• Sister by Heather
    … They had three brothers and their mother died when they were young, so they stuck together and supported one another as they were growing … can meet up with my mom for an afternoon walk, or go shopping or for coffee with my sisters. These are things that I couldn’t do when I lived … old memories. I realized that even though my grandparents chose to come to Canada to pursue new opportunities, they also gave up a lot to …
  • Cathy Bos
    … fifties. There were a lot of people in Holland talking about "going to Canada." Many people were looking for a new start in life, a new … in Holland at that time and Canada offered that opportunity. My father had worked for a farmer for as long as I can remember. My older … of English. When the time came near for our departure, we had movers come to pack our furniture into a large crate. We slept on the floor …
  • Johan D. Koppernaes
    … JOHAN DEVOLD KOPPERNAES I had the good Fortune to meet Johan on his first day in Canada in the spring or … began rebuilding the business and became successful entrepreneurs once again. In 1951, Johan was in the position of being unable to assume the …
  • Slumber Parties on the Prairies by Lyndia
    … or sun-burnt red skin, the same  conservative  family values, the same good grades and the same interests in softball or ice cream. However, I was terrified because I could be … in order to solidify my inclusion in at least one. Except this discomfort around belonging was also something deeper. It was part of the …
  • Points of Departure: Indigenous military service, Trooper Jesse Moses, and Pier 21
    … wartime service on the occasion of Remembrance Week 2022. My point in so doing is to encourage readers to consider Indigenous contributions … shores. Historical evidence records five troopships with Canadian soldiers aboard departing Halifax's Pier 21 on June 21, 1941. Trooper … of an Ontario wildcat ready to pounce. A second cousin of mine, Jesse had been a farm labourer on the family acreage on the Six Nations …
  • Bill and Jo Hawkins
    … be leaving the little town of Chingford Essex, the town where I had been born, to travel across an ocean to a place called Canada. … and permits in general for just about everything you could think of, even one from the Foreign Office. Then came the time to start the … difficult time for my Mother, her youngest daughter to be leaving to go so very far away. I have thought of her many times since, walking …
  • Charles and Emily Haigh
    … born, Prairie bred, thanks to my grandparents, Charles and Emily Haigh, for immigrating to Canada. Charles Haigh departed from … never knew. I have always said, "the prairies separate men from boys". How tall he stands in my eyes! Emily Haigh, along with their children, … Charles and Emily Haigh …
  • Lars-Ove Carlson
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  • A Cuban maestro’s cunning escape to freedom, told in five movements
    … loyalty to revolutionary ideals was mandatory, students like Rafael had to earn “revolutionary merits” by contributing unpaid labour … to be put in jail .” Soon, he felt like he couldn’t trust anyone. He had no friends. Rafael was a gifted musician - one of the youngest … But even abroad, he felt pressure from his home government. “I had to go once or twice a week to meet with other [Cuban] students,” he …
  • A Cuban maestro’s cunning escape to freedom, told in five movements
    … loyalty to revolutionary ideals was mandatory, students like Rafael had to earn “revolutionary merits” by contributing unpaid labour … to be put in jail .” Soon, he felt like he couldn’t trust anyone. He had no friends. Rafael was a gifted musician - one of the youngest … But even abroad, he felt pressure from his home government. “I had to go once or twice a week to meet with other [Cuban] students,” he …