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… for us, then she worried about finding a job, then she worried about how to pay for the food, then she worried about what to do for us to … to get our boarding pass to board the train to Montreal. But first we had to get clearance from the customs. Finally a custom agent opened our two trunks and cut the rope that held our ballot that contained our clothing together. …
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… and losing my parents, I had very little hope of ever having a good life in India as a single woman. So I decided to apply for immigration to Canada. It was a very big step … parts of Canada but every time I moved I had to make friends all over again. Often I had to live in far-flung places with no immigrant for …
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… On the lighter side, he did mention about one night when he and some of his buddies accepted the hospitality of a French Inn-keeper, they had more than a little to drink. The next day, not remembering too much … commander that they made their way back to camp through a mine field, again good luck or divine intervention? He returned home aboard the SS …
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… Becoming a Refugee Time 3:23 Transcript (This video is only available in … Sea, it's the sea to the east of Vietnam, that's a lot of movement, so it's—but we left the country in small boats, you might say rowboats. … we? I left Vietnam on January 21st 1988. Yes, it's true, so January 26 is the anniversary of my marriage. I? I got to Thailand by boat, but …
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… us by the Canadian War Museum. It is a glowing success, attracting about 6,000 visitors in just six weeks. One of the elements that make it so successful is the activities that encourage visitor participation. … interpreters collect the tiles and use them to make a mosaic on the wall in the exhibit. Over 600 people have contributed so far, and the …
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… happy times with many of Joyce’s relatives living close by. They often got together for sing songs as Ellen played the piano. Holidays were … her second level of a typing and shorthand course when the war broke out. She was only 15 years old and had to end her studies to assist with the war effort in an arms …
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… leave, they would be killed. Just before my parents crossed the border, my dad was shot in his leg. An organization helped them to cross … home. But still our documents only said we are Palestinian from Iraq, so when Iraq was destroyed in war by America no other country would … scorpions, or from a tent fire. In Canada, if you need to go to have a good time they take their family and friends out with a tent. But in …
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… in the middle of a blizzard in December 1951. He worked for 4 years in order to make enough money to send for his wife, my mother, Filena Bruno Fiorita and my 3 siblings to come to Canada. Filena was already 41 years old and my siblings, Maria, … age 4 boarded the ship La Biancamano in August 1955. Filena remembered how seasick many passengers were during the voyage to Canada. She was …
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… live on a huge ship for about nine days to get there. Wow! From that moment on, what had been ‘normal’ faded into the background. Chaos took its place! … and always left in tears. My best friend invited me to dinner to say a formal farewell. Our family doctor examined all of us and stuck …
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… born, Prairie bred, thanks to my grandparents, Charles and Emily Haigh, for immigrating to Canada. Charles Haigh departed from … never knew. I have always said, "the prairies separate men from boys". How tall he stands in my eyes! Emily Haigh, along with their children, …