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… “I don't consider myself a basket maker” An interview with artist-in-residence Virick … Francis about art-making, finding solutions and what it means to be welcomed by Mi’kmaq. Virick Francis, photo by Isabel Francis Photo. When … baskets on my own till I was like 17, 18, living in Maine. There was really limited income, living in Maine. All you had was either work for …
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… “I don't consider myself a basket maker” An interview with artist-in-residence Virick … Francis about art-making, finding solutions and what it means to be welcomed by Mi’kmaq. Virick Francis, photo by Isabel Francis Photo. When … baskets on my own till I was like 17, 18, living in Maine. There was really limited income, living in Maine. All you had was either work for …
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… service files of a Canadian Armed Forces member who died in service, visit … http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/war-dead/index-e.html For all other military service files (1919-1997), including Second World … for more information on how to obtain military service files. If you have …
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… It must have been a mammoth job for some Department and yet it all came off so very well. Ever since George and I got married in … November 1945 I could hardly wait to find out when I would travel to Canada. I don't remember being very apprehensive, it never occurred to … to be told that it still would be quite some time before my turn would come. So when I received a telegram from that Canadian Wives Bureau on …
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… time to reflect. But once you’ve retired there is so much time. Actually I don’t know what to do. I have no projects, no deadlines, no place to go. I need to do something with mindfulness, but my mind feels like it’s evacuated somewhere. I worked at the United Church of … When women immigrate, they change from being smart and educated to feeling they are nobody. I know because the same thing happened to me. We …
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… fifties. There were a lot of people in Holland talking about "going to Canada." Many people were looking for a new start in life, a new … to get married and immigrate to Canada to buy a farm. It was practically impossible to buy a farm in Holland at that time and Canada … of English. When the time came near for our departure, we had movers come to pack our furniture into a large crate. We slept on the floor …
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… never have to face. In this half-hour tour of the Canadian Immigration Hall, we will explore some stories of Asian immigration to Canada to … think of as being Canadian today. If you would like to book a virtual visit, please contact Saïd Allibou by email or by telephone …
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… best years of my early adult life. I came to Canada as an international student to study a Masters' Degree in Montreal. This experience has … barrier, my first winter, my financial situation and the great loneliness of being so far and away from Mexico were all factors that … and a couple of years later we got engaged. I was now starting to become really hesitant to go back to Mexico … many things changed and my …
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… need a better future for our children". The people in Holland had just come through a war and were trying to rebuild, but there was no housing and no money. At that time the governments of Canada and Holland and other countries as well, were setting up … But everything changed 1 Feb 1953, we had storm and a flood, all livestock and possessions were lost and it appeared to be very …
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… with large sums of capital which could weaken their economies. In recalling her immigration to Canada from Poland in October 1938, Gerda … them foodstuffs from home—sausages, prosciutto, salami, bread, olive oil, nuts and beans to name a few. Many immigrants hoped that by …