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… August 1, 2024 to January 5, 2025 For many, Canada’s connection to slavery is the Underground Railroad. Little-known … A History Exposed: The Enslavement of Black People in Canada …
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… by Siniša Obradovic, Former Oral History Researcher The Oral History … in order to learn about immigration through first-hand accounts. We seek to represent the diversity of the country’s population in our … a majority English-speaking area? The following interview clips, where we focus on the pull factors, begin to address this question. In a …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 16, 2020) Introduction In January 1971, the Ugandan government of President Milton Obote was … resettlement of over 6,000 Ugandan Asians during 1972-1973 paved the way for future refugee programs including the admission of over 77,000 … Canada’s Oppressed Minority Policy and the Resettlement of Ugandan Asians, 1972-1973 …
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… January 1943, as a Squadron Leader. Began the Canadian Pay Office in London. Worked in Harrods with the United Kingdom Base Accounts Office. In the spring of 1947, Ottawa awarded Dad …
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… my daughter Grace - on my behalf. I married my husband Frank, before we had even met. He was living in Ottawa, Canada, having arrived here … to assist with her care. I am grandmother to a delightful 8 year old boy, named Daniel - born to my first child, Mario. I will have been in …
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… In 1949 Annunziato and Vincenza Furfaro were living with their large family in the poor agricultural region of southern Italy, Calabria. They lived … Vincenza Furfaro and Family …
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… to July 28, 2024 This year marks the 25th anniversary of the resettlement and repatriation of Kosovar refugees. Approximately 7,000 Kosovar … Canada through Operation Parasol, a quick and effective collaboration between the Canadian government and humanitarian groups. The exhibition … Operation Parasol: Urgent need, swift action …
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… as our playwright-in-residence summer/fall 2025. Annie holds a BA in Theatre from Dalhousie University and is a past Merritt Award … was formerly the Artistic Associate of Neptune Theatre, where her play Ballad of the Motherland premiered in 2023. During her residency at the … called Od Dzvezdena Prašina (From Stardust) , which she describes as "an exploration of multi-generational immigrant family dynamics" told …
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… Leaving the United States Time 0:02:43 Transcript My parents disowned us because we were leaving the country, my father told my husband to pull up his pants and be a man. So, that was hard. And leaving behind all my friends in my town, um, my high school, my, … Life for Family Left Behind - Cathy Wirick …
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… for the official policy of multiculturalism adopted by the government in 1971. The act sought to protect the cultural heritage of Canadians, reduce discrimination and encourage the implementation of multicultural programs and activities within institutions and organizations. [1] The act grew out of a 1987 …