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  • John Halani
    … Life in Uganda - Community Involvement Time 0:01:48 Transcript My two sisters went to India to study high school and university education, because at that …
  • Empress of Britain - Peter Duschinsky
    … Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 6:33 Transcript But we used to walk around the the, … Boezsi [Elizabeth]—Remember there was Olga, there was my godmother in Budapest—but the third sister, by this time, was living in Montreal. … Empress of Britain - Peter Duschinsky …
  • Leonardo Passera
    … I made the difficult decision to move to Canada. Job opportunities were scarce in Italy and I had heard that there were many in Canada. I … the voyage. I recall that the ship's crew placed ropes along the hallways so that passengers had something to hold on to while attempting to …
  • Recommended Resources
    … of the Maritimes . Four East, 1991. Acharya, Madhaui and Tom Yew. “Martin Makes Amends for ‘dark chapter in our History'.” Toronto Star , November 13, 2005: pA02. Boyd, Monica and Michael Vickers, “100 years of Immigration in Canada”, as in Canadian Social Trends , Statistics Canada: Catalogue …
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    … Sunday , 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Admission Prices Free admission All year: Indigenous Peoples, including First Nations, Inuit, and Métis A single attendant accompanying a …
  • Michael J. Molloy
    … Setting Up the Canadian Office in Kampala Time 0:01:31 Transcript I arrive on the fifth of September … airport with a Cana—paper Canadian flag on the door and a guy there saying, “Are you Molloy?” “Yes.” “Come on with me.” And he said, “I’ll …
  • Iris M. Cunneyworth
    … Bride Remembers Iris Cunneyworth was born to Charles and Daisy Stovell in Bedfordshire, England on May 6, 1921. She entered the world in her … the 1800's in the little village of Wrestlingworth. Her birth was followed by a brother Hedley and a sister Olive. In 1944, she married Bob …
  • Marjorie Barbara MacBurnie
    … Editor's Note: This account originally appeared in Betty Jean Barnhill's Canadian Studies 4400 project entitled: The Stories of …
  • Staff Sgt Catherine K. Drinkwater
    … had joined and suggested that it was a great life. She told me there were many interesting people, jobs, men. Quite a change from working in … I drove large army trucks that we learned to operate in convoy. I always seemed to have trouble with the gears. This was long before … Staff Sgt Catherine K. Drinkwater …
  • Marcello Munaretto
    … December 27, 1944 to June 1, 2023 Marcello lived his early years in Italy and his adult life in Canada. Marcello was born in the Veneto … and provide for his family. When Marcello spoke of his childhood, he always had a twinkle in his eye and a smile on his face. He would often …

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