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  • Sounding the Bamboo by Gaehan
    … Time 0:04:55 Transcript You know, when you are working, life is so busy, you don’t have time to reflect. … 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 … Sounding the Bamboo by Gaehan …
  • Kris Jensen
    … 1933-1940. Started four years training as butter and cheese maker – May 1940. Served in the Danish Army 1947-1948 as peacekeeper in Germany … to Canada 1951: left Plymouth May 19, 1951, arrived at Pier 21 on May 26, on the S.S. Europe . By train to Vancouver, BC, was taken to …
  • Annual Public Meeting 2024
    … Time 00:20:51 Words on screen: Annual Public Meeting 2023 Transcript Promotional Video We came from … history, we examine the significant contributions made by newcomers to Canada’s culture, economy, and way of life. Our job is to … intervention called Hope and Healing Canada . The installation in red yarn by Metis artist Tracey Mae Chambers is an overlay onto this glass …
  • Aamir Mirza
    … Bringing His Family to Canada Time 0:04:05 Transcript I told all my family members … brother they were all well established and they had no intention to come and start from scratch. But I told them my assessment is that it … he agreed, and his, he was working for USAID having same, background, Yasir my brother. He is also a trainer, um he does TOTs and all that …
  • Maria Gouveia
    … First Impressions of Canada Time 0:01:06 Transcript I loved the airport—it might sound silly, to you. But coming from an island, a very small airport, when you see something that's that big, it’s, Wow, this is beautiful. … Maria Gouveia …
  • Jean Shephard Laffin
    … PIER 21 : Recollections by Jean Laffin (Nee Shephard), War Bride 1944 My association with Canadians started before the Second World War … in the Parish Church yard, were over 300 Canadian WW I Graves, every year on the Sunday nearest to July 1st, there would be a Memorial … Jean Shephard Laffin …
  • Leonard Palmer
    … The Early Years Leonard Palmer was born on September 19, 1913 in England. He was … was much easier and accessible to the growing boy. At age 15, the Army would not take him as he was adopted, and he had no job prospects. … Leonard Palmer …
  • “There was a thriving slave economy on our shores”
    … Shackles like this reproduction, created by a blacksmith at Port Greville, Nova Scotia, were used on enslaved peoples in Canada. Courtesy of Dr. Afua Cooper. An interview … important. It answers a lot of questions, not only for the greater community but for the African Nova Scotian and Black Canadian … “There was a thriving slave economy on our shores” …
  • “There was a thriving slave economy on our shores”
    … Shackles like this reproduction, created by a blacksmith at Port Greville, Nova Scotia, were used on enslaved peoples in Canada. Courtesy of Dr. Afua Cooper. An interview … important. It answers a lot of questions, not only for the greater community but for the African Nova Scotian and Black Canadian … “There was a thriving slave economy on our shores” …
  • Giovanni Falvo
    … I came to Canada in June 1962 to join my two brothers Gabriele and Vittorio who came to Canada in 1955 and … old at the time and this was the first time I was on a large ship. For me, it was my first cruise. I had a good trip as the weather was …

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