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  • Maria Rosaria and Antonio
    … of Campania. I immigrated because my sister, Dolorosa, and her husband had immigrated to Canada two years earlier and were living in Toronto. They sponsored me to come to Canada. I intended to work here for a while and then go back to my family in Italy with the money that I …
  • Stereotypes Hurt by Eric
    … like everyone else, and my class mate started laughing at me. I felt so disrespected, despised and stupid. I didn’t know why they were … I was not with my family. One day I approached a man who sold tea and coffee at the camp hospital and I asked him if he would have anything … 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 …
  • Flying Officer T.R. Millar
    … Bombaimer. His 31 SAAF Liberator bomber KH158 was posted missing while on an Italian partisan supply drop mission in October 1944. The … to me by Sam M., the ex-RAAF training friend of my father with whom he had sailed from Pier 21. Sam was in 150 Squadron RAF based at … Italy and Romagna Air Finders thought the plane might have been blown off course into the lake. The Rome based British Defence Attache' …
  • Quotes - Travelling
    … “Souvenir 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 argue with her so I threw … knew where I was and in the event of the ship sinking, no one would come to my rescue, I panicked. Visions of water rushing in through the …
  • Stories of Children, War, and Family Separation in the Oral History Collection at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
    … advocacy in Canada, and returning home. I would like to share with you some insights from one of the subthemes: childhood experiences . About half of the interviews in our study involve people who had experiences of war and/or dislocation as children. There are many … offer any generalizations about children, dislocation, and war. They can, however, give us insights into how individual people experience …
  • Need a community? Join a rugby club.
    … Santiago Forteza with his wife Sophie and daughter Fabiola after a team … in Halifax, August 27, 2022. Courtesy of Fabiola Forteza.   Santiago Forteza arrived from Buenos Aires to Quebec City speaking no French … the language was one thing. Not knowing any people was another. Santiago Forteza in Argentina, April 1978. Photo courtesy of Santiago …
  • Need a community? Join a rugby club.
    … Santiago Forteza with his wife Sophie and daughter Fabiola after a team … in Halifax, August 27, 2022. Courtesy of Fabiola Forteza.   Santiago Forteza arrived from Buenos Aires to Quebec City speaking no French … the language was one thing. Not knowing any people was another. Santiago Forteza in Argentina, April 1978. Photo courtesy of Santiago …
  • Giovanni Diodato Guglietti
    … the central Italian town of Sora, Frosinone. Even as a child Giovanni had shown himself to be courageous, brave and a natural leader - … and future wife, Concetta DeGasperis . They were married on August 26, 1961 and soon started a family of their own welcoming in to the …
  • Kookoo Sabzi - Naz Deravian
    … stovetop, which is the best way to brown the outside, but you can also place the pan in a 350°F oven for 30 to 40 minutes until set, and broil for a couple of minutes to brown … 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 …
  • Mary Moir Cathcart
    … 21, a story of friendship by Mary Cathcart My friend, Grace Cadieux, also a London War Bride, and I were lucky enough to be able to change our … after what was considered a very fast trip, Grace and I, because we had no children, had to stay aboard the "Queen" until the following day. Women and children were taken off first, and rightly so. This gave Grace and me time to enjoy the …

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