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… July 20, 1957 – Waterman My story starts in the summer of 1951, when I went on holidays with my family to a resort in Holland called "Het … a lady from Denmark with her 2 very blond daughters, who was on her way to meet her husband already in Canada. I moved in with them, as I …
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… restricted in terms of having a decent living. Up to this point there were two classes of people; the very rich and very poor. A person in … Then dad and others journeyed west, working here and there along the way. Then Dad bought a homestead in Kinlock, Saskatchewan. How did you …
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… We are working to make the Museum more accessible. If you have visited … Plan and information on how to provide feedback can be found on this web page . → NaviLens To improve accessibility, the Museum uses … accompanying persons with disabilities. Service dogs Service dogs are welcome. Magnifying Glasses Ask at the front desk or in the Scotiabank …
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Time 0:03:42 Transcript There was nothing to do in Arnes so when I finished grade 11, I went to Winnipeg and I stayed with my best friend Mary Daniels family. Ruth, Mary’s mother, was a war bride and she took me round all over to find a job but nobody had any openings. When we were just about home …
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… Story of Trijn Steenbergen Lopers Frits Lopers and Trijn Steenbergen were born and grew up in Koekange, a small town not far from Meppel in … and he had a house for us. Two families from our village Koekange, (B. Flinkert and A. Rumph) were already in that area and they helped …
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… The Way to My Life by Ibrahim …
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… Abdul Hadi has an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver and has taught photography for multimedia at Concordia and photography intervention courses in Cairo and Beirut. Tamara co-founded Rawiya … Now, I consider my friends here my family.” Ibrahim Sahary “I left Egypt in 2017. As a journalist and a community organizer I could not stay …
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… Our parents, Mary (Maria) Jacobs and Adrian (Adrianus) van Dongen were married in January 1951 in Rijen, Noord Brabant, Holland and came … shifts at a factory in Chatham. Talking about it later Mom recalled, “We didn’t have much money but we were happy.” The land on that farm …
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… The Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration was appointed to obtain proof that restricting Chinese immigration to Canada was in the best … Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration, 1885 …
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… Luncheon with a Fascinating Canadian Date: Friday, May 8, 2026 Time: 11:30am Location: Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front St. W. Toronto, ON In support of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. For event … Fascinating Canadian Speaker Series …