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… re-opened its doors as a museum. Pier 21 served as a gateway to Canada from 1928 to 1971. Nearly a million people arrived through the … groups who once passed through Pier 21; an immigrant, a refugee (more commonly referred to as a Displaced Person at the time), a Veteran, a … various people referred to Pier 21 as “Canada’s Ellis Island”. This comparison to New York’s famed port of immigrant arrival helped people …
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… re-opened its doors as a museum. Pier 21 served as a gateway to Canada from 1928 to 1971. Nearly a million people arrived through the … groups who once passed through Pier 21; an immigrant, a refugee (more commonly referred to as a Displaced Person at the time), a Veteran, a … various people referred to Pier 21 as “Canada’s Ellis Island”. This comparison to New York’s famed port of immigrant arrival helped people …
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… came back into the room and there I was screaming and crying, "I don’t like Canada, I am afraid of Canada. Canada eats children!" (Rosa … and they would pick us up at the station. We stayed there for a few days, then a man of the Immigration came to pick us up and took us up … arrived at its berth in Halifax harbour early in the afternoon on Saturday, May 16. Upon disembarking, all of the passengers were screened by …
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… Luigia Beninatto. Both were born in and lived in the village of Breda di Piave in the province of Treviso, Italy. It is also an account of … who supplied the factory, and then endless hours throughout the day and evening to supervise the stages in the cheesemaking process. … an interest in coming to Port Arthur, Virginio encouraged him to come and helped to arrange a sponsor (someone who would employ Dad for …
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… Luigia Beninatto. Both were born in and lived in the village of Breda di Piave in the province of Treviso, Italy. It is also an account of … who supplied the factory, and then endless hours throughout the day and evening to supervise the stages in the cheesemaking process. … an interest in coming to Port Arthur, Virginio encouraged him to come and helped to arrange a sponsor (someone who would employ Dad for …
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… Provost Corps. He was in one of the first boats to land in France on D-Day. The couple tell two different stories of how they met but agree it …
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… and my two sisters. It was the first time we had something so new. The day we left was a difficult and emotional one. I adored my grandfather … what little belongings we had while we waited to take the train for a 2-day journey to Toronto, our new home. We started school one week … I had ever tasted one and I ended up eating so many of them to the point where I got sick. To this day, I still have an aversion to …
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… am able to rest and leisurely work in my garden. I met my wife-to-be, Vanda Gatto, through a Young Christian Workers Group at our church. We … and Elsa, of whom we are very proud. I was very fortunate to have met Vanda and to have built a life for all of us in Canada. I am the …
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… Transcript (Translated from French) After working very hard for days and nights on my research project, I stood up in class and started … me a job. Three months later, I was in the restaurant working when the commandant and two other men came to take me away. I asked them in … are you taking me? One of them answered, we were told you are a soldier. They thought all people from south kivu in the areas of Mulenge …
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… to do the things which I did not want do. My story was just like David Copperfield. But I never gave up my studies. In order to continue my studies I had to do private coaching and … forced to leave my job. After, few months another Board, hired me as a community relation officer. In this position I had great satisfaction …