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… events? Ethical Dimension of Historical Interpretations Today, we are going to discuss the sixth concept presented in the Historical … controversial historical events and must understand the difference between what they know to be common ethical ground in contemporary society … events of the past. The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 is a powerful symbol of racial discrimination and exclusion . The Act became …
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Imagine going to a school in a new country where you don’t speak the language. Where the teaching methods and curriculum are different. Where you don’t know anybody. The Museum’s collection features lots of stories of people starting school in Canada. Some are funny, some are sad, and all show the …
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… of Origin: Netherlands Date of Arrival: February 5, 1968 Port of Entry: Queenston, ON Age on Arrival: 32 Pier 21 - Ina Vrugtman Ina's story … Koninklijk Technicum PBNA in Arnhem. 1958 to 1961 she took MOEnglish (BA level) at the School voor Taal- en Letterkunde, The Hague, while … Ina van Teunenbroek …
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After 2 years of waiting and preparation, my parents had packed their remaining belongings, 2 small children and $60.00 Cdn cash, and were at the port of Rotterdam, boarding the ship "Groote Beer." They had chosen Canada as their destination because it was the Canadian army troops who had marched …
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… Families 1956 We huddled each night around our radios giving us the news from … instincts told me as we hitched hiked that this was definitely not the way to either one of my grandparents’ homes. As we walked we got … from being sea sick there was a lot of excitement, one morning a baby boy was born on board. I recently got in touch with his parents here in …
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… Sport In the winter, the Dutch love to cheer on their favourite speed skaters. It is not uncommon to see Dutch people in the northern parts of the Netherlands skating along the canals. Soccer is also another tremendously popular sport …
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by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, May 8, 1945, marked not only the beginning of the return home from Europe for Canadian military personnel, but also a new period in immigration to Canada. During the war, immigration had slowed almost …
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… like to go to CANADA. As I only had just turned 7 years of age, a few weeks before, and knew nothing about Canada, let alone where it was, I … one day in August I found myself leaving home with my parents on the way to Newcastle’s train station. There we were met by a lady, who had …
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… to man. They came with almost no items of value; their few belongings were carried in sacks of various kinds and a few battered cardboard … may be imagined, there was very little work for the customs staff and we knew that we would be working merely as aides to help them through the required …
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… a huge amount of material. Any past event at all, ever, about which we can find suitable evidence, could be the subject of historical … Was it a change that involved or reflected larger systems in some way? What was the broader impact of the change? We chose our case study …