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… camp, because Piobolu was burned. I remember the day I found out I was coming to Canada. I didn’t know what to think. My dad thought coming to Canada would be a better life for our family because we were … us off. After a long trip we finally got to Canada. When we got to Welcome House we were all so tired and had a lot to go through. I couldn’t …
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… the other hand: I came to Canada in order to realize my dream. I was become closer to my dream: to be a singer. When I was grade 6, I take part in many competitions. And I usually get the first or second place during the competition. When I was in the secondary school, I am the top 10 singer …
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… in Canada Time 1:45 Transcript Well, I, right now, I feel like I’m becoming more like a half of Canadian I guess, because I get, because … kind of stuff. I think if we are—because everybody have their own commitment to this country, because they have their own thing to do. …
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Time 0:03:34 Transcript I was born in Somalia in 1981. By 1991 Somalia had a civil war. We ran to the nearest peaceful country which was Kenya. My parents brought us to a refugee camp in the north east province of Kenya. Our hopes in that camp were to be resettled to developed countries or for our …
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… west again with full force. At the same time, the allied forces (Canada, the United States, France and England) were fighting the … Ukraine. The border was patrolled and no one could cross. On the third day, a long, empty freight train was passing through the village and …
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… down the Mersey River, stopped at Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland the next day and arrived in Halifax on April 27, 1929.” [1] Leonard was … taken to the Agriculture College in Truro, Nova Scotia for several days while our employment was sorted out.” On May 2, 1929, they were … to a hotel for dinner and a place to stay for the night. The next day, his boss came along with a horse and wagon and took Leonard out to …
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… individuals, or 37 percent of the movement, chose to resettle in Canada. [1] The Netherlands experienced a surplus of farmers after the … warm enough for a Canadian winter. The Afman fammily spent a boring day in Halifax awaiting their evening departure. They wandered the city buying bread, jam, and butter having been informed that the prices aboard the train …
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… in Beilen, in the northeastern province of Drenthe, Holland, which today is referred to as The Netherlands. My parents, Roelof Bolding and … the capital city of Drenthe. I was a proud Dutch war bride who came to Canada through Pier 21, Halifax, on July 22, 1946, after a five-day sail from South Hampton, England, on the ship ‘Aquitania.’ This is …
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… the refugee camp in Benin, I registered with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. In the camp, we were living in abject poverty. … that would anger Nigeria. So it took ten years for me to be able to come over to Canada from that camp. I arrived in St. John’s in 2008. …
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Time 0:04:18 Transcript Perhaps growing up in a military lifestyle gave me the courage to face new environments and an adventurous spirit to explore the world. And yet, never in my wildest dreams had I imagined that one day I would be travelling halfway across the world all on my own. But as …