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  • Thomas J. Duiverman
    … cousins in Woodstock, Ontario as they were expecting me. He got mad as hell, banging his fist on the desk and insisted that I go to London, … Ontario. It was good that I did not understand too much English, but I can remember him using the term "S.O.B." directed at me. So I was …
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  • Changing Awareness - Peter Seixas
    … was very, if I were to sum up my childhood, I would say it was a very comfortable, safe, solid childhood where I had the opportunities and resources to do well at school, to have nice activities. It was—it was a good place to … some of the rosy picture had begun to change. The larger, historical picture had begun to change, and the way that we thought about the …
  • Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946
    … if an immigrant had resided in Canada continuously for 20 years or more. Immigrants that had served in the First or Second World Wars were … with an enemy country during war, resided outside of Canada for more than six years or had a fraudulent certificate of naturalization. …
  • Silvano Indri
    … tune that went like this: “C’erà una casetta piccolina in Canada, con tanti pesciolini et tanti fiori di lilà, e tutte le ragazze che … by flower gardens, founded by my parents in coming to Canada. It all began with my father, Silvano, born in 1929 in Tauriano, … to my father, Aunt Maria was especially devoted to our family and welcomed us warmly whenever we visited. While needed in the family …
  • Antonio Fernandes Moreira
    … of Entry: April 14, 1955 Name of Vessel: Saturnia António and Maria Moreira of Proença-a-Nova, Portugal dreamed of pursing a better life for themselves and their children. They had become aware of the opening of immigration to Canada, and although other … any wages. With the assistance of a Portuguese/ English dictionary, he voiced his concerns to his employer who was only able to pay him some …
  • Empress of Ireland - Voice Tubes
    … Gervais, Curatorial Projects Coordinator Time 0:01:13 Transcript: A major form of communication within the steamships that brought immigrants to Canada were voice tubes, or voice pipes, as this example seen display … to avoid a collision with the approaching coal ship Storstad. We can only imagine some of the words that passed through them in those …
  • Sister Gwladys Rees Aikens
    … Country of Origin: Wales Ship Name: Queen Mary Date of Arrival: July 1946 Gwladys Rees Aikens was born in Swansea, South Wales. She was educated in Wales and received her nursing training in …
  • Pamela Joy Taylor
    … the emergency humanitarian evacuation plan in which Canada took in more than 7,000 Kosovar refugees in 1999; and, the diversion of … go see the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in order to learn more about the history of immigration in Halifax, as it would give … agreement, and represented CIC as an international observer at a major multi-country planning exercise in New Zealand. Pamela leaves …

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