• Language as a "Pull" Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    … and retain French-speaking immigrants” to Francophone minority Communities (FCMs) in Canada. [2] Almost half of the interviews in French, in the … Language as a "Pull" Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities …
  • Sisters of Service of Canada
    … of Service, qui accueillirent les immigrants dès leur débarquement ici au Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1928-1971   …
  • Walter L, Violet L Drew
    … earlier at 5:30pm and we had our dinner later at 6:30 or 7:00pm so one of us could stay with the children. We arrived in Halifax at 2:00am … Then we took a train to Toronto. It took days and they had to put ice in the roof to cool us off because it was so hot. …
  • Language as a Pull Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    … select, integrate, and retain French-speaking immigrants” to Francophone minority Communities (FCMs) in Canada. [2] Almost half of the … oral history collection, are from people in these communities. One of the fundamental questions emerging from an initial exploration … to settle in a community where their official language is a minority one. [3] The selected interviews that were explored were with people …
  • Bert, Johanna Kruithof and Children
    … My mother, brothers and I immigrated to Canada in 1955, nine months after my father did. We traveled on the … the Dutch money she had was not legal in Canada and spent it on ice cream for us and our friends or she would buy drinks for other … We boarded the train and traveled to Toronto where our father had a house waiting for us. Our family has lived int Toronto and the …
  • Would You Pass The Test?
    … for many people, and we wanted to find a way to share that with our visitors. So, we created a space in the new Canadian Immigration Hall … are precious in museums. It is in this moment that they realise that becoming a citizen is not easy. That would-be-citizens are expected to know more about Canada …
  • Immigrant vs Belonging - Tom Corcoran
    … an immigrant. EB: Now why do you think that is? TC: Because it was so comfortable to be here, so easy to be here, I don’t know. I certainly don’t have to, you know—I … the college here now, and I watch the college try to help immigrants become part of this society and it’s a real chore: language barriers and …
  • Madame Benoît’s Quebec Tourtière
    … filling recipe is particularly famous because it is relatively easy to make and delicious.  George Showman , CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Image cropped. Step 1: Place all the ingredients in a saucepan …
  • Ria Elizabeth Frauenfelder Dufresne
    … died. I saw some sitting against the wall but you passed on your way. One afternoon on the 27th of May I sat on a terrace - a real European … I remember well how 2 friends came in company of the Ambassador had come aboard. My name was called to come to the reception. To my … back to Europe when you were from a big town it must not have been easy. I was lucky to go to Quebec City to be heartily received by a …
  • Roberto Pellegrini
    … lost friends to sharks and others just couldn't make it. He was only one of a few who survived! He was even taken prisoner by the Germans … like I would have liked to. As the years passed, my father decided to come to Canada to get married to his fiancé from back home who would … travelled to Port Credit to stay with his aunt. Starting out was not easy, as he had to learn the language and work very hard for very …