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  • Reborn by Sergio
    … person can decide to leave his or her life behind. Our lives were not easy in Bolivia. It is a developing country with many challenges to overcome. Often people did not agree with the decisions of the government … generation we have to pay the price, but this price is cheap in comparison to all the great things that we receive every day in Canada. …
  • Katarina Marinic - 2019 Artist-in-Residence
    … The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is delighted to welcome Katarina Marinic as Artist-in-Residence for 2019. Katarina’s work … video projection. At the same time, Katarina will be taking visitors’ portraits and adding them to the project and exhibition. As … Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Telephone: (902) 425-7770 ext. 264 C : (902) 430-3986  bhouston-gilfoy@pier21.ca …
  • Quotes - All Aboard
    … take on coal and water for the steam engine, as well as huge blocks of ice which, when they melted, provided drinking water for the … dad had brought a kettle along with them on the train. It seemed that none of the other passengers had had the foresight to do so, and …
  • He Just Wanted Better Veggies—Now Hundreds Are Growing Their Own
    … Raymond, with two members of the Rainbow Community Garden. Contributed by Raymond Ngarboui Raymond Ngarboui … how immigration is shaping Canadian cuisine , and how food connects newcomers to their heritage, adapts to new tastes, and builds new … He now lives in Winnipeg. “When I newly arrived to Canada, it wasn't easy for me to find foods that I used to eat back home ,” says Raymond. …
  • Quotes - Travelling
    … sailor dolls/puppets were sold in the ship’s store and I wanted one. When I asked for one, mom told me she had no money for souvenirs. I knew I couldn’t …
  • AE Didi Murphy
    … time) and myself (10 years of age). The voyage for my mother was not one of the greatest moments in her life. Holland had had a huge flood … Also we had other families sharing our cabin with my father in another one. My dad was used to ship life having been at sea since he was 16 … this country as Canada needed engineers and were told we would have a house and my father a job. Well, no job and no house. My father was the …
  • Advantages for Immigrants in Canada with Happy Ending by Henry
    … nursing skills in world. The nurse can work can work in most of the Commonwealth countries. Having graduated as a registered nurse, and … and it has a lot of job satisfaction as well as job security. It is easy to find a job anywhere. In 1973, my family members and I applied … I retired 10 years ago, I have been involved in volunteer work in the community teaching healthcare, first aid and CPR for people who came in …
  • George and Geoffrey B.S. Johnston
    … I gave the matter much thought and tried to persuade my best friend to come with me. His parents would not agree to let him go, so it was off … a cabin with three other males, an Irishman, Englishman and a Russian. One evening the Russian and the Irishman got into a heated argument, …
  • He Just Wanted Better Veggies—Now Hundreds Are Growing Their Own
    … Raymond, with two members of the Rainbow Community Garden. Contributed by Raymond Ngarboui Raymond Ngarboui … how immigration is shaping Canadian cuisine , and how food connects newcomers to their heritage, adapts to new tastes, and builds new … He now lives in Winnipeg. “When I newly arrived to Canada, it wasn't easy for me to find foods that I used to eat back home ,” says Raymond. …

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