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  • Papaya Salad Som Tum - Chef Nuit Regular
    … For me, papaya salad is the best salad in the entire world—tart, sweet, salty, and … 1 cup of prepared green papaya. Set aside. Step 2: In a small bowl, combine the fish sauce and coconut sugar. Stir well until the sugar fully dissolves. Be patient—this … Papaya Salad Som Tum - Chef Nuit Regular …
  • What if the Magic of Christmas Could Travel With Us?
    … The end of the year is the most preferred time for most people. At least it may be for some people, but for others it is not the greatest time. … In this blog, I would like to talk about how Christmas happened at my home, and my childhood memories. I come from Burundi, a small … What if the Magic of Christmas Could Travel With Us? …
  • Arriving at Halifax Before Pier 21
    … The Halifax Harbour and Early Arrivals Halifax harbour is large, deep, and ice-free . It is a natural transportation hub, with … to ocean transportation to Canada before the Halifax rail line was complete. [2] However, in the fifty-year gap between the completion of … led to a prompt update of the immigration quarters. [12] In 1905, a second storey was added. [13] The spaces for examining passengers and …
  • Tajti Family
    … Families Before 1956 The TAJTI family of Matramindszent, Hungary Welland City Directories … The ship’s manifest said Istvan lived at 446 South Main St., in Welland. A daughter, Anne, was born the next year in Canada. The Tajti family … As adults, Zoltan and Anne converted to Protestantism. Istvan b. May 04, 1899 in Matramindszent d. summer 1970 in Welland, ON. Anna …
  • Entrenching Refugee Rights in Canada: The 1985 Singh Decision
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction: Up to the early 1980s, refugee … to the federal government. ↩ The seven foreign nationals were Harbhajan Singh, Sadhu Singh Thandi, Paramjit Singh Mann, Kewal Singh, … (UNHCR), https://www.unhcr.org/3b66c2aa10 . See page 14 of PDF. ↩ Janet Dench, “A hundred years of immigration to Canada 1900-1999 (Part …
  • Odi, Maria, Eliana, Fiorenza
    … MY IMMIGRATION STORY April 27, 1959 was the day I arrived in Halifax, Canada along with my mother Maria and … foggy as our ship, Vulcania, docked at Pier 21. The anxiety and excitement of our arrival were palpable among all the passengers, but … Odi, Maria, Eliana, Fiorenza …
  • "Might Be the Best of the Lot": Baltic Refugees, Canadian Immigration Policy and the Arrival of SS Walnut
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 14, 2020) Introduction Since … in 1945 that if Canada was to admit new immigrants from Europe, “…the Balts – especially the Latvians – might be the best of the lot.” … countries would continue to enjoy preferred treatment. [8] In January, a Canadian immigration officer was stationed in Occupied …
  • Elise Marini
    … My brother and I traveled as Italian citizens with Italian passports. … in Copenhagen but was of Italian origin and was not allowed to become a Danish citizen this rule passed on to his children and on to us. I … remarried a lady from Italy also employed with an Italian countess who visited Denmark when Queen Elizabeth II, then princess, came to …
  • Gunner Roy F. Ludwig
    … War Cemetery at Beny-Sur-Mer in Normandy, France. I went there to visit the grave of Gunner Roy F. Ludwig of the Canadian 12th Field Artillery, killed in action June 9, 1944. Gunner Roy F. Ludwig was my father. World War II started in 1939. My sister was one, I was three …
  • Laura Ogilvie Dunn
    … Nova Scotia and Pier 21. What a magnificent experience this was for me and one of great sentiment as I am one of the many immigrants who arrived here August 28th, 1947 on the "Aquitania". We had sailed from Southampton, England, August 24th, 1947. She was to bring many of the War Brides from Britain to …

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