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  • There's more to this book than recipes
    … a camp where everyone had been pulled out of their homes and thousands died of starvation, collecting familiar recipes conjured and preserved memories of the past and nourished hope for the future . The recipes are written two to a page and cover 110 pages. The … what eat make share has to offer. The exhibition closes January 18, 2026.   …
  • Trace Your Roots at the Scotiabank Family History Centre
    … we are currently able to access. We have access to records for all Canadian and most United States ports of arrival, as well as some … requested by the immigrants themselves, or can be requested by someone else provided the person has been deceased at least 20 years. We will … If your ancestor came to Canada between 1865 and 1935, it is best to come prepared with a full name, birth year and approximate period of …
  • Mark, Edna and Keith Brain
    … eggs for breakfast every morning. Soup, chicken, vegetables, sweet and ice cream for lunch. For dinner, we were served turkey, vegetables, sweet and ice cream. The next day we had soup, Pork and stuffing, apple sauce, a sweet and ice cream … of sweets every four weeks. This was quite a treat after nine years of food rationing for Edna and five and a half of those years of Air Force …
  • Vincenzo Caccioppoli
    … "In Search Of A Better Life..." What was he thinking of that day in the summer of 1951 as he stood motionless looking out over the … Gulf of Naples? With the warm and passionate rays of "O Sole Mio" guiding him up the ramp and onto the deck of the great ship," The … arrived at a very tiny train station in New Hamburg, Ontario after a 14-day journey across the Atlantic. He carried his only worldly …
  • Italian Culture and Traditions
    … and volleyball are also enjoyed. In areas of Italy, where the Americans stayed during the Second World War, there is a strong, although … of Sicily is the flute. Opera is a well-known form of music to come out of Italy beginning as early as the 16 th century in Venice. … tarantella alone. Holidays Italy’s state holidays include New Years Day, Easter Monday, Labour Day (May 1) and Christmas Day and a list of …
  • Migration, Work, Uber Driving: Continuity and Rupture
    … and reflections of people from Pakistan, India, and Syria who have come to Canada as refugees, migrants, or immigrants, and have … theme relating to Uber driving through the sub-themes of immediate income generation, working conditions, and cultural exchange and skills … narratives that credit state policies alone for migration outcomes. [4] The early twentieth century saw over 5,000 South Asians, …
  • The Beginning of a Story Museum
    … by Carrie-Ann Smith, Vice President, Audience Engagement The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is a … year-round interpretive centre celebrating Canada’s past, present and future immigrants. She led the Society’s board of directors in a … story, the Canadian story, the story that started at Pier 21.” [S2012.268.1] Sherry Porter, Rosalie Silberman Abella and Ruth Goldbloom in …
  • Refugee: a Hero or Zero? by Sharmarke
    … soccer ball from socks and newspapers. I remember that I had to save coins and beg the bigger boys in the camp to take me to the cinema to … busy putting out the fires, the children were searching the ashes for coins. When the bulldozers came to shut down the refugee camp, I was …
  • Margaret Chase Huxford
    … this was the trip of a lifetime, my first bit of independence and the chance to study art in summer school in this huge cosmopolitan city. I … point for the all-important convoys that supplied Britain with food, materials and personnel throughout the war. Watching, from … to the war effort. With two daughters in their mid-twenties, a small house and a piano, we decided we would offer hospitality to the sailors …
  • The Alois Kienle Family
    … and want to tell you the story of our journey. Most of my recollection comes from my mother. It's fascinating to listen to her stories. On December 17, 1955 my family, which consisted of my father Alois Kienle born in Bobingen, 24, my mother Olga Kienle (nee Reichle) … were out of our minds for making such a decision. I'm sure it wasn't easy for my parents to come to this conclusion but it was only a few …

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