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… Time 0:04:18 Transcript Perhaps growing up in a military lifestyle gave me the courage to face new environments and an adventurous … going through a broken marriage and losing my parents, I had very little hope of ever having a good life in India as a single woman. So I … was my education. But I soon realized that even that was of no worth unless it was tested to Canadian standards. It was a big struggle to …
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… most obviously reflected this theme. The people interviewed came to Canada from countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the … offer any generalizations about children, dislocation, and war. They can, however, give us insights into how individual people experience … during the Second World War Thelma Freedman was interviewed in 1998. She was born in London, England, and was evacuated from Britain during …
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… Getting Her First Job at the Grocery Store Time 0:02:48 Transcript (Translated … sign and thought, “hmm, why not give it a shot, for my first job here,” because we had read a French woman’s blog saying how she also … my bag. “No, no, no, I can fill your bag without any help.” And her colleague said, “No, no, no, that’s not what she’s asking; she’s …
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… Age on Arrival: 7 What did immigrating to Canada mean to Morris Ladenheim in 1935? For a 7 year old boy, it meant being separated from his … rough but exciting 8 day voyage on the ship The Pilsudski with his mother and sister - leaving from Gdynia, Poland and arriving on November … with the other immigrant kids on St. Urbain Street who were all poor, but didn’t know it. It meant being placed into school with kids 2 …
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Growing up in 1930s Saskatchewan with Ukrainian parents, Mary Didur started making perogies when she was five or six years old. She said, “the recipe has gone through so many changes…Each time it has changed hands, it has been improved. My mother probably got her recipe from her mother, in …
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… Starting April 2024, all proactive disclosures for travel and hospitality expenses are available on the Government of Canada’s Proactive … ). Annual Expenditures for Travel, Hospitality and Conferences 2023-2024 Report 2022-2023 Report 2021-2022 Report … 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Archived: Bruce Manion 2019-2020 Salima Ebrahim 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Archived: Salima Ebrahim …
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… This journey leads to major changes in people's lives. So, what does the journey entail? The journey not only involves the physical movement … with me by helping me to adjust to the social and cultural setting here in Canada, and, perhaps most importantly, fostered a sense of … have?" I replied: “You have five aunties and two uncles on your mum’s side plus fives aunties and uncles on your dad’s side.” He was curious …
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… the ceremony—first they give you a test and then after they say if you pass or not, and we pass the test, and then after we went to the … well we have to be in front of all the—the judge and immigration people that they came from Calgary, and authorities here and the mayor of the city. Okay we swear that we are going to become a good citizens and we sing “O Canada” and they give us the …
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… My brother, Rolf, and I left from Antwerp on April 20, 1952 in the SS Leerdam, … We were told that it was the last voyage for this ship. Some joked and said the one before was probably its last completed voyage. The passage … CNR Train going west. There were not enough passengers getting off to set up a Colonist Class train, so we travelled quite comfortably in …