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  • What is Canadian Food, Anyway?
    … true that “you are what you eat,” then Canada 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. …
  • Tonellato Angelo, Rosa, Attilio, Ido
    … day in our lives and was going to be permanent and final. I recall asking my grandfather when we would return Italy. His response was … it stopped at Cannes and the following day reached Naples to pick up more passengers followed by our passage through the straits of … in the dining room and enjoy the freedom of roaming the ship as we wished, without any supervision as my mother suffered from seasickness …
  • Staff Sergeant James Gregg
    … be going to the front line. James, on some of his furloughs would visit relatives and friends in Scotland and England. During one of … his retirement in 1978. He continues to live there to this day. For more information on the Gregg family visit: www.crowsnest-highway.ca under communities - Sparwood, B.C. …
  • Stronger by Pankaj
    … asked me the question, dad, why do some of the students in my school call me ‘Paki’. My reply was ‘it is not a polite word’ and I will have a … Canada. After meeting with the principal, nothing came out constructively from our initial discussion; hence I approached the director of the … 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 …
  • Lesson Learned by Yvonne
    … me back and forth to school. As a teenager, my parents did not allow me to date boys. I rebelled. I became pregnant at the age of 18. When my belly started to … 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 …
  • Antonio Nicolini
    … to Pier 21 for the first time since first landing in Canada. The visit to Pier 21 was a moving primary experience for me as I did not … of the end of the Second World War, brings me to make this small account of my father NICOLINI, Antonio , an immigrant lavoratore, … and his family and perhaps some day have the ability to own a small home and live in freedom without the fear of oppression and …
  • Visitors' Voices: The Canada: Day 1 Luggage Tags
    … As part of our travelling Canada: Day 1 exhibit, we asked visitors to share their thoughts … on immigration to Canada by writing on luggage tags. These personal stories, messages for new Canadians and inspired packing lists are a … behind their friends, family, good jobs and the sense of security that comes from being surrounded by people who understood their native …
  • Leonard Palmer
    … the Agriculture people in Halifax for a job change, hopefully with more money. They got him a job in the Annapolis Valley with Mr. … On the way back to Cape Breton, he had a layover in Halifax and visited a recruiting office. They accepted him into the Army with the … then to return to the hospital. On his trip to England, he was able to visit his parents whom he had not seen in 10 years. The ship’s staff …
  • Yolanda Garcia
    … in Canada Time 0:02:30 Transcript … the first one was—it was so special like the feeling of being here and feel like uh, This is the place I would like to … Biography: Yolanda Garcia was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia. She completed an undergraduate degree in systems engineering from …
  • Life Begins at 20 by Noel
    … Time 0:03:20 Transcript Both my parents were born in Belfast. During the troubled times resulting in the partition of … positive reports which encouraged my parents to join them. Two and a half years and two daughters later, the effects of the Depression having … at Westinghouse where he worked in Hamilton. Given that my purpose in coming to Canada was to financially help my parents, I had thought it …

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