal, nothing … I was born and brought up in Uganda. Immediately the question was “how come you are not black?” My answer was just like in Canada, Africa has …
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… my parents put me to a private school run by nuns and had to wear a uniform. My parents chauffeured me back and forth to school. As a … I told him when he is ready that I am always here. I feel I have accomplished my goals. My family in the Philippines is very proud of what I have accomplished in Canada. Whenever I visit them, they take me around and introduce me to all their friends …
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… of Sambiasc Clabria in late March, as we were to travel to Canada on the Vulcania on April 1, 1955 departing from the Port of Naples. Well, … war. My dad had met the Prince, Umberto of Savoia , during World War II and he must have told him to visit whenever he is in town. Well, we were in town but the Prince was …
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… almost resulted in Velia not making the departure time, her father wished her well and she boarded the Olympia . Thus began her voyage … were blessed with two sons, John (deceased) and Francis (Frank) and four grandchildren who are the light and love of her life. Despite …
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… Nepal. In the camp, there was an organization who supply basic needs for the refugees. Life in the refugee camp wasn’t good. The environment … are two organizations set up, UNHCR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and IOM (International Organization for … Moncton around fifteen days. When I was in Moncton my family came to visit me and it was two years since I saw them and I was really happy …
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… We provide in-person research services for people who are able to visit the Museum. Our staff use a variety of internal and external … immigration records, manifests and passenger lists . Research we can help with: Someone arrived between 1865 and 1935 The Scotiabank … Family History Centre has access to a variety of databases which can aid in the location of records from this era. Someone sailing from …