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… Anne MacKinnon Jeffrey My sister, Catherine MacKinnon Read , and I left … when we would see it again. At sea, we joined a large convoy of many different kinds of ships. To me, this was the beginning of a real … German U-boats were sinking all shipping, including children ships. One in our convoy was torpedoed, and all lives lost, as no one stops to …
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… idea to take smoked horse meat, not knowing if we would have enough money or food upon our arrival to Canada. As the large crates were … although the potatoes were yellow and tasted different; the raspberry jam tasted oily. With the lack of space, there wasn't much room to run … three years old. He had a rag doll that he tucked under his arm for easy storage and transportation while sucking two of his fingers but …
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… seen a group of 400 Junior High and High School students so quiet. No one talked or messed around, no one applied lip-gloss, no one texted or played games on their phones … rapt, staring at the 84-year-old man at the podium, listening. His voice was clear and even as he told them a story, his story, of …
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… Arrival: January 27, 1968 Age on Arrival: 21 Immigration is never an easy choice for anyone. My decision to immigrate to Canada from … Colombo in Messina, Sicily and made my nine-day journey to Canada. As one can imagine, leaving behind your parents, your friends, family … your culture and your language is both daunting and scary. I chose to come by boat to Canada, hoping for a journey with some interesting …
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… position at the National Research institute, was (am) married with one small daughter. However, long before the war, I read, as a child, a … this fascinating story while the wind and snow was whirling around our house near the Zuiderzee. The war came, we went to school and then … to book passage. I went alone first so that my wife and child could come later after I was established. In Rotterdam (now one of the …
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… people, known for their cardinal values of restraint, courage and honesty,” he says. But in his community, undercurrents of division and … He walked up to administration and said, “I am a refugee, I’ve come here, I don’t know where to go or to whom I should speak.” SARIMM … Abdoulaye knew his claim for asylum was being examined. He realized any one of the people he let in and out of the lot could be the person …
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… He worked hard to provide for my mother and my family, which was no easy task seeing as I am the youngest of eight children (seven boys, one girl). After completing my studies in elementary school, I studied …
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… except for the eggs and the oil to the green herbs and give a stir to combine. Add the eggs and mix well to combine. The batter should have the consistency of thick yogurt or … to celebrate the vibrant culinary scene in Canada and introduce our upcoming exhibition eat make share: a taste of immigration . This …
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… that it must have been pneumonia that had not been treated. He got the visa and soon after he headed for Canada. His brother sent him the money but Filippo booked the passage himself. He didn’t pack much – just … when he did go he used to order steak and potato frites because it was easy to say. Filippo says that he lived in the mountains in Italy and …
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… and Julian. We understand that Wincenty made two trips to the USA before 1918. He worked in Pittsburgh at a steel mill. His first … Poland after the First World War in 1918 after his second trip to the USA, he searched for Ewa and the children. Ewa had survived the war … gave him her maiden name Kurdziel, which he later changed to Kurdzer. One can only imagine how hard life must have been for her, not knowing …