• Learn from Life in Canada by Lily
    … Time 0:04:22 Transcript When people ask me about my immigration story, the first picture that comes into my mind is the snowstorm. It was January 2010, my first trip … Learn from Life in Canada by Lily …
  • Martin O. Kloet
    … Families October 28, 1953 – Groote Beer The immigration for me, siblings and parents started shortly after the Second World War … used for the first time at the J.D.Kloet family in Zierikzee. In the year 1947 the first immigrants left Holland under the motto of "we need a better future for our children". The people in Holland had just come through a war and were trying to rebuild, but there was no housing …
  • Alexandra Dochmacka and Sofia Bain
    … Sofia Dochmacka Bain Polish Immigrant and Righteous Gentile Nelly May 5, 1951 Editors Note: Transcription of a talk given by Ms. Sofia Dochmacka Bain I am very proud, that Dr. Dehav invited me here today, so, that I will have the opportunity, to tell you about two brave people, my Mother, Alexandra, and my sister, Nina. …
  • The Museum is a March-Break Must-Do
    … The city is a great place to spend March break if you can find the right things to … is sponsored by Emera, everything we're offering this March Break is complimentary , including: Movement programming Cooking workshops … Paneer Sandwiches with Shivani Dhamija 12 PM Bollywood Dance with Kavyashree Nagaraj 2 PM Pasta! with Bruna and Franco, ICCNS Wednesday …
  • The Museum is a March-Break Must-Do
    … The city is a great place to spend March break if you can find the right things to … is sponsored by Emera, everything we're offering this March Break is complimentary , including: Movement programming Cooking workshops … Paneer Sandwiches with Shivani Dhamija 12 PM Bollywood Dance with Kavyashree Nagaraj 2 PM Pasta! with Bruna and Franco, ICCNS Wednesday …
  • Angelo Di Placido
    … 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 … Bern Switzerland for an application to move to Canada. The Embassy immediately provided me with an application. After providing the … back to Europe. The cold and the wind chill was unbearable; it scared me. However, my determination to move forward prevailed. At 4:00 pm, I …
  • Bruno and Rosanna Bellissimo
    … This brick is in memory of my parents, Bruno and Rosanna Bellissimo, to show how grateful I am … My grandmother passed away in 1959. My mother went back to Italy to visit in 1967. I have never been back. One day I hope to go and see the …
  • Annette Brunton
    … Whenever I have talked about this trip later on, I have always mentioned how well this journey was organized. It must have been a … November 1945 I could hardly wait to find out when I would travel to Canada. I don't remember being very apprehensive, it never occurred to me that maybe my future would not be a bed of roses. I can only remember how anxious …
  • Stefano Paoli
    … Date of Arrival: Thursday, November 11, 1954 Age on Arrival: 16 My dad Stefano Paoli at the tender age of 16 left his small town of … immigrated to Canada. He commenced his voyage in the company of his 17 year old friend Vincenzo Faga. The two of them departed from Napoli on … Stefano Paoli …
  • Sarah Theresa Roberts
    … in Wicklow County, Ireland to work in the factories during World War II. It was in London, England that she met her future husband, Thomas … to the hospital carrying her suitcase as the bombers flew overhead. In May of 1946, Sarah, along with her first born, entered the sea for … Sarah enjoyed raising her five girls & having her ten grandchildren visit (Danny, Noel, Erin, Megan, Timothy, Shannon, Jeffery, Sarah, …