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… immigrant and facing barriers to meaningful employment this program may be an option for you. Am I eligible? You are eligible if you are: A … in Canada and Nova Scotia AND Facing barriers to employment. Barriers may include non-transferable credentials, lack of Canadian work … Why should you apply? Finding meaningful work in a new country can come with multiple challenges including non-transferable …
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… simply loved going to school and looked forward to it everyday, while my father's expectation was to help him with farming. At the age of 17 … Switzerland. I learned to speak German and worked various trades, after learning that I could not purchase a house in Switzerland unless … Bern Switzerland for an application to move to Canada. The Embassy immediately provided me with an application. After providing the …
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… An excerpt on immigration to Canada in 1920, taken from John Leyten’s memoirs “A present of my past to your future” Written 1975-7 There were some people, … there were lots of people in Canada from Holland and they were all doing so well. Even the C.P.R. sent people over to the old countries …
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… to give their children (5 daughters and two sons) a better future. After the long goodbyes to their families and friends, they took a … ocean trip – seeing whales and large schools of fish, climbing anchor chains, and seeing moving pictures for the first time. It was a big adventure for them. As they got close to Canada, the children had a competition amongst themselves – who would …
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… Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Holland Date of Arrival: Thursday, May 29, 1952 Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax, NS Leonardus Streng (Len) … milk and cheese. Dad delivered milk door to door, while Mom looked after the store and the kids. Having been an active resistance member … quarters before taking the train to London, Ontario where they met with the Bishop of the diocese. From there they took a bus to …
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… Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Holland Date of Arrival: Thursday, May 29, 1952 Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax, NS Leonardus Streng (Len) … war. He felt Holland was still a very vulnerable country as proven in May of 1940. Neither Dad nor Mom wanted to re-live the war, nor did … goodbye to family and friends. The Streng family left Rotterdam on May 21,1952 on the ship Zibajak headed for Canada. They headed for the …
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… account that goes with the Immigration Story (as well as other documents, audio recording, and photos) of the Leuteritz (1951) and Huber … opportunities we decided to immigrate and left in October 1951 after selling 2 klubsessel (lounge chairs) to our friend Wally Dusswald and the rest to others and left for Bremen. Of all my friends who had studied with me in Munich, George Eberel came to the …
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… England Ship Name: MV Georgic Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: May 14, 1953 Age on Arrival: 44 and 39 Reginald Wadham Haines. Born … living in the farmhouse there was never any electricity. Oil lamps and candles were used for lights, and coal fireplaces for heat. Mondays … winter and pushed up into the forest by the spring breakup. This is in May, in the south of England the ice on a pond might get to one inch …
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… I left "Italia" from the port of Napoli on July 15,1956. Why I left my country of birth? It all began in 1942 when my father and mother … an application form with an "exception". In four to five weeks we will meet with the Canadian Consulate Representative and it will be up to …
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… collaboration is an essential part of oral history research , and can take many forms, including outreach efforts, identifying the focus … as the Pacific Canada Heritage Centre-Museum of Migration. Each of my three trips to B.C. has helped build these relationships and … the Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia since 1995 when we met her in 2018. She gave us a tour of the Welcome Centre in Vancouver, …